Towards Impactful Human-Social Robot Interaction: Understanding the Effects of Persuasive Strategies and Relational Bonds on Health Behavior Change

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Abstract

Social robots hold significant potential to positively impact people's lives by persuading them to change their health behaviors. Yet, there is limited knowledge on how to effectively design these robots to achieve this goal. This PhD project investigates how persuasive communication strategies and human-robot relational bonds can enhance the influence of human-social robot interactions on health behavior change. This extended abstract outlines the motivation, problem statement, research questions, and research activities (including completed, ongoing, and planned studies) of this project, as well as its expected contributions to the HRI community.

Original languageEnglish
Title of host publication2025 ACM/IEEE International Conference on Human-Robot Interaction, HRI 2025
PublisherInstitute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers
Pages1900-1902
Number of pages3
ISBN (Electronic)979-8-3503-7893-1
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - 30 Apr 2025
Event20th Annual ACM/IEEE International Conference on Human-Robot Interaction, HRI 2025 - Melbourne, Australia
Duration: 4 Mar 20256 Mar 2025

Conference

Conference20th Annual ACM/IEEE International Conference on Human-Robot Interaction, HRI 2025
Country/TerritoryAustralia
CityMelbourne
Period4/03/256/03/25

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UN SDGs

This output contributes to the following UN Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs)

  1. SDG 3 - Good Health and Well-being
    SDG 3 Good Health and Well-being

Keywords

  • health behavior change
  • health communication
  • human-robot relationship
  • interaction design
  • social bonding

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