In recent years, social robots have become part of a variety of human activities, especially in
applications involving children, eg, entertainment, education, companionship. The interest of …

Humor is a pervasive feature of everyday social interactions that might be leveraged to
improve human–robot interactions (HRI). Our goal is to evaluate how the use of humor can …

An interesting application for social robots is to act as a presenter, for example as a museum
guide. In this paper, we present a fully automated system architecture for building adaptive …

The growing interest in social robotics makes it relevant to examine the potential of robots as
persuasive agents and, more specifically, to examine how robot characteristics influence the …

A shared sense of humor can result in positive feelings associated with amusement,
laughter, and moments of bonding. If robotic companions could acquire their human …

Social robots and autonomous social agents are becoming more ingrained in our everyday
lives. Interactive agents from Siri to Anki's Cozmo robot include the ability to tell jokes to …

Affective human-robot interaction is still an active area of research in part due to the great
advances in artificial intelligence. Now, the design of autonomous devices that work in real …

This paper describes an innovative approach for studying interaction between humans and
care robots. Using live theatrical performance, we developed a play that depicts a plausible …

Interpersonal communication is often full of irony and irony related humor, which can shape
the quality of a conversation and how conversation partners perceive each other. If social …

Zusammenfassung In naher Zukunft werden Roboter immer häufiger in den
Lebensbereichen von Alltagsnutzerinnen und-nutzern anzutreffen sein. Sehr deutlich wird …