This review summarizes human perception and processing of face and gaze signals. Face
and gaze signals are important means of non-verbal social communication. The review …

Abstract Service robots are increasingly deployed in various industries including tourism. In
spite of extensive research on the user's experience in interaction with these robots, there …

There is an increased interest in using social robots to assist older adults during their daily
life activities. As social robots are designed to interact with older users, it becomes relevant …

Although progress is being made in affective computing, issues remain in enabling the
effective expression of compassionate communication by healthcare robots. Identifying …

Calculating others' visual perspective automatically is a pivotal ability in human social
communications. In the dot-perspective task, the ability is shown as a consistency effect …

Eye contact with a humanoid robot has been shown to evoke similar affect and affiliation
related psychophysiological responses as eye contact with another human. In this pre …

Nowadays, social robots have become human's important companions. The
anthropomorphic features of robots, which are important in building natural user experience …

Eye contact often elicits a smiling response. We investigated whether an individual's
awareness that the recipient perceives their direct gaze during eye contact has an influence …

Due to demographic change, health and elderly care systems are facing a shortage of
qualified caregivers. This issue can be addressed by introducing welfare robots into …

Eye contact is essential in transmitting information and intention in the wild environment (eg,
urban streets or parking lots) with mixed vehicles and pedestrians. Compared with the vision …