In this paper, we discuss the development of artificial theory of mind as foundational to an
agent's ability to collaborate with human team members. Agents imbued with artificial social …

Current Humanoid Service Robot (HSR) behaviours mainly rely on static models that cannot
adapt dynamically to meet individual customer attitudes and preferences. In this work, we …

Social robots in our daily surroundings, like personal guides, waiter robots, home helpers,
assistive robots, and telepresence/teleoperation robots, are increasing day by day. Their …

The ability of a robot to detect and join groups of people is of increasing importance in social
contexts, and for the collaboration between teams of humans and robots. In this paper, we …

While most research has focused on one-on-one interactions, Socially Interactive Agents
(SIAs) for multiparty interaction have received increasingly more atten tion in the past years …

As social robots become increasingly integrated into daily life, ensuring their behaviours
align with social norms is crucial. For their widespread open-world application, it is important …

Mobile robots that approach free-standing conversational groups to join them should
behave in a safe and socially-acceptable way. Existing trajectory generation methods focus …

Robotic systems that are developed for social and dynamic environments require adaptive
mechanisms to successfully operate. Consequently, learning from rewards has provided …

To date, endowing robots with an ability to assess social appropriateness of their actions
has not been possible. This has been mainly due to (i) the lack of relevant and labelled data …

In this work, we propose a framework for allowing autonomous robots deployed for extended
periods of time in public spaces to adapt their own behaviour online from user interactions …