Social robots, driven by cutting-edge technologies are designed to cater to various societal
needs, facilitating complex human interactions involving multiple users and stakeholders …

Successful cases of robot sales promotions have been increasing. Users tend to make
purchases when robots properly interact with users. Most robot interactions …

The use of social robots for product advertising is becoming prevalent. Previous studies
have demonstrated that social robots can positively impact ad hoc sales recommendations …

Featured Application Investigating the effects of a social robot on sales in shop** malls. A
potential application is the design of social robot behaviors in scenarios where robots work …

Kawaii computing is a new term for a steadily growing body of work on the Japanese notion
of “cute” in human-computer interaction (HCI) research and practice. Kawaii is distinguished …

Promotional media, such as paper posters and digital signage, are installed in shop**
malls to recommend products and services. However, it has been reported that many …

Service robots that coexist with humans in everyday life have become more common, and
they have provided customer service in physical shops around the world in recent years …

Research on self-recommending product agents is under way. Compared with product
promotion by humanoid robot agents, self-recommending agents can call a passing cus …

Robots that provide customer service in physical stores are being researched as a means of
coexisting with people in everyday situations. One issue with such robots is that their …

Avatars and agents are one of the important products in the metaverse. Kawaii value could
potentially enhance the sales of avatars. This study aims to identify the kawaii motions of …