Embodied conversational agents (ECAs) are often designed to produce nonverbal behavior
to complement or enhance their verbal communication. One such form of the nonverbal …

Recent work identified a concerning trend of disproportional gender representation in
research participants in Human–Computer Interaction (HCI). Motivated by the fact that …

Intelligent agents must be able to communicate intentions and explain their decision-making
processes to build trust, foster confidence, and improve human-agent team dynamics …

Research in the social sciences has shown that expectations are an important factor in
explanations as used between humans: rather than explaining the cause of an event per se …

Within the context of Industry 4.0 and of the new emerging Industry 5.0, human factors are
becoming increasingly important, especially in Human-Robot Collaboration (HRC). This …

Hugs are complex affective interactions that often include gestures like squeezes. We
present six new guidelines for designing interactive hugging robots, which we validate …

This paper analyses Human-Computer Interaction (HCI) literature reviews to provide a clear
conceptual basis for authors, reviewers, and readers. HCI is multidisciplinary and various …

As robots become more prevalent, the importance of the field of human-robot interaction
(HRI) grows accordingly. As such, we should endeavor to employ the best statistical …

We focus on enabling robots to proactively assist humans in assembly tasks by adapting to
their preferred sequence of actions. Much work on robot adaptation requires human …

Humans can leverage physical interaction to teach robot arms. This physical interaction
takes multiple forms depending on the task, the user, and what the robot has learned so far …