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The Rise of the Roboid
2021
International Journal of Social Robotics
AbstractThe aim of this paper is to analyze a new phenomenon that is emerging in the field of social robotics, which we name as "roboid". The roboid is a robot that is still at the prototype stage but claims to be fully functioning. We argue that the roboid has been created to handle a new phase between the prototyping and the commercialization of robots. In this intermediate phase, a wide-spread promotional campaign is organized by robot producers, with the purpose of understanding the
doi:10.1007/s12369-020-00732-y
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