Inviting Robot Touch (By Design)

What is the role of touch in inviting social interaction with robots? Forms functional haptics collaboration and socially assistive robots, for example, indicate one pathway. But what more naturalistic affective forms that are inviting, encourage pro-social behaviours? This a tale three loops. First, haptic feedback loop, where human–human still remains underexplored, human–machine produced through mechanical engineering as “force display” perceived by user tactile. Second, courtesy Höök Dumouchel Damiano, technical systems influence, influenced by, human corporeally. Bringing these loops together encourages design to consider how affect may effectively invite range users interact their perception Artificial Empathy.