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HRI
2009
ACM
13 years 11 months ago
Footing in human-robot conversations: how robots might shape participant roles using gaze cues
During conversations, speakers establish their and others’ participant roles (who participates in the conversation and in what capacity)—or “footing” as termed by Goffman...
Bilge Mutlu, Toshiyuki Shiwa, Takayuki Kanda, Hiro...
HRI
2009
ACM
13 years 11 months ago
Towards a design method for expressive robots
Autonomous robots tend to induce the perception of a personality through their behavior and appearance. It has been suggested that the personality of a robot can be used as a desi...
Bernt Meerbeek, Martin Saerbeck, Christoph Bartnec...
HRI
2009
ACM
13 years 11 months ago
Using bio-electrical signals to influence the social behaviours of domesticated robots
Several emerging computer devices read bio-electrical signals (e.g., electro-corticographic signals, skin biopotential or facial muscle tension) and translate them into computer- ...
Paul Saulnier, Ehud Sharlin, Saul Greenberg
HRI
2009
ACM
13 years 11 months ago
Probo: a testbed for human robot interaction
The concept of the huggable robot Probo is a result of the desire to improve the living conditions of children in hospital environment. These children need distraction and lots of...
Kristof Goris, Jelle Saldien, Dirk Lefeber
HRI
2009
ACM
13 years 11 months ago
Planning as an architectural control mechanism
We describe recent work on PECAS, an architecture for intelligent robotics that supports multi-modal interaction. Categories and Subject Descriptors I.2.8 [Computing Methodologies...
Nick Hawes, Michael Brenner, Kristoffer Sjö&o...
HRI
2009
ACM
13 years 11 months ago
The oz of wizard: simulating the human for interaction research
The Wizard of Oz experiment method has a long tradition of acceptance and use within the field of human-robot interaction. The community has traditionally downplayed the importanc...
Aaron Steinfeld, Odest Chadwicke Jenkins, Brian Sc...
HRI
2009
ACM
13 years 11 months ago
Relating initial turns of human-robot dialogues to discourse
User models can be useful for improving dialogue management. In this paper we analyze human-robot dialogues that occur during uncontrolled interactions and estimate relations betw...
Maxim Makatchev, Min Kyung Lee, Reid G. Simmons
HRI
2009
ACM
13 years 11 months ago
Music therapist robot for individuals with cognitive impairments
Currently the 2 percent growth rate for the world’s older
Adriana Tapus, Cristian Tapus, Maja J. Mataric
HRI
2009
ACM
13 years 11 months ago
General visualization abstraction algorithm for geographic map-based human-robot interfaces
Visualization Abstraction Algorithm for Geographic Map-based Human-Robot Interfaces Curtis M. Humphrey Julie A. Adams Department of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science Vand...
Curtis M. Humphrey, Julie A. Adams