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HRI
2006
ACM
13 years 11 months ago
Encouraging physical therapy compliance with a hands-Off mobile robot
This paper presents results toward our ongoing research program into hands-off assistive human-robot interaction [6]. Our work has focused on applications of socially assistive r...
Rachel Gockley, Maja J. Mataric
IAT
2009
IEEE
14 years 9 hour ago
Effects of Polite Behaviors Expressed by Robots: A Case Study in Japan
— To explore the design of politeness in embodied conversational agents and social robots from the perspective of user studies, a case study based on a psychological experiment w...
Tatsuya Nomura, Kazuma Saeki
ASUNAM
2010
IEEE
12 years 9 months ago
A Study on Social Network Metrics and Their Application in Trust Networks
Social network analysis has recently gained a lot of interest because of the advent and the increasing popularity of social media, such as blogs, social networks, microblogging, o...
Iraklis Varlamis, Magdalini Eirinaki, Malamati D. ...
CHI
2008
ACM
14 years 5 months ago
Exploring the use of tangible user interfaces for human-robot interaction: a comparative study
In this paper we suggest the use of tangible user interfaces (TUIs) for human-robot interaction (HRI) applications. We discuss the potential benefits of this approach while focusi...
Cheng Guo, Ehud Sharlin
ICMI
2009
Springer
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13 years 3 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 ...