Enhancing social connectedness with companion robots using AI

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.

Review

Elizabeth Broadbent et al. Sci Robot. 2023.

. 2023 Jul 12;8(80):eadi6347.

doi: 10.1126/scirobotics.adi6347. Epub 2023 Jul 12.

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.

Abstract

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