Feminist human-robot interaction: Disentangling power, principles and practice for better, more ethical HRI

K Winkle, D McMillan, M Arnelid, K Harrison… - Proceedings of the …, 2023 - dl.acm.org
Human-Robot Interaction (HRI) is inherently a human-centric field of technology. The role of
feminist theories in related fields (eg Human-Computer Interaction, Data Science) are taken …

Robots in games

D Rato, F Correia, A Pereira, R Prada - International Journal of Social …, 2023 - Springer
During the past two decades, robots have been increasingly deployed in games.
Researchers use games to better understand human-robot interaction and, in turn, the …

Ice-breaking technology: Robots and computers can foster meaningful connections between strangers through in-person conversations

AW Zhang, TH Lin, X Zhao, S Sebo - … of the 2023 CHI Conference on …, 2023 - dl.acm.org
Despite the clear benefits that social connection offers to well-being, strangers in close
physical proximity regularly ignore each other due to their tendency to underestimate the …

The robot made us hear each other: Fostering inclusive conversations among mixed-visual ability children

I Neto, F Correia, F Rocha, P Piedade, A Paiva… - Proceedings of the …, 2023 - dl.acm.org
Inclusion is key in group work and collaborative learning. We developed a mediator robot to
support and promote inclusion in group conversations, particularly in groups composed of …

Who's next? Integrating Non-Verbal Turn-Taking Cues for Embodied Conversational Agents

J Ehret, A Bönsch, P Nossol, CA Ermert… - Proceedings of the 23rd …, 2023 - dl.acm.org
Taking turns in a conversation is a delicate interplay of various signals, which we as humans
can easily decipher. Embodied conversational agents (ECAs) communicating with humans …

Interaction-sha** robotics: Robots that influence interactions between other agents

S Gillet, M Vázquez, S Andrist, I Leite… - ACM Transactions on …, 2024 - dl.acm.org
Work in Human–Robot Interaction (HRI) has investigated interactions between one human
and one robot as well as human–robot group interactions. Yet the field lacks a clear …

Robot-mediated inclusive processes in groups of children: From gaze aversion to mutual smiling gaze

S Tuncer, S Gillet, I Leite - Frontiers in Robotics and AI, 2022 - frontiersin.org
Our work is motivated by the idea that social robots can help inclusive processes in groups
of children, focusing on the case of children who have newly arrived from a foreign country …

Learning gaze behaviors for balancing participation in group human-robot interactions

S Gillet, MT Parreira, M Vázquez… - 2022 17th ACM/IEEE …, 2022 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
Robots can affect group dynamics. In particular, prior work has shown that robots that use
hand-crafted gaze heuristics can influence human participation in group interactions …

Integrating Flow Theory and Adaptive Robot Roles: A Conceptual Model of Dynamic Robot Role Adaptation for the Enhanced Flow Experience in Long-term Multi …

H Chen, S Alghowinem, C Breazeal… - Proceedings of the 2024 …, 2024 - dl.acm.org
In this paper, we introduce a novel conceptual model for a robot's behavioral adaptation in
its long-term interaction with humans, integrating dynamic robot role adaptation with …

Social Group Human-Robot Interaction: A Sco** Review of Computational Challenges

M Nigro, E Akinrintoyo, N Salomons… - arxiv preprint arxiv …, 2024 - arxiv.org
Group interactions are a natural part of our daily life, and as robots become more integrated
into society, they must be able to socially interact with multiple people at the same time …