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Sociable machines are a blend of art, science, and engineering. We highlight how insights from these disciplines have helped us to address a few key design issues for building expressive humanoid robots that interact with people in a social manner.
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Breazeal, C. (2002). Designing Sociable Machines. In: Dautenhahn, K., Bond, A., Cañamero, L., Edmonds, B. (eds) Socially Intelligent Agents. Multiagent Systems, Artificial Societies, and Simulated Organizations, vol 3. Springer, Boston, MA. https://doi.org/10.1007/0-306-47373-9_18
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