A commentary co-authored by Jonas Jørgensen and collaborators is published in Nature Reviews Bioengineering, arguing that aesthetics should be treated as a core design dimension, alongside functionality and safety, to support meaningful and situated human–robot interactions.
Pagliarani N., Comoretto A., Obayashi N., Aktaş B., Becker K.P., Overvelde J.T.B., Craig L., Winters A., Devlin K., Demers L.-P., Jørgensen J., Hughes J., Cianchetti M., Maiolino P. Aesthetics as a core design dimension for human-centred robotic systems. Nature Review Bioengineering (2026).