Sheridan Thomas B
Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 1010 Waltham Street Lexington MA 02421, United States.
Curr Opin Psychol. 2020 Dec;36:7-12. doi: 10.1016/j.copsyc.2020.01.003. Epub 2020 Feb 8.
Research in social robotics has a different emphasis from research in robotics for factory, military, hospital, home (vacuuming), aerial (drone), space, and undersea applications. A social robot is one whose purpose is to serve a person in a caring interaction rather than to perform a mechanical task. Both because of its newness and because of its narrower psychological rather than technological emphasis, research in social robotics tends currently to be concentrated in a single journal and single annual conference. This review categorizes such a research into three areas: (1) Affect, Personality and Adaptation; (2) Sensing and Control for Action; and (3 Assistance to the Elderly and Handicapped. Current application is primarily for children's toys and devices to comfort the elderly and handicapped, as detailed in Section 'Toys and the market for social robots in general'.
社会机器人学的研究重点与应用于工厂、军事、医院、家庭（吸尘）、航空（无人机）、太空和海底的机器人研究不同。社交机器人的目的是在关怀互动中为人类服务，而不是执行机械任务。由于其新颖性以及更侧重于心理学而非技术，目前社会机器人学的研究往往集中在单一期刊和单一年度会议上。本综述将此类研究分为三个领域：（1）情感、个性与适应；（2）行动的传感与控制；（3）对老年人和残疾人的协助。当前的应用主要是儿童玩具以及用于安慰老年人和残疾人的设备，如“玩具及一般社会机器人市场”一节所述。
