The field of artificial intelligence (AI) has gained immense traction over the past decade,
producing increasingly successful applications as research strives to understand and exploit …

Robotic applications have entered various aspects of our lives, such as health care and
educational services. In such Human-robot Interaction (HRI), trust and mutual adaption are …

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 …

As robotic agents become increasingly pervasive in our lives, recent works have shown
promising results on the use of emotions on social drones. However, further research is …

Speech emotion recognition (SER) has gained significant attention due to its several
application fields, such as mental health, education, and human-computer interaction …

Business and technology are intricately connected through logic and design. They are
equally sensitive to societal changes and may be devastated by scandal. Cooperative multi …

A wide range of studies in Human-Robot Interaction (HRI) has shown that robots can
influence the social behavior of humans. This phenomenon is commonly explained by the …

Implementing an Emerging Technology (ET) is a difficult task due to people lacking ET-
related knowledge and skills or having skeptical and negative attitudes towards the ET. As …

Robots in urban environments will inevitably encounter situations beyond their capabilities
(eg, delivery robots unable to press traffic light buttons), necessitating bystander assistance …

Social species rely on the ability to modulate feedback-monitoring in social contexts to
adjust one's actions and obtain desired outcomes. When being awarded positive outcomes …