This study explores the role of social identity in human–robot interactions, focusing on a
scenario where a humanoid robot functions as a bartender with either a positive or negative …

Human Robot Interaction (HRI) is a field of study dedicated to understanding, designing, and
evaluating robotic systems for use by, or with, humans. In HRI there is a consensus about …

In this paper we report the result of an analysis aiming at investigating, among different
virtually embodied social robots (endowed with different degrees of dialogical complexity) …

This paper presents an empirical study that examined how children interpret emotional body
language displayed by the humanoid robot NAO. The purpose of the study is to provide …

This paper describes an experimental evaluation aimed at detecting the users' perception of
the robot's empathic abilities during a conversation. The results have been then analyzed to …

In the context of our research activities on affective computing and human-robot interaction
we are working on both the recognition of human's emotions and the expression of emotions …

There has been a rise in the last years of different types of agents that interact with humans,
be it for educational or healthcare purposes, among others. In pursuit of making these …

Human communication can be divided into verbal, which involves speech, and non-verbal,
often referred to as' body language.'Non-verbal communication is considered the most vital …

In recent decades, socially assisted robots (SAR) have found applications in various
operational contexts where the elicitation of empathy is crucial for facilitating human-robot …

The aim of this study was to examine how people's propensity to switch off the interactive
partner is affected by the entity of the partner, and the entity's position of the switch off button …