Social robots are transitioning from lab experiments to commercial products, creating new
needs for proto-typing and design tools. In this paper, we present a framework to facilitate …

The social robotics market is appealing yet challenging. Though social robots are built few
remain on the market for long. Many reasons account for their short lifespan with costs and …

The design of social robots usually does not focus on their kinetic expression, and often
follows the assumption that their appearance should be human or animal like. To encourage …

As socially interactive robots move out of the lab and “into the wild,” the systems being
developed are shifting from being generaluse, research-focused platforms to application …

Autonomous virtual characters and social robots are meant to interact with humans. They
should be able to communicate, express emotions and exhibit personality. Their social skills …

Movements are an important part of robot design and we need dedicated tools to design
them. As previous research has shown, 3D animation techniques are of great use to animate …

One of the major obstacles in the study of human-robot interaction with social robots is the
lack of platforms to allow for tests with large user groups. Often, the price of these robots …

Robot designers commonly emphasize humanlikeness as an important design feature to
make robots social or userfriendly. To understand how users make sense of the design …

For some time now, robotics research has shifted its attention from robots that function within
their own predefined space to robots that coexist with humans in the human's natural …

With an increase in research and development of social robotics and commercial robots
entering the market, there is a need for design tools that enable non-experts to design, build …