Disambiguating Anthropomorphism and Anthropomimesis in Human-Robot Interaction

• URL: http://arxiv.org/abs/2602.09287v1
• Date: Tue, 10 Feb 2026 00:13:30 GMT
• Title: Disambiguating Anthropomorphism and Anthropomimesis in Human-Robot Interaction
• Abstract summary: We define anthropomorphism as users perceiving human-like qualities in robots, and anthropomimesis as robot developers designing human-like features into robots.<n>This contribution aims to provide a clarification and exploration of these concepts for future HRI scholarship.
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• Abstract: In this preliminary work, we offer an initial disambiguation of the theoretical concepts anthropomorphism and anthropomimesis in Human-Robot Interaction (HRI) and social robotics. We define anthropomorphism as users perceiving human-like qualities in robots, and anthropomimesis as robot developers designing human-like features into robots. This contribution aims to provide a clarification and exploration of these concepts for future HRI scholarship, particularly regarding the party responsible for human-like qualities - robot perceiver for anthropomorphism, and robot designer for anthropomimesis. We provide this contribution so that researchers can build on these disambiguated theoretical concepts for future robot design and evaluation.

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