In recent years, conversational agents (CAs) have become ubiquitous and are a presence in
our daily routines. It seems that the technology has finally ripened to advance the use of CAs …

The evolving field of human-robot interaction (HRI) necessitates that we better understand
how social robots operate and interact with humans. This sco** review provides an …

For robots to interact effectively with human users they must be capable of coordinated,
timely behavior in response to social context. The Adaptive Strategies for Sustainable Long …

Body movements communicate affective expressions and, in recent years, computational
models have been developed to recognize affective expressions from body movements or to …

Given recent technological developments in robotics, artificial intelligence, and virtual reality,
it is perhaps unsurprising that the arrival of emotionally expressive and reactive artificial …

Communication between people is characterized by a broad range of nonverbal cues.
Transferring these cues into the design of robots and other artificial agents that interact with …

Advances in technology have enabled animators and video game designers to design
increasingly realistic, human-like characters in animation and games. Although it was …

This research addresses the rapid aging phenomenon prevalent in Asian societies, which
has led to a significant increase in elderly individuals relocating to nursing homes due to …

Robots that have different forms and capabilities are used in a wide variety of situations;
however, one common point to all robots interacting with humans is their ability to …

We present results of an experiment probing whether adults exhibit categorical perception
when affectively rating robot-like sounds (Non-linguistic Utterances). The experimental …