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ACII
2005
Springer
13 years 10 months ago
Affective Touch for Robotic Companions
Abstract. As robotic platforms are designed for human robot interaction applications, a full body sense of touch, or “sensitive skin,” becomes important. The Huggable is a new ...
Walter Dan Stiehl, Cynthia Breazeal
IROS
2006
IEEE
116views Robotics» more  IROS 2006»
13 years 11 months ago
A Sensitive Skin for Robotic Companions Featuring Temperature, Force, and Electric Field Sensors
- As robots become an everyday part of the complicated environment of the human world it will be important for such systems to feature a full body sense of touch capable of detecti...
Walter Dan Stiehl, Cynthia Breazeal
ICINCO
2008
135views Robotics» more  ICINCO 2008»
13 years 6 months ago
A Generic Architecture for a Companion Robot
Despite much research on companion robots and affective virtual characters, a comprehensive discussion on a generic architecture is lacking. We compile a list of possible requireme...
Bas R. Steunebrink, Nieske L. Vergunst, Christian ...
ICMI
2009
Springer
188views Biometrics» more  ICMI 2009»
13 years 2 months ago
Detecting user engagement with a robot companion using task and social interaction-based features
Affect sensitivity is of the utmost importance for a robot companion to be able to display socially intelligent behaviour, a key requirement for sustaining long-term interactions ...
Ginevra Castellano, André Pereira, Iolanda ...
IVA
2010
Springer
13 years 2 months ago
"Why Can't We Be Friends?" An Empathic Game Companion for Long-Term Interaction
The ability of artificial companions (virtual agents or robots) to establish meaningful relationships with users is still limited. In humans, a key aspect of such ability is empath...
Iolanda Leite, Samuel Mascarenhas, André Pe...