Social robots can be used in education as tutors or peer learners. They have been shown to
be effective at increasing cognitive and affective outcomes and have achieved outcomes …

This article surveys the use of natural language in robotics from a robotics point of view. To
use human language, robots must map words to aspects of the physical world, mediated by …

The role of robots in society keeps expanding and diversifying, bringing with it a host of
issues surrounding the relationship between robots and humans. This introduction to human …

Digital technology has brought new opportunities for language education. Multimodal
literacy refers to the ability to read, watch, understand, respond to, and generate multimodal …

This article reviews the state of the art in social eye gaze for human-robot interaction (HRI). It
establishes three categories of gaze research in HRI, defined by differences in goals and …

Autonomous robots are increasingly placed in contexts that require them to interact with
groups of people rather than just a single individual. Interactions with groups of people …

Physical embodiment is a required component for robots that are structurally coupled with
their real-world environments. However, most socially interactive robots do not need to …

Most motion in robotics is purely functional, planned to achieve the goal and avoid
collisions. Such motion is great in isolation, but collaboration affords a human who is …

Intelligent Virtual Agents (IVAs) are becoming part of our everyday life, thanks to artificial
intelligence technology and Internet of Things devices. For example, users can control their …

Abstract Kindergarten Social Assistive Robotics (KindSAR) is a novel technology that offers
kindergarten staff an innovative tool for achieving educational aims through social …