The Race Between Cognitive and Artificial Intelligence: Examining Socio-Ethical Collaborative Robots Through Anthropomorphism and Xenocentrism in Human-Robot Interaction

Researchonhuman-robot interaction (HRI) is growing;however, focuson the congruent sociobehavioralHRIresearchfieldsofsocialcognition,socio-behavioralintentions,andcodeofethicsis lacking.Humanspossessaninherentabilityofintegratingperception,cognition,andaction;while robotsmayhavelimitationsastheymaynotrecognizeanobjectorabeing,navigateaterrain,and/ orcomprehendwrittenorverballanguageandinstructions.ThisHRIresearchfocusesonissuesand challengesforbothhumansandrobotsfromsocial,behavioral,technical,andethicalperspectives. Thehumanabilitytoanthropomorphizerobotsandadoptionof‘intentionalmindset’towardrobots through xenocentrism have added new dimensions to HRI. Robotic anthropomorphism plays a significantroleinhowhumanscanbesuccessfulcompanionsofrobots.Thisresearchexploressocial cognitiveintelligenceversusartificialintelligencewithafocusonprivacyprotectionsandethical implicationsofHRIwhiledesigningrobotsthatareethical,cognitivelyandartificiallyintelligent, andsocialhuman-likeagents. KEywoRdS Anthropomorphism, Artificial Intelligence, Ethical Designs, Human-Robot Interaction (HRI), Intentional Mindset, Roboethics, Social Cognitive Intelligence, Xenocentrism

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