Voice assistants (VA) are an emerging technology that have become an essential tool of the
twenty-first century. The VA ease of access and use has resulted in high usability curiosity in …

Large Language Models (LLMs) have the potential to catalyze a paradigm shift in end-user
robot programming---moving from the conventional process of user specifying programming …

Affective computing is a nascent field situated at the intersection of artificial intelligence with
social and behavioral science. It studies how human emotions are perceived and …

Social robots have the potential to revolutionize the way we interact with technology,
providing a wide range of services and applications in various domains, such as healthcare …

The rapid increase in the importance of human-machine interaction and the accelerating
pace of life pose various challenges for the creators of digital environments. Continuous …

Just as end-user programming has helped make computer programming accessible for a
variety of users and settings, end-user robot programming has helped empower end-users …

This article presents the Network Empower and Prototy** Platform (NEP+), a flexible
framework purposefully crafted to simplify the process of interactive application …

In recent years, robots are used in an increasing variety of tasks, especially by small-and
medium sized enterprises. These tasks are usually fast-changing, they have a collaborative …

Novel end-user programming (EUP) tools enable on-the-fly (ie, spontaneous, easy, and
rapid) creation of interactions with robotic systems. These tools are expected to empower …

Social robotics poses tough challenges to software designers who are required to take care
of difficult architectural drivers like acceptability, trust of robots as well as to guarantee that …