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Finding “H” in HRI: Examining Human Personality Traits, Robotic Anthropomorphism, and Robot Likeability in Human-Robot Interaction
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- Award ID(s):
- 1912070
- PAR ID:
- 10230763
- Date Published:
- Journal Name:
- International journal of intelligent information technologies
- Volume:
- 17
- Issue:
- 1
- ISSN:
- 1548-3657
- Page Range / eLocation ID:
- 19-38
- Format(s):
- Medium: X
- Sponsoring Org:
- National Science Foundation
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