Offering help is a socially precarious venture. A robot that mimics human help-giving
communication might end up supporting or might end up offending the help recipient. This …

As robots work in increasingly collaborative settings with humans, scenarios will arise where
robots need to successfully request favors to be effective. Communication directness and …

Robots that can leverage help from people could accomplish much more than robots that
cannot. We present the results of two experiments that examine how robots can more …

Research on robotic helpers emphasizes their potential to improve human performance, but
little attention has been given to the effects of robotic helpers on the social and …

Social robots have to potential to serve as personal, organizational, and public assistants as,
for instance, diet coaches, teacher's aides, and emergency respondents. The success of …

During the previous field study with a robot and its interaction with mall visitors, we observed
a surprising event during which a leaflet-distributing robot was abused, although it was …

Social robots must take on many roles when interacting with people in everyday settings,
some of which may be authoritative, such as a nurse, teacher, or guard. It is important to …

Current developments suggest that robots are finding increasing use in people's everyday
lives and working environments. However, these environments have been made for humans …

Robots often need to ask humans for help, for instance to complete a human component in a
larger task or to recover from an unforeseen error. In this paper, we explore how robots can …

Interaction with artificial social agents is often designed based on models of human
interaction and dialogue. While this is certainly useful for basic interaction mechanisms, it …