Robot-assisted language learning (RALL) is attracting growing attention among researchers
and teachers thanks to its suggested positive impact on children's motivation and …

More than 40% of Americans used a voice assistant (VA) this year to aid them with a host of
tasks, including purchasing nearly $20 B in products and services. Voice-assisted …

Social robots are artificial agents communicating in a human-like way. These assistive
technologies are surging particularly to address personal healthcare shortages while …

With the increasing deployment of robots to support humans in various activities, a crucial
factor that has surfaced as a precondition for successful human-robot interaction (HRI) is the …

In this paper, with the overarching goal to make new technologies more useful and usable to
older adults, we examine the benefits and shortcoming of conversational user interfaces …

This paper presents the design, implementation, and evaluation of a novel collaborative
educational game titled" Land of Hands", involving children and a customized social robot …

This paper describes a user experience comparison study to explore whether a user's'
cultural background'affects their interaction with in-home pet robots designed for health …

Social robots are used in daily life. One of the applications of social robots is as
recommendation systems. Previous research has mainly investigated how persuasive …

In this paper, through two perspectives on helping robots, we bring forth a discussion on
what it means for passersby to help a commercially deployed robot in public spaces. With …

The use of social assistive robots for interactive stimulation has strong potential in
neurorehabilitation therapies. It is of particular interest in the case of pediatric patients to …