Mobile robots carrying food in restaurants are here. What service behavior norms do people
expect them to follow? This paper evaluates robot waiter algorithms and service parameters …

From teaching technical skills to telling bedtime stories, social robots support various
edutainment tasks that require smooth communication. Previous studies often emphasized …

Non-verbal communication, especially eye contact, plays a crucial role in human interaction.
Integrating eye contact capabilities into robotic behavior presents challenges that require …

Collaborative storytelling has long been a goal of social robotics, however, much of this
research is limited in interactivity or assumes that story content is curated. In this paper, we …

In previous studies of applying storytelling to robotics, the emotions and actions of robots are
usually pre-determined, resulting in a homogeneous storytelling style for the robot. In this …

Tabletop social robots are becoming increasingly common, not only as social companions
but as presenters and orators of information. We present an exploration of utilizing robots as …

How closely can a robot capable of generating non-verbal behavior approximate a human
narrator? What are the missing features that limit the naturalness and expressiveness of the …

This study investigates the influence of visual cognitive processing on coordinated eye and
head movements, aiming to elucidate the intricate relationship between eye-head …

The development and integration of robots capable of expressing gaze directionality through
eye-head movements are crucial for effective human-robot interaction, especially for those …