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Area of Science:

  • Neuroscience
  • Human-Robot Interaction
  • Social Psychology

Background:

  • Multisensory bodily interactions can positively influence social attitudes, including empathy and reducing biases.
  • Embodiment, the sense of being in a body, is key to social cognition and interaction.
  • Previous research highlights the impact of embodiment on social perception.

Purpose of the Study:

  • To investigate if a simple neuroscience-inspired procedure can induce embodiment in robots.
  • To determine if this induced embodiment increases social closeness and acceptability towards robots.
  • To explore the influence of robot appearance on the embodiment and social closeness effects.

Main Methods:

  • Participants used a Head Mounted Display (HMD) to view a robot's perspective.
  • Head movements were tracked and synchronized with the robot's movements.
  • Participants experienced a sense of embodiment and agency when movements were correlated.

Main Results:

  • Embodying a robot, regardless of its humanoid appearance, increased its likability and social closeness.
  • Visual-motor synchrony readily induced a sense of embodiment and agency.
  • The effect of embodiment on social proximity was independent of the robot's physical resemblance to humans.

Conclusions:

  • It is possible to easily transfer the sense of self (body-swapping) into robots via visual-motor synchrony.
  • Robot appearance is not a critical factor for achieving embodiment and social closeness.
  • Findings suggest a pathway for enhancing the social acceptability of future robotic helpers.