[HTML][HTML] Effectiveness and user experience of a smoking cessation chatbot: mixed methods study comparing motivational interviewing and confrontational counseling

L He, E Basar, E Krahmer, R Wiers… - Journal of Medical Internet …, 2024 - jmir.org
Background Cigarette smoking poses a major public health risk. Chatbots may serve as an
accessible and useful tool to promote cessation due to their high accessibility and potential …

The influence of absorption and need for cognition on students' learning outcomes in educational robot-supported projects

N Pellas, K Tzafilkou - Education Sciences, 2023 - mdpi.com
The field of educational technology has made significant strides, offering cost-effective
multimedia tools and physical resources to facilitate both formal and informal teaching …

Social robots as skilled ignorant peers for supporting learning

J Nasir, B Bruno, P Dillenbourg - Frontiers in Robotics and AI, 2024 - frontiersin.org
When designing social robots for educational settings, there is often an emphasis on domain
knowledge. This presents challenges: 1) Either robots must autonomously acquire domain …

[HTML][HTML] Chatting your way to quitting: A longitudinal exploration of smokers' interaction with a cessation chatbot

L He, E Basar, RW Wiers, ML Antheunis, E Krahmer - Internet Interventions, 2025 - Elsevier
Background Cigarette smoking poses a major public health risk, requiring scalable and
accessible interventions. Chatbots offer a promising solution, given their potential in …

Co-Creating with a Robot Facilitator: Robot Expressions Cause Mood Contagion Enhancing Collaboration, Satisfaction, and Performance

A de Rooij, S Broek, M Bouw, J de Wit - International Journal of Social …, 2024 - Springer
Social robots can be designed to facilitate co-creation. The impact of mood expressions
displayed by human facilitators can elicit similar moods in others, fostering collaboration …

Children's Acceptance of a Domestic Social Robot: How It Evolves over Time

C De Jong, J Peter, R Kühne, A Barco - ACM Transactions on Human …, 2024 - dl.acm.org
Little is known about children's long-term acceptance of social robots; whether different
types of users exist; and what reasons children have not to use a robot. Moreover, the …

Social robotics and intercultural pedagogy

J Joy, A Bartolini, M Milella, A Sgorbissa… - … on Control and …, 2024 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
Culturally Sustaining Pedagogy has emerged in recent years as a fundamental theoretical
approach to incorporating children's different languages, cultures, and identities into the …

Exploring the role, implementation, and educational implications of AI in early childhood education

I Voulgari, K Lavidas, S Aravantinos, S Sypsa… - … Conference on Artificial …, 2024 - Springer
In this paper we are examining the evolving landscape of the implementation of Artificial
Intelligence (AI) in early childhood education. We are reviewing journal papers published …

[HTML][HTML] Development of a novel robot-assisted vocabulary learning system using pure synthetic data

ZH Aung, C Songsaksuppachok… - Intelligent Systems with …, 2023 - Elsevier
This study investigates the application of deep learning methods trained on synthetic data
for the robust detection of vocabulary flashcards, an essential aspect of robot-assisted …

Interactive Storytelling with Social Robots to Support Multilingual Children

M de Haas, R Alali, M Ashji, S Hussain… - Proceedings of the 23rd …, 2024 - dl.acm.org
This study investigates the impact of an educational social storytelling robot on multilingual
children aged 4-12 years by telling stories in their native language (Arabic). This work …