Disambiguating Anthropomorphism and Anthropomimesis in Human-Robot Interaction
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| author | Axelsson, Minja Shevlin, Henry |
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| contents | In this preliminary work, we offer an initial disambiguation of the theoretical concepts anthropomorphism and anthropomimesis in Human-Robot Interaction (HRI) and social robotics. We define anthropomorphism as users perceiving human-like qualities in robots, and anthropomimesis as robot developers designing human-like features into robots. This contribution aims to provide a clarification and exploration of these concepts for future HRI scholarship, particularly regarding the party responsible for human-like qualities - robot perceiver for anthropomorphism, and robot designer for anthropomimesis. We provide this contribution so that researchers can build on these disambiguated theoretical concepts for future robot design and evaluation. |
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| spellingShingle | Disambiguating Anthropomorphism and Anthropomimesis in Human-Robot Interaction Axelsson, Minja Shevlin, Henry Robotics Human-Computer Interaction 68T40 (Primary) I.2.9; K.4.2 In this preliminary work, we offer an initial disambiguation of the theoretical concepts anthropomorphism and anthropomimesis in Human-Robot Interaction (HRI) and social robotics. We define anthropomorphism as users perceiving human-like qualities in robots, and anthropomimesis as robot developers designing human-like features into robots. This contribution aims to provide a clarification and exploration of these concepts for future HRI scholarship, particularly regarding the party responsible for human-like qualities - robot perceiver for anthropomorphism, and robot designer for anthropomimesis. We provide this contribution so that researchers can build on these disambiguated theoretical concepts for future robot design and evaluation. |
| title | Disambiguating Anthropomorphism and Anthropomimesis in Human-Robot Interaction |
| topic | Robotics Human-Computer Interaction 68T40 (Primary) I.2.9; K.4.2 |
| url | https://arxiv.org/abs/2602.09287 |