Building long-term human–robot relationships: Examining disclosure, perception and well-being across time

G Laban, A Kappas, V Morrison, ES Cross - International Journal of Social …, 2024 - Springer
While interactions with social robots are novel and exciting for many people, one concern is
the extent to which people's behavioural and emotional engagement might be sustained …

Technical challenges for smooth interaction with seniors with dementia: Lessons from Humanitude™

H Sumioka, M Shiomi, M Honda… - Frontiers in Robotics and …, 2021 - frontiersin.org
Due to cognitive and socio-emotional decline and mental diseases, senior citizens,
especially people with dementia (PwD), struggle to interact smoothly with their caregivers …

Tell me more! Assessing interactions with social robots from speech

G Laban, JN George, V Morrison… - Paladyn, Journal of …, 2020 - degruyter.com
As social robots are increasingly introduced into health interventions, one potential area
where they might prove valuable is in supporting people's psychological health through …

Social robots for supporting post-traumatic stress disorder diagnosis and treatment

G Laban, Z Ben-Zion, ES Cross - Frontiers in psychiatry, 2022 - frontiersin.org
Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD) is a severe psychiatric disorder with profound public
health impact due to its high prevalence, chronic nature, accompanying functional …

The emotional robotic storyteller: On the influence of affect congruency on narrative transportation, robot perception, and persuasion

M Appel, B Lugrin, M Kühle, C Heindl - Computers in Human Behavior, 2021 - Elsevier
We connected theory and research on narrative persuasion to the literature on social robots
and examined the effects of a robotic storyteller's facial expressions. The congruency …

Robots and the possibility of humanistic care

S Coghlan - International journal of social robotics, 2022 - Springer
Care robots are likely to perform increasingly sophisticated caring activities that some will
consider comforting and valuable. They will get increasingly humanlike and lifelike. This …

Charting user experience in physical human–robot interaction

H Seifi, A Bhatia, K Hornbæk - ACM Transactions on Human-Robot …, 2024 - dl.acm.org
Robots increasingly interact with humans through touch, where people are touching or
being touched by robots. Yet, little is known about how such interactions shape a user's …

Semi-autonomous touch method merging robot's autonomous touch and user-operated touch for improving user experience in robot touch

R Mitsuoka, T Kubota, S Sato, K Ogawa - Scientific Reports, 2024 - nature.com
The demand for therapeutic robots to alleviate mental health problems is growing. Studies
have shown that people's mental health improves when they are touched. Consequently …

Effect of robot's listening attitude change on self-disclosure of the elderly

Y Nakamura, H Umemuro - International Journal of Social Robotics, 2022 - Springer
Self-disclosure of life experiences from the viewpoint of integrity is considered beneficial to
the psychological health of older adults. It has been shown that people tend to self-disclose …

Moffuly-II: A robot that hugs and rubs heads

Y Onishi, H Sumioka, M Shiomi - International Journal of Social Robotics, 2024 - Springer
Although whole-body touch interaction, eg, hugging, is essential for human beings from
various perspectives, not everyone can interact with intimate friends/family due to physical …