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Breaking the Wall of Acceptance of Robots

Agnieszka Wykowska

Social Sciences & Humanities

This interdisciplinary project links social neuroscience, cognitive psychology, robotics, AI and philosophy with potential for high societal impact. The project examines how the human brain processes social signals exhibited by artificial agents, such as humanoid robots, in order to improve robot design for human-robot interaction in general, and their acceptance in healthcare. The project can contribute to removing walls of resistance in acceptance of technology for the wellbeing of humankind.

Tags: Artificial Intelligence, Engineering, Robotic, Trust in science

We are looking for the Science Breakthroughs of the Year 2021. The Global Call for Nominations closes on 15 June 2021.

Agnieszka Wykowska

Italian Institute of Technology

Professor Agnieszka Wykowska is a Principal Investigator at the Italian Institute of Technology leading the unit “Social Cognition in Human-Robot Interaction”. She graduated in neuro-cognitive psychology (2006, LMU Munich), obtained PhD in psychology (2008) and Habilitation (2013) from LMU Munich. In 2016 she was awarded the ERC Starting grant “InStance”. She is Editor-in-Chief of International Journal of Social Robotics, board member of European Society for Cognitive and Affective Neuroscience (ESCAN), and member of core faculty of ELLIS (European Lab for Learning and Intelligent Systems).

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