[HTML][HTML] Scaffolding the human partner by contrastive guidance in an explanatory human-robot dialogue

A Groß, A Singh, NC Banh, B Richter… - Frontiers in Robotics …, 2023 - frontiersin.org
Explanation has been identified as an important capability for AI-based systems, but
research on systematic strategies for achieving understanding in interaction with such …

Multi-person gaze-following with numerical coordinate regression

T **, Z Lin, S Zhu, W Wang, S Hu - 2021 16th IEEE …, 2021 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
Gaze-Following is a complex task that needs to combine the gaze with the scene. Previous
works performed well on predicting single-person gaze-following but expensive …

Detecting biological motion for human–robot interaction: A link between perception and action

A Vignolo, N Noceti, F Rea, A Sciutti… - Frontiers in Robotics …, 2017 - frontiersin.org
One of the fundamental skills supporting safe and comfortable interaction between humans
is their capability to understand intuitively each other's actions and intentions. At the basis of …

Directing attention through gaze hints improves task solving in human–humanoid interaction

E Mwangi, EI Barakova, M Díaz-Boladeras… - International Journal of …, 2018 - Springer
In this paper, we report an experimental study designed to examine how participants
perceive and interpret social hints from gaze exhibited by either a robot or a human tutor …

Interacting with a social robot affects visual perception of space

C Mazzola, AM Aroyo, F Rea, A Sciutti - Proceedings of the 2020 ACM …, 2020 - dl.acm.org
Human partners are very effective at coordinating in space and time. Such ability is
particular remarkable considering that visual perception of space is a complex inferential …

Dyadic gaze patterns during child-robot collaborative gameplay in a tutoring interaction

E Mwangi, EI Barakova, M Díaz… - 2018 27th IEEE …, 2018 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
This study examines patterns of coordinated gaze between a child and a robot (NAO) during
a card matching game,Memory'. Dyadic gaze behavior like mutual gaze, gaze following and …

" Look at Me!" Self-Interruptions as Attention Booster?

B Carlmeyer, D Schlangen, B Wrede - Proceedings of the Fourth …, 2016 - dl.acm.org
In this paper we present results of an exploratory experiment investigating the effects of a
contingently self-interrupting vs non-self-interrupting virtual agent who transmits information …

Ready for the next step? investigating the effect of incremental information presentation in an object fetching task

M Chromik, B Carlmeyer, B Wrede - … of the Companion of the 2017 ACM …, 2017 - dl.acm.org
In this paper we present a human-agent interaction study investigating the effect of
incremental (just in time) information presentation on human task performance and the …

Exploring self-interruptions as a strategy for regaining the attention of distracted users

B Carlmeyer, D Schlangen, B Wrede - … of the 1st Workshop on Embodied …, 2016 - dl.acm.org
In this paper we present a first exploratory study investigating the effects of a contingently
self-interrupting vs non-self-interrupting virtual agent in a smart home environment who …

Can children take advantage of nao gaze-based hints during gameplay?

E Mwangi, M Diaz, E Barakova, A Catala… - Proceedings of the 5th …, 2017 - dl.acm.org
This paper presents a study that analyzes the effects of robots' gaze hints on children's
performance in a card-matching game. We conducted a within-subjects study, in which …