Enhancing social connectedness with companion robots using AI

Sci Robot. 2023 Jul 12;8(80):eadi6347. doi: 10.1126/scirobotics.adi6347. Epub 2023 Jul 12.

Authors

Elizabeth Broadbent¹, Mark Billinghurst², Samantha G Boardman³, P Murali Doraiswamy⁴

Affiliations

¹ University of Auckland Faculty of Medical and Health Sciences, Auckland, New Zealand.
² University of Auckand Bioengineering Institute, Auckland, New Zealand.
³ Weill Cornell Medical College, New York, NY, USA.
⁴ Duke University School of Medicine and Duke Institute for Brain Sciences, Durham, NC, USA.

PMID: 37436971
DOI: 10.1126/scirobotics.adi6347

Abstract

Companion robots with AI may usher a new science of social connectedness that requires the development of ethical frameworks.

Publication types

Review