The Use of Service Robots in Service Delivery: A Review of the Literature

Xiaodong Li, Huang Li, Nannan Xi, Bengang Gong

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Abstract

Service robots as emerging service providers, in combination with novel technologies like artificial intelligence, have the potential to enhance service outcomes and customer experience and may already be transforming the service delivery process. At present, the study focused on service robots has matured sufficiently to warrant an overview of the research on the ways in which service robots have been employed. This study conducts a systematic literature review of the academic corpus focused on service robots (N = 28). We report the research methods, application contexts and robot types of service robot research to understand how service robots participate in service delivery, what technological characteristics of service robots are commonly analyzed, and the potential service outcomes of service robot use. This review shows that overall, service robots have a high potential to delivery services in service contexts, and will be widely used and bring more rich service experience to people.
Original languageEnglish
Title of host publicationThe Proceedings of 21st Wuhan International Conference on E-Business
EditorsYiliu (Paul) Tu, Maomao Chi
PublisherUniversity of Calgary
Pages100-107
Number of pages8
ISBN (Electronic)978-0-88953-482-7
Publication statusPublished - 2022
Publication typeA4 Article in conference proceedings
EventWuhan International Conference on e-Business (WHICEB) - Wuhan (online), China
Duration: 28 May 202229 May 2022

Conference

ConferenceWuhan International Conference on e-Business (WHICEB)
Country/TerritoryChina
CityWuhan (online)
Period28/05/2229/05/22

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  • Publication forum level 0

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