Social robots are often ignored in public places. What can such a robot do to attract more
people to achieve its goals? In this study, we investigate what a social robot needs to do to …

A mismatch between the user's expectations and the actual reality of social robots may
negatively impact the acceptance and use of the robot. Given that the use of personal robots …

We conducted a field study to investigate the social acceptance of social robots by stores,
particularly for attracting passersby, which today's robots can autonomously perform. From …

Advancing digitization in working environments brings up the necessity of lifelong learning
as well as technology-supported employee training. Research on social robots has already …

We are facilitating software development for mobile social robots that operatein the wild': that
is, in real daily environments such as shopping malls. One fundamental difficulty in …

Human-robot interaction (HRI) is a rapidly growing area of research and the important
factors of the relationship between robots and the people who use them are still being …

Engagement with social robots is influenced by their appearance and shape. While robots
are designed with various features, almost all designs have some form of eyes. In this paper …

Aim of this study is to investigate the effects of user experience (UX) on shopping mall
customers' intention to use a social robot. Therefore, we used a Wizard of Oz approach that …

We took a social robot Pepper to a shopping mall for one day to see what kind of initial
responses it draws from people. We observed that the robot was quickly surrounded by …

Social Robots have the potential to be of tremendous utility in healthcare, search and
rescue, surveillance, transport, and military applications. In many of these applications …