Psychological insights into the research and practice of embodied conversational agents, chatbots and social assistive robots: a systematic meta-review

K Kiuchi, K Otsu, Y Hayashi - Behaviour & Information Technology, 2024 - Taylor & Francis
This study presents a systematic literature search and narrative meta-review of the current
state of research on conversational agents (CAs), including embodied CAs, chatbots, and …

A picture might be worth a thousand words, but it's not always enough to evaluate robots

N Randall, S Sabanovic - Proceedings of the 2023 ACM/IEEE …, 2023 - dl.acm.org
Evaluation of robots commonly occurs using various stimuli, including photos, videos, and
live interaction. However, a better understanding of how and why chosen stimuli affect …

Verbal anthropomorphism design of social robots: investigating users' privacy perception

H Chung, H Kang, S Jun - Computers in Human Behavior, 2023 - Elsevier
Many studies on the anthropomorphism of social robots have revealed two aspects of
anthropomorphism in human–robot interaction. The first is that humanlike robots have …

Extended interviews with stroke patients over a long-term rehabilitation using human–robot or human–computer interactions

Y Koren, R Feingold Polak, S Levy-Tzedek - International Journal of Social …, 2022 - Springer
Socially assistive robots (SARs) have been proposed to assist post-stroke patients in
performing their exercise during their rehabilitation process, with the trust in the robot …

User evaluation of a multi-platform digital storytelling concept for cultural heritage

S Vert, D Andone, A Ternauciuc, V Mihaescu, O Rotaru… - Mathematics, 2021 - mdpi.com
Digital storytelling platforms have proven to be a great way of bringing cultural heritage
closer to people. What lacks is a deeper understanding of the user experience of such …

Explain yourself! effects of explanations in human-robot interaction

J Ambsdorf, A Munir, Y Wei, K Degkwitz… - 2022 31st IEEE …, 2022 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
Recent developments in explainable artificial intelligence promise the potential to transform
human-robot interaction: Explanations of robot decisions could affect user perceptions …

SONAR: An Adaptive Control Architecture for Social Norm Aware Robots

D Dell'Anna, A Jamshidnejad - International Journal of Social Robotics, 2024 - Springer
Recent advances in robotics and artificial intelligence have made it necessary or desired for
humans to get involved in interactions with social robots. A key factor for the human …

Analysis of the therapeutic interaction provided by a humanoid robot serving stroke survivors as a therapeutic assistant for arm rehabilitation

T Platz, AL Pedersen, P Deutsch… - Frontiers in Robotics …, 2023 - frontiersin.org
Objective: To characterize a socially active humanoid robot's therapeutic interaction as a
therapeutic assistant when providing arm rehabilitation (ie, arm basis training (ABT) for …

Human-robot interactions with an autonomous health screening robot in long-term care settings

C Getson, G Nejat - Advanced Robotics, 2023 - Taylor & Francis
Socially assistive robots are increasingly being considered to help address the shortage of
care workers in long-term care, which has been further exacerbated by the COVID-19 …

Using artificial intelligence and companion robots to improve home healthcare for the elderly

P Battistoni, AA Cantone, M Esposito… - … Conference on Human …, 2023 - Springer
Several statistical reports have addressed the problem of increasing old age and the related
increase in emergency room requests in hospital centers. In this paper, interviews were …