RT info:eu-repo/semantics/article T1 Ethorobotics: A New Approach to Human-Robot Relationship A1 Miklósi, Ádám A1 Korondi, Peter A1 Matellán Olivera, Vicente A1 Gácsi, Marta A2 Arquitectura y Tecnologia de Computadores K1 Cibernética K1 Social robotics K1 Ethology K1 Human-robot interaction K1 Niche K1 Social competence K1 Dog K1 Uncanny valley K1 1207.03 Cibernética K1 1203.04 Inteligencia Artificial K1 2408 Etología AB [EN] Here we aim to lay the theoretical foundations of human-robot relationship drawing uponinsights from disciplines that govern relevant human behaviors: ecology and ethology.We show how the paradox of the so called “uncanny valley hypothesis” can be solvedby applying the “niche” concept to social robots, and relying on the natural behavior ofhumans. Instead of striving to build human-like social robots, engineers should constructrobots that are able to maximize their performance in their niche (being optimal for somespecific functions), and if they are endowed with appropriate form of social competencethen humans will eventually interact with them independent of their embodiment. Thisnew discipline, which we call ethorobotics, could change social robotics, giving a boostto new technical approaches and applications. PB Frontiers LK https://hdl.handle.net/10612/20933 UL https://hdl.handle.net/10612/20933 NO Miklósi, Á., Korondi, P., Matellán, V., & Gácsi, M. (2017). Ethorobotics: A new approach to human-robot relationship [Review of Ethorobotics: A new approach to human-robot relationship]. Frontiers in Psychology, 8(JUN). Frontiers Research Foundation. https://doi.org/10.3389/FPSYG.2017.00958 DS BULERIA. Repositorio Institucional de la Universidad de León RD Jul 11, 2024