Robots are today made not only to assist us in menial tasks and routine labour but also
provide companionship and love. This has generated much academic and public interest�…

Robots already assist humans in a wide spectrum of domains. As technology evolves, social
interaction with robots will become more frequent and propagate into the most private social�…

Is it possible for human beings to establish romantic relationships with robots? What kind of
otherness, or alterity, will be construed in the process of falling in love with a robot? Can a�…

Social robots are on the brink of entering our lives. However, little knowledge is available
about how best to design them. This introductory chapter discusses the real-life social robots�…

In this chapter, we discover the history of love between humans and artificial partners, which
has its origins in ancient Greek mythologies. Our fascination with artificial companions is�…

This article defends two claims. First, humans could be in relationships characterised by
hate with some robots. Second, it matters that humans could hate robots, as this hate could�…

Abstract When David Levy first introduced the subject of 'love and sex with robots', he
became a provocateur of a conversation that spread from morality to the rights of robots�…

Most contributors to this volume believe that only technical matters stand between where we
are now and a time when robots will be our Companions and teachers. Robots need to�…

The reviewer feels this book is a provocative and engaging romp through the prediction that
by the middle of this century, robots will have joined the extended human family that now�…

In the future, it is likely that we will form strong bonds of attachment and even develop love
for social robots. Some of these loving relations will be, from the human's perspective, as�…