Socially assistive robotics: Human augmentation versus automation
1Departments of Computer Science, Neuroscience, Pediatrics, Robotics Autonomous Systems Center, University of Southern California, Los Angeles, CA 90089, USA. mataric@usc.edu.
Science Robotics
|November 7, 2020
Abstract:
Intelligent, interactive systems provide assistance by facilitating social interactions rather than by automating physical tasks.
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