In an effort towards the democratization of Robotics, this article presents a novel End-User
Development framework called Robot Interfaces From Zero Experience (RIZE). The …

The expected adoption of robots in our society brings new technological challenges related
to the utility and usability that these robots can provide to their potential users. In this paper …

The expected adoption of robots able to interact with people in real-world scenarios brings
the need to move from easy-to-use to easy-to-develop robot architectures. In this paper, we …

This article presents the novel Python, C# and JavaScript libraries of Node Primitives (NEP),
a high-level, open, distributed, and component-based framework designed to enable easy …

Abstract Wizard-of-Oz (WoZ) is a common technique enabling HRI researchers to explore
aspects of interaction not yet backed by autonomous systems. A standardized, open, and …

Ubiquitous robots are robots integrated with smart environments, where they cooperate with
networks of heterogeneous sensors to achieve complex tasks. Their successful application …

When creating modern and visually appealing user experiences for the interaction with
industrial robots, previously known and universally applicable paradigms in app and web …

Usability, Social Acceptance, User Experience, and Societal Impact. It consists of (1) a
theoretical factor-indicator framework and (2) a methodological framework. Each of the four …

We report on a user study that sought to understand how users program robot tasks by direct
demonstration and what problems they encounter when using a state-of-the-art robot …

As social robots are increasingly entering the real world, developing a viable robot
application has become highly important. While a growing body of research has …