Andrea Puljic

Puljic, Andrea

Puljic

Andrea

Andrea Puljic

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Increasing well-being through robotic hugs
(2023) Bendel, Oliver; Puljic, Andrea; Heiz, Robin; Tömen, Furkan; De Paola, Ivan; Kido, Takashi; Takadama, Keiki [in: Post-event Proceedings of the AAAI Spring Symposium: Socially Responsible AI for Well-being (AAAI-SRAI 2023)]
This paper addresses the question of how to increase the acceptability of a robot hug and whether such a hug contributes to well-being. It combines the lead author’s own research with pioneering research by Alexis E. Block and Katherine J. Kuchenbecker. First, the basics of this area are laid out with particular attention to the work of the two scientists. The authors then present HUGGIE Project I, which largely consisted of an online survey with nearly 300 participants, followed by HUGGIE Project II, which involved building a hugging robot and testing it on 136 people. At the end, the results are linked to current research by Block and Kuchenbecker, who have equipped their hugging robot with artificial intelligence to better respond to the needs of subjects.
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