User emotional status recognition is becoming a key feature in advanced Human Computer
Interfaces (HCI). A key source of emotional information is the spoken expression, which may …

Given the importance of affective touch in human interactions, technology designers are
increasingly attempting to bring this modality to the core of interactive technology. Advances …

The COVID-19 pandemic has affected all domains of human life, including the economic
and social fabric of societies. One of the central strategies for managing public health …

Social robots are gradually entering the organizational frontline, and research is beginning
to unveil the implications for consumer–firm interactions. While empirical studies on human …

Human affects such as emotions, moods, feelings are increasingly being considered as key
parameter to enhance the interaction of human with diverse machines and systems …

Emotion recognition is a strategy for social robots used to implement better Human-Robot
Interaction and model their social behaviour. Since human emotions can be expressed in …

Social robotics is an emerging area that is becoming present in social spaces, by
introducing autonomous social robots. Social robots offer services, perform tasks, and …

This paper investigates tourists' preferences toward the humans-robots ratio in the service
delivery systems of tourism and hospitality companies and the factors that shape them. The …

Many large-scale multi-robot systems require human input during operation in diferent
applications. To still minimize the human efort, interaction is intermittent or restricted to a …

The research on emotional intelligence in social robots is growing. This paper provides a
thematic analysis of the studies on robots and emotional intelligence, synthesising and …