Examining joint attention with the use of humanoid robots-A new approach to study fundamental mechanisms of social cognition

P Chevalier, K Kompatsiari, F Ciardo… - Psychonomic Bulletin & …, 2020 - Springer
This article reviews methods to investigate joint attention and highlights the benefits of new
methodological approaches that make use of the most recent technological developments …

Service robots in full-and limited-service restaurants: Extending technology acceptance model

WK Kao, YSS Huang - Journal of Hospitality and Tourism Management, 2023 - Elsevier
As the role of service robots has become increasingly important in service encounters,
existing literature has widely adopted the technology acceptance model to understand …

Effects of anthropomorphism and accountability on trust in human robot interaction

M Natarajan, M Gombolay - Proceedings of the 2020 ACM/IEEE …, 2020 - dl.acm.org
This paper examines how people's trust and dependence on robot teammates providing
decision support varies as a function of different attributes of the robot, such as perceived …

You look human, but act like a machine: agent appearance and behavior modulate different aspects of human–robot interaction

A Abubshait, E Wiese - Frontiers in psychology, 2017 - frontiersin.org
Gaze following occurs automatically in social interactions, but the degree to which gaze is
followed depends on whether an agent is perceived to have a mind, making its behavior …

Theory of mind in social robots: replication of five established human tests

J Banks - International Journal of Social Robotics, 2020 - Springer
Abstract Theory of Mind is an inferential system central to human–human communication by
which people ascribe mental states to self and other, and then use those deductions to make …

On the role of eye contact in gaze cueing

K Kompatsiari, F Ciardo, V Tikhanoff, G Metta… - Scientific reports, 2018 - nature.com
Most experimental protocols examining joint attention with the gaze cueing paradigm are
“observational” and “offline”, thereby not involving social interaction. We examined whether …

Joint action with artificial agents: Human-likeness in behaviour and morphology affects sensorimotor signaling and social inclusion

F Ciardo, D De Tommaso, A Wykowska - Computers in Human Behavior, 2022 - Elsevier
Sensorimotor signaling is a key mechanism underlying coordination in humans. The
increasing presence of artificial agents, including robots, in everyday contexts, will make …

It matters to me if you are human-examining categorical perception in human and nonhuman agents

E Wiese, PP Weis - International Journal of Human-Computer Studies, 2020 - Elsevier
Humanlike but not perfectly human agents frequently evoke feelings of eeriness, a
phenomenon termed the Uncanny Valley (UV). The Categorical Perception Hypothesis …

Measuring engagement elicited by eye contact in Human-Robot Interaction

K Kompatsiari, F Ciardo, D De Tommaso… - 2019 IEEE/RSJ …, 2019 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
The present study aims at investigating how eye contact established by a humanoid robot
affects engagement in human-robot interaction (HRI). To this end, we combined explicit …

Human-Social Robot Interaction in the Light of ToM and Metacognitive Functions

V Bamicha, A Drigas - Scientific Electronic Archives, 2024 - sea.ufr.edu.br
Resumo Theory of Mind (ToM) and Metacognition constitute two superior mental
mechanisms that promote the smooth integration and adaptation of the individual in society …