A Systematic Review of Social Robots in Shop** Environments

MU Khan, Z Erden - International Journal of Human–Computer …, 2024 - Taylor & Francis
Social robots, driven by cutting-edge technologies are designed to cater to various societal
needs, facilitating complex human interactions involving multiple users and stakeholders …

Out for in! empirical study on the combination power of two service robots for product recommendation

S Song, J Baba, Y Okafuji, J Nakanishi… - Proceedings of the …, 2023 - dl.acm.org
Service robots have increasingly been investigated in retailing. Previous studies mainly
focused on the effectiveness of recommendation with regard to a single robot, and whether …

Influence of collaborative customer service by service robots and clerks in bakery stores

Y Okafuji, S Song, J Baba, Y Yoshikawa… - Frontiers in Robotics …, 2023 - frontiersin.org
In recent years, various service robots have been deployed in stores as recommendation
systems. Previous studies have sought to increase the influence of these robots by …

A study on customer's perception of robot nonverbal communication skills in a service environment

NTV Tuyen, S Okazaki… - 2023 32nd IEEE …, 2023 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
Nonverbal communication has the potential to enable robots to interact with customers in
service environments efficiently. While previous efforts in this domain have been paid to the …

New Comer in the Bakery Store: A Long-Term Exploratory Study Toward Design of Useful Service Robot Applications

S Song, J Baba, Y Okafuji, J Nakanishi… - International Journal of …, 2024 - Springer
In this study, we report a 6-month empirical study on a service robot deployed in a bakery
shop. Recently, potential applications of service robots have been increasingly explored …

A field study on Polish customers' attitude towards a service robot in a cafe

M Kiraga, Z Samsel, B Indurkhya - International Conference on Social …, 2023 - Springer
More and more stores in Poland are adopting robots as customer assistants or promotional
tools. However, customer attitudes to such novelty remain unexplored. This study focused on …

Pop**-Up Poster: A Pin-Based Promotional Poster Device for Engaging Customers through Physical Shape Transformation

K Tanaka, Y Okafuji, T Iwamoto - Proceedings of the ACM on Human …, 2024 - dl.acm.org
Promotional media, such as paper posters and digital signage, are installed in shop**
malls to recommend products and services. However, it has been reported that many …

Wingman-Leader Recommendation: An Empirical Study on Product Recommendation Strategy Using Two Robots

S Song, J Baba, Y Okafuji, J Nakanishi… - IEEE Robotics and …, 2024 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
In recent years, the potential applications of social robots in retail environments have been
explored. Previous studies have mainly focused on the performance of a single robot and …

Pseudo-eating behavior of service robot to improve the trustworthiness of product recommendations

Y Okafuji, T Ishikawa, K Matsumura, J Baba… - Advanced …, 2024 - Taylor & Francis
Service robots are used in a range of service situations, including those where they are
required to recommend products. However, when robots use subjective statements for …

Acceptable dialogue robot with a side participant robot for group recommendation

K Sakai, H Ishiguro, Y Yoshikawa - Advanced Robotics, 2025 - Taylor & Francis
Conversational robots play a pivotal role in conversational recommender systems, offering
recommendations that resonate with the user. In this study, we focused on the characteristics …