The Japanese Pursuit of Human–Robot Companionship
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 20265122 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Hirofumi Katsuno (0000-0003-4133-2346), Daniel White (0000-0003-2866-6587) |
| Year | 2023 |
| Volume | 122 |
| Issue | 847 |
| Pages | 308-313 |
| Publication date | 2023-11-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | No |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Current History (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0011-3530 • E-ISSN: 1944-785X |
| Publisher | University of California Press (PUBLISHER • US) |
| DOI | 10.1525/curh.2023.122.847.308 |
| OpenAlex | W4387923441 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 1 |
Building on global advances in artificial emotional intelligence, Japanese companies have increasingly invested in developing social robots with capacities to express and evoke emotion. In some cases, they can even read the emotional expressions of human users. These efforts parallel a broader trend in state support for developing technological solutions to socioeconomic problems, such as social isolation and a deficit in care workers. The rise of companion robots has elicited excitement about potential futures of human–robot existence as well as concerns over data privacy and the loss of inter-human connection, embodying the dynamic emotional dimensions of Japan’s social transformation
Business · Futures contract · Interpersonal relationship · Isolation (microbiology) · Robot · Socioeconomic status · Sociology · Artificial Intelligence · Asian Industrial and Economic Development · Computer Science · Ethics and Social Impacts of AI · Psychology · Social Psychology · Social Robot Interaction and HRI
| Unique citing works | 1 |
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| Citations per year | 1 |
| Citation span | 2026 - 2026 (1) |
| Citation velocity | current |
| Highly cited | No |