Social robots are robots that interact with humans and each other in a socially acceptable fashion, conveying intention in a human-perceptible way, and are empowered to resolve goals with fellow agents, be they human or robot. Optimal human–robot interactions require robots to possess the following attributes: embodiment in the physical environment, quick reactions to unexpected events, computational sophistication for meeting goals, and the ability to interact with other robots for the realization of goals of increasing difficulty.
COVID-19 and our robots: ready to help fight coronavirus in hospitals
Robots can help humans with high-risk jobs To fight the spread of COVID-19, a scale of pandemic the world hasn’t seen in a long time, new and innovative solutions are urgently needed - and robots can offer just that. They
