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Social Robots for Long-Term Interaction: A Survey

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As the field of HRI evolves, it is important to understand how users interact with robots over long periods. This paper reviews the current research on long-term interaction between users and social robots. We describe the main features of these robots and highlight the main findings of the existing long-term studies. We also present a set of directions for future research and discuss some open issues that should be addressed in this field.

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  2. http://www.companions-project.org/

  3. http://project-sera.eu/

  4. http://companionable.net/

  5. http://www.aliz-e.org/

  6. http://www.robotdalen.se/en/Projects/RobCab—transportation-robot-for-hospitals/

  7. http://www.wired.co.uk/magazine/archive/2011/08/start/friendly-bank-bots

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  9. http://lirec.eu/

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This research was supported by EU 7th Framework Program under grant agreement no. 215554 and 317923, and also by national funds through FCT-Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia, under project PEst-OE/EEI/ LA0021/2011, the PIDDAC Program funds and a PhD scholarship (SFRHBD/41358/2007).

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Leite, I., Martinho, C. & Paiva, A. Social Robots for Long-Term Interaction: A Survey. Int J of Soc Robotics 5, 291–308 (2013). https://doi.org/10.1007/s12369-013-0178-y

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