Romance

Artificial Emotions and Love and Sex Doll Service Workers

Russell W. Belk

Citations: 60 • 2022

Falling in love with robots: a phenomenological study of experiencing technological alterities

Tönu Viik

Citations: 32 • 2020

Sharing a Robotic Pet as a Maintenance Strategy for Romantic Couples in Long-Distance Relationships.

Wei-Chi Chien, Marc Hassenzahl, Julika Welge

Citations: 24 • 2016

Plastic fantastic: Sex robots and/as sexual fantasy

Lara Karaian

Citations: 22 • 2022

Sexuality and Affection in the Time of Technological Innovation: Artificial Partners in the Japanese Context

Beatriz Yumi Aoki, Takeshi Kimura

Citations: 21 • 2021

Socially Assistive Robots in Aged Care: Ethical Orientations Beyond the Care-Romantic and Technology-Deterministic Gaze

Tijs Vandemeulebroucke, Bernadette Dierckx de Casterlé, Chris Gastmans

Citations: 16 • 2021

Automatic Sweethearts for Transhumanists

Michael Hauskeller

Citations: 11 • 2017

The Truth About Trust: How It Determines Success in Life, Love, Learning, and More

David DeSteno

Citations: 11 • 2014

The Importance of Realism, Character, and Genre: How Theatre Can Support the Creation of Likeable Sociable Robots

Louise LePage

Citations: 8 • 2020

The steampunk contraptors

Erico Guizzo

Citations: 7 • 2008

Integrating sound effects and background music in Robotic storytelling – A series of online studies across different story genres

Sophia C. Steinhaeusser, Birgit Lugrin

Citations: 5 • 2024

The road to Mars : a post-modem novel

Eric Idle

Citations: 5 • 1999

ARTIFICIAL LOVE: REVOLUTIONS IN HOW AI AND AR EMBODIED ROMANTIC CHATBOTS CAN MOVE THROUGH RELATIONSHIP STAGES

Tony Liao, Debriunna Porter, Elizabeth Rodwell

Citations: 4 • 2023

Human–Robot Intimacy: Acceptance of Robots as Intimate Companions

Sophia Bertoni, Christian Klaes, Artur Pilacinski

Citations: 3 • 2024

On the Use of ROMOT—A RObotized 3D-MOvie Theatre—To Enhance Romantic Movie Scenes

Cristina Portalés, Sergio Casas, María T. Vidal-González, Marcos Fernández

Citations: 3 • 2017

Romantic Transcendence and the Robot in Heinrich Von Kleist and E.T.A. Hoffmann

Allan J. McIntyre

Citations: 3 • 1979

Between insanity and love

Ryoko Asai

Citations: 3 • 2016

Artificial life and Romantic brides

Michael Andermatt

Citations: 3 • 2008

The physiology of survival: Space

Damian M. Bailey, Angelique Van Ombergen

Citations: 2 • 2025

Exploring psychological dependency on romantic companion robots in the single economy: Implications for digital intimacy and consumer services

Citations: 2 • 2025