Robots should be seen and not heard… sometimes: Anthropomorphism and AI service robot interactions

K Letheren, J Jetten, J Roberts… - Psychology & …, 2021 - Wiley Online Library
There is a growing need to understand how consumers will interact with artificially intelligent
(AI) domestic service robots, which are currently entering consumer homes at increasing …

The amiro social robotics framework: Deployment and evaluation on the pepper robot

AȘ Ghiță, AF Gavril, M Nan, B Hoteit, IA Awada… - Sensors, 2020 - mdpi.com
Recent studies in social robotics show that it can provide economic efficiency and growth in
domains such as retail, entertainment, and active and assisted living (AAL). Recent work …

Rules of (household) engagement: technology as manager, assistant and intern

K Letheren, R Russell-Bennett, RF Mulcahy… - European Journal of …, 2019 - emerald.com
Purpose Practitioners need to understand how households will engage with connected-
home technologies or risk the failure of these innovations. Current theory does not offer …

Interactive hesitation synthesis: modelling and evaluation

S Betz, B Carlmeyer, P Wagner, B Wrede - Multimodal Technologies and …, 2018 - mdpi.com
Conversational spoken dialogue systems that interact with the user rather than merely
reading the text can be equipped with hesitations to manage dialogue flow and user …

[PDF][PDF] Hesitations in spoken dialogue systems

S Betz - 2020 - researchgate.net
Machines have acquired language and learned to speak. This might be the impression one
gets when considering the remarkable improvements in sound quality of electronic devices …

Are you talking to me? Improving the robustness of dialogue systems in a multi party HRI scenario by incorporating gaze direction and lip movement of attendees

V Richter, B Carlmeyer, F Lier… - Proceedings of the …, 2016 - dl.acm.org
In this paper, we present our humanoid robot" Meka", participating in a multi party human
robot dialogue scenario. Active arbitration of the robot's attention based on multi-modal …

A robot at home—How affect, technology commitment, and personality traits influence user experience in an intelligent robotics apartment

J Bernotat, F Eyssel - 2017 26th IEEE international symposium …, 2017 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
Previous research has shown that user features like affect, personality traits, user gender,
technology commitment, perceived ease of technology use, and the feeling of being …

Digital forensics in the age of smart environments: A survey of recent advancements and challenges

AMR Alenezi - arXiv preprint arXiv:2305.09682, 2023 - arxiv.org
Digital forensics in smart environments is an emerging field that deals with the investigation
and analysis of digital evidence in smart devices and environments. As smart environments …

Let the user decide! user preferences regarding functions, apps, and interfaces of a smart home and a service robot

B Schiffhauer, J Bernotat, F Eyssel, R Bröhl… - Social Robotics: 8th …, 2016 - Springer
In an online survey, we studied user expectations and preferences for functions and apps in
the context of a smart apartment. Furthermore, we explored which type of interface users …

The cognitive service robotics apartment: A versatile environment for human–machine interaction research

S Wrede, C Leichsenring, P Holthaus, T Hermann… - KI-Künstliche …, 2017 - Springer
The emergence of cognitive interaction technology offering intuitive and personalized
support for humans in daily routines is essential for the success of future smart …