A systematic review of adaptivity in human-robot interaction

MI Ahmad, O Mubin, J Orlando - Multimodal Technologies and Interaction, 2017 - mdpi.com
As the field of social robotics is growing, a consensus has been made on the design and
implementation of robotic systems that are capable of adapting based on the user actions …

May I help you? Design of human-like polite approaching behavior

Y Kato, T Kanda, H Ishiguro - Proceedings of the Tenth Annual ACM …, 2015 - dl.acm.org
When should service staff initiate interaction with a visitor? Neither simply-proactive (eg talk
to everyone in a sight) nor passive (eg wait until being talked to) strategies are desired. This …

Towards robot autonomy in group conversations: Understanding the effects of body orientation and gaze

M Vázquez, EJ Carter, B McDorman, J Forlizzi… - Proceedings of the …, 2017 - dl.acm.org
We conducted a 2x2 between-subjects experiment to examine the effects of two orientation
and two gaze behaviors during group conversations for a mobile, low degree-of-freedom …

Measuring engagement elicited by eye contact in Human-Robot Interaction

K Kompatsiari, F Ciardo, D De Tommaso… - 2019 IEEE/RSJ …, 2019 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
The present study aims at investigating how eye contact established by a humanoid robot
affects engagement in human-robot interaction (HRI). To this end, we combined explicit …

Reframing HRI design opportunities for social robots: Lessons learnt from a service robotics case study approach using UX for HRI

S Khan, C Germak - Future internet, 2018 - mdpi.com
Over the last few decades, semi-autonomous machine's technology started to promote
awareness towards the importance of human–robot interaction (HRI) for improving daily …

Design and integration of a spatio-temporal memory with emotional influences to categorize and recall the experiences of an autonomous mobile robot

F Leconte, F Ferland, F Michaud - Autonomous Robots, 2016 - Springer
Autonomous robots cohabiting with humans will have to achieve recurring tasks while
adapting to the changing conditions of the world. A spatio-temporal memory categorizes the …

Reasoning about spatial patterns of human behavior during group conversations with robots

M Vázquez - 2017 - kilthub.cmu.edu
The goal of this dissertation is to develop computational models for robots to detect and
sustain the spatial patterns of behavior that naturally emerge during free-standing group …

Proxemic reasoning for group approach

B Wright, M Bugajska, W Adams, E Lawson… - Social Robotics: 12th …, 2020 - Springer
How should a robot approach a group of people? To answer this, we examine a large real-
world data set of approximately 1500 individuals and find that, contrary to previous models …

The Impact of Speech and Movement on the Interaction with a Mobile Hand Disinfection Robot

A Bjørn, SH Juul, NR Arnesen, MS Andersen… - Companion of the 2023 …, 2023 - dl.acm.org
Hand disinfection is an important tool in the line of defense against infectious diseases.
Hand sanitizer dispensers are usually passive devices sitting at entrances of buildings and …

Improving human-robot conversational groups

H Hedayati - 2021 - search.proquest.com
This thesis aims to improve human-robot conversational groups, in which a robot is situated
in an F-formation with humans. This is an important area to improve as with the increase of …