The quality of a companion robot's reaction is important to make it acceptable to the users
and to sustain interactions. Furthermore, the robot's reaction can be used to train socially …

Social robots may comfort and support children who have to cope with chronic diseases like
diabetes. In social interactions, it is important to be able to express recognizable emotions …

One of the known challenges in Children Robot Interaction (cHRI) is to sustain children's
engagement for long-term interactions with robots. Researchers have hypothesised that …

The design and use of social robots addressed to the children population is a growing
research field. The understanding of how the children react, or what are their preferences …

Understanding how people perceive robot gestures will aid the design of robots capable of
social interaction with humans. We examined the generation and perception of a restricted …

Expressive behaviour is a vital aspect of human interaction. A model for adaptive emotion
expression was developed for the Nao robot. The robot has an internal arousal and valence …

Abstract Social Assistive Robots are starting to be widely used in paediatric health-care
environments. In this domain, the development of effective strategies to keep the children …

A social robot interacts and communicates with humans by using the embodied knowledge
gained from interactions with its social environment. In recent years, emotion has emerged …

The idea of autonomous social robots capable of assisting us in our daily lives is becoming
more real every day. However, there are still many open issues regarding the social …

This paper presents the results of a study, conducted by Scientific Institute San Raffaele in
Milan, involving 35 children in between 8 and 11 years old. The purpose of this study was to …