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This is a collection of 165 robot embodiments, the design metaphors people use to describe them, and the expectations users place on them. For example, when a robot looks like a dog, people expect it to behave like a dog. Our dataset compiles these design metaphors across socially interactive robots.

If you design robots, this dataset can help you justify your design choices. If you perform user studies in Human-Robot Interaction, this dataset can inform which robot you should use for your application based on social and functional requirements.

Cite: Dennler, N., Ruan, C., Hadiwijoyo, J., Chen, B., Nikolaidis, S., & Matarić, M. (2023). Design metaphors for understanding user expectations of socially interactive robot embodiments. ACM Transactions on Human-Robot Interaction, 12(2), 1-41. [PDF]

More Resources

Check out these datasets of robot embodiments:

• MetaMorph Dataset, a dataset of robots and their associated morphology graphs. [paper]
• ABOT Databaset, a collection of robots and their level of anthropomorphism.[paper]
• Stanford Social Robot Collection, a listing of many social robots and their publications.
• The IEEE Robots Guide, a maintained listing of robots and their physical statistics.