Introducing 'theomorphic robots'

Gabriele Trovato; Francisco Cuellar; Masao Nishimura

doi:10.1109/HUMANOIDS.2016.7803429

Introducing 'theomorphic robots'

Gabriele Trovato, Francisco Cuellar, Masao Nishimura

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Abstract

As robots are going to spread in human society, the study of their appearance becomes a critical matter when assessing robots performance and appropriateness for an application and for the employment in different countries, with different background cultures and religions. Robot appearance categories are commonly divided in anthropomorphic, zoomorphic and functional. In this paper, we offer a theoretical contribution by introducing a new category, called 'theomorphic robots', in which robots carry the shape and the identity of a supernatural creature or object within a religion. Discussing the theory of dehumanisation and the different categories of supernatural among different religions, we hypothesise the possible advantages of the theomorphic design for different applications.

Original language	English
Title of host publication	Humanoids 2016 - IEEE-RAS International Conference on Humanoid Robots
Publisher	IEEE Computer Society
Pages	1245-1250
Number of pages	6
ISBN (Electronic)	9781509047185
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1109/HUMANOIDS.2016.7803429
Publication status	Published - 2016 Dec 30
Externally published	Yes
Event	16th IEEE-RAS International Conference on Humanoid Robots, Humanoids 2016 - Cancun, Mexico Duration: 2016 Nov 15 → 2016 Nov 17

Publication series

Name	IEEE-RAS International Conference on Humanoid Robots
ISSN (Print)	2164-0572
ISSN (Electronic)	2164-0580

Conference

Conference	16th IEEE-RAS International Conference on Humanoid Robots, Humanoids 2016
Country/Territory	Mexico
City	Cancun
Period	16/11/15 → 16/11/17

ASJC Scopus subject areas

Artificial Intelligence
Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition
Hardware and Architecture
Human-Computer Interaction
Electrical and Electronic Engineering

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Trovato, G, Cuellar, F & Nishimura, M 2016, Introducing 'theomorphic robots'. in Humanoids 2016 - IEEE-RAS International Conference on Humanoid Robots., 7803429, IEEE-RAS International Conference on Humanoid Robots, IEEE Computer Society, pp. 1245-1250, 16th IEEE-RAS International Conference on Humanoid Robots, Humanoids 2016, Cancun, Mexico, 16/11/15. https://doi.org/10.1109/HUMANOIDS.2016.7803429

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