International Journal of Social Robotics - Top 10 Downloaded Articles 2023

We want to thank the authors of our most-downloaded articles in 2023, and highlight to our readers some of the most impactful research to have been published in the journal. We hope that you will find the articles interesting.

What do Older Adults Want from Social Robots? A Qualitative Research Approach to Human-Robot Interaction (HRI) Studies, by Roger Andre Søraa, Gunhild Tøndel, Mark W. Kharas, J Artur Serrano 

The Role of Humans in Surgery Automation, by Eduard Fosch-Villaronga, Pranav Khanna, Hadassah Drukarch, Bart Custers

Not Only WEIRD but “Uncanny”? A Systematic Review of Diversity in Human–Robot Interaction Research, by Katie Seaborn, Giulia Barbareschi, Shruti Chandra

A Scoping Review Using the Almere Model to Understand Factors Facilitating and Hindering the Acceptance of Social Robots in Nursing Homes, by Simone Anna Felding et al.

Can Robots have Personal Identity?, by Marcos Alonso

A Systematic Literature Review of Decision-Making and Control Systems for Autonomous and Social Robots, by Marcos Maroto-Gómez, Fernando Alonso-Martín, María Malfaz, Álvaro Castro-González, José Carlos Castillo, Miguel Ángel Salichs 

Human-Like Movements of Industrial Robots Positively Impact Observer Perception, by Damian Hostettler, Simon Mayer, Christian Hildebrand

Integrating Social Assistive Robots, IoT, Virtual Communities and Smart Objects to Assist at-Home Independently Living Elders: the MoveCare Project, by Matteo Luperto et al.

Communication Models in Human–Robot Interaction: An Asymmetric MODel of ALterity in Human–Robot Interaction (AMODAL-HRI), by Helena Anna Frijns, Oliver Schürer, Sabine Theresia Koeszegi 

Robots in Games, by Diogo Rato, Filipa Correia, André Pereira, Rui Prada