Simulating the psychological and neural effects of affective touch with soft robotics: an experimental study

Human affective touch is known to be beneficial for social-emotional interactions and has a therapeutic effect. For touch initiated by robotic entities, richer affective affordance is a critical enabler to unlock its potential in social-emotional interactions and especially in care and therapeutic a...

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Main Authors: Caroline Y. Zheng, Ker-Jiun Wang, Maitreyee Wairagkar, Mariana von Mohr, Erik Lintunen, Aikaterini Fotopoulou
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Frontiers Media S.A. 2024-11-01
Series:Frontiers in Robotics and AI
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Online Access:https://www.frontiersin.org/articles/10.3389/frobt.2024.1419262/full
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