Calm Beats Cute: Designing Aesthetic-Functional Congruence in Human-Robot Interaction for Breathing Companion Robots. Ilona Buchem1, Rinat B. Rosenberg-Kima2*, Emily Evermann1 , Mandana Sutter3 1Laboratory or Communication, Department of Economics and Social Sciences, Berlin University of Applied Sciences, Berlin, Germany 2The Mindful Learning Technologies Lab, Faculty of Education in Science and Technology, Technion – Israel Institute of Technology, Haifa, Israel 3Institute of Psychology and Ergonomics, Faculty of Mechanical Engineering and Transport Systems Faculty, Technical University of Berlin, Berlin Germany * Correspondence: Ilona Buchem buchem@bht-berlin.de Keywords: aesthetics; social robots; human–robot interaction; embodiment; human-likeness; technology acceptance; user experience; breathing companion robot.
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