Editing Social robot (section)

==Definition==
A [[robot]] is defined in the International Standard of Organization as a reprogrammable, multifunctional manipulator designed to move material, parts, tools or specialized devices through variable programmed motions for performance of a variety of tasks. As a subset of robots, social robots perform any or all of these processes in the context of a social interaction. It interacts socially with humans or evokes social responses from them.<ref>{{Cite journal|last1=Leite|first1=Iolanda|last2=Martinho|first2=Carlos|last3=Paiva|first3=Ana|date=April 2013|title=Social Robots for Long-Term Interaction: A Survey|url=http://link.springer.com/10.1007/s12369-013-0178-y|journal=International Journal of Social Robotics|language=en|volume=5|issue=2|pages=291–308|doi=10.1007/s12369-013-0178-y|s2cid=3721600|issn=1875-4791}}</ref> The nature of the social interactions is immaterial and may range from relatively simple supportive tasks, such as passing tools to a worker, to complex expressive communication and collaboration, such as assistive healthcare. Hence, social robots are asked to work together with humans in collaborative workspaces. Moreover, social robots start following humans into much more personal settings like home, health care, and education.<ref>{{Cite journal|last1=Lin|first1=Chaolan|last2=Šabanović|first2=Selma|last3=Dombrowski| first3=Lynn|last4=Miller|first4=Andrew D.|last5=Brady|first5=Erin|last6=MacDorman|
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Social interactions are likely to be cooperative, but the definition is not limited to this situation. Moreover, uncooperative behavior can be considered social in certain situations. The robot could, for example, exhibit competitive behavior within the framework of a game. The robot could also interact with a minimum or no communication. It could, for example, hand tools to an astronaut working on a space station. However, it is likely that some communication will be necessary at some point.

Two suggested <ref>David Feil-Seifer, Kristine Skinner and Maja J. Matarić, [https://web.archive.org/web/20190722120021/https://pdfs.semanticscholar.org/293f/c9674b2404a1ae9b0f16778610c7849ea2b8.pdf "Benchmarks for evaluating socially assistive robotics"], Interaction Studies: Psychological Benchmarks of Human-Robot Inteaction [sic], 8(3), 423-429 Oct, 2007</ref> ultimate requirements for social robots are the [[Turing Test]] to determine the robot's communication skills and [[Isaac Asimov]]'s [[Three Laws of Robotics]] for its behavior. The usefulness to apply these requirements in a real-world application, especially in the case of Asimov's laws, is still disputed and may not be possible at all).  However, a consequence of this viewpoint is that a robot that only interacts and communicates with other robots would not be considered to be a social robot: Being social is bound to humans and their society which defines necessary social values, norms and standards.<ref>Taipale, S., Vincent, J., Sapio, B., Lugano, G. and Fortunati, L. (2015) Introduction: Situating the Human in Social Robots. In J. Vincent et al., eds. Social Robots from a Human Perspective, Dordrecht: Springer, pp. 1-17</ref> This results in a cultural dependency of social robots since social values, norms and standards differ between cultures.

This brings us directly to the last part of the definition. A social robot must interact within the social rules attached to its role. The role and its rules are defined through society. For example, a robotic butler for humans would have to comply with established rules of good service. It should be anticipating, reliable and most of all discreet. A social robot must be aware of this and comply with it. However, social robots that interact with other autonomous robots would also behave and interact according to non-human conventions. In most social robots the complexity of human-to-human interaction will be gradually approached with the advancement of the technology of [[Android (robot)|androids]] (a form of [[humanoid robot]]s) and implementation of a variety of more human-like communication skills <ref>{{cite web|title=Implications of interpersonal communication competence research on the design of artificial behavioral systems that interact with humans|url=https://www.researchgate.net/publication/260593420|accessdate=3 March 2017}}</ref>