Abstract
As robots are going to spread in human society, the study of their appearance becomes a critical matter when assessing robots performance and appropriateness for an application and for the employment in different countries, with different background cultures and religions. Robot appearance categories are commonly divided in anthropomorphic, zoomorphic and functional. In this paper, we offer a theoretical contribution by introducing a new category, called 'theomorphic robots', in which robots carry the shape and the identity of a supernatural creature or object within a religion. Discussing the theory of dehumanisation and the different categories of supernatural among different religions, we hypothesise the possible advantages of the theomorphic design for different applications.
| Original language | English |
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| Title of host publication | Humanoids 2016 - IEEE-RAS International Conference on Humanoid Robots |
| Publisher | IEEE Computer Society |
| Pages | 1245-1250 |
| Number of pages | 6 |
| ISBN (Electronic) | 9781509047185 |
| DOIs | |
| Publication status | Published - 2016 Dec 30 |
| Event | 16th IEEE-RAS International Conference on Humanoid Robots, Humanoids 2016 - Cancun, Mexico Duration: 2016 Nov 15 → 2016 Nov 17 |
Other
| Other | 16th IEEE-RAS International Conference on Humanoid Robots, Humanoids 2016 |
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| Country | Mexico |
| City | Cancun |
| Period | 16/11/15 → 16/11/17 |
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ASJC Scopus subject areas
- Artificial Intelligence
- Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition
- Hardware and Architecture
- Human-Computer Interaction
- Electrical and Electronic Engineering
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Introducing 'theomorphic robots'. / Trovato, Gabriele; Cuellar, Francisco; Nishimura, Masao.
Humanoids 2016 - IEEE-RAS International Conference on Humanoid Robots. IEEE Computer Society, 2016. p. 1245-1250 7803429.Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Conference contribution
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