Social robots, driven by cutting-edge technologies are designed to cater to various societal
needs, facilitating complex human interactions involving multiple users and stakeholders …

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

Dialogue systems are widely utilized in chatbots and call centers. However, it is often difficult
for such systems to deliver fully autonomous dialogue. For users to have a better dialogue …

Teleoperating social robots requires operators to “speak as the robot,” as local users would
favor robots whose appearance and voice match. This study focuses on real-time altered …

The tremendous development in large language models (LLM) has led to a new wave of
innovations and applications and yielded research results that were initially forecast to take …

Does the norm of first-come-first-serve (FCFS) equally apply to those piloting a Mobile
Remote Presence (MRP) system as to those who are physically present with it? While …

Intergenerational interactions between children and older adults are gaining broader
recognition because of their mutual benefits. However, such interactions face practical …

Robots operating in human spaces need to be able to communicate with people.
Understanding how humans and robots communicate about the shared space around them …

Telepresence technology creates the opportunity for people that were traditionally left out of
the workforce to work remotely. In the service industry, a pool of novice remote workers …

Recent advancements in tele-operated avatars, both on-screen and robotic, have expanded
opportunities for human interaction that exceed spatial and physical limitations. While …