Understanding user perceptions is particularly important in develo** social robots, which
tend to have a high degree of interaction with humans. However, psychometric measures of …

While research and development related to robotics has been going on for decades, the
past decade in particular has seen a marked increase in related efforts, in part due to …

Social robots hold promise in augmenting education, rehabilitative care, and leisure
activities for children. Despite findings suggesting various benefits of social robot use in …

Interactive learning technologies, such as robots, increasingly find their way into schools.
However, more research is needed to see how children might work with such systems in the …

Facial expressions of emotions influence the perception of robots in first encounters. People
can judge trustworthiness, likability, and aggressiveness in a few milliseconds by simply …

One of the major reasons behind traffic accidents is misinterpretation among road users. Self-
driving vehicles are expected to reduce these accidents, given that they are designed with …

Robots that interact with children are becoming more common in places such as child care
and hospital environments. While such robots may mistakenly provide nonsensical …

This paper describes the evolution of the Assistant Personal Robot (APR) project developed
at the Robotics Laboratory of the University of Lleida, Spain. This paper describes the first …

We are develo** a social robot to help children cope with painful and distressing medical
procedures in the hospital emergency department. This is a domain where a range of …

The emergence and development of cognitive strategies for the transition from exploratory
actions towards intentional problem-solving in children is a key question for the …