Horns and sirens are important tools for communicating on the road, which are still
understudied in autonomous vehicles. While HRI has explored different ways in which …

Despite the recognized need to prepare for a future of human–AI collaboration, the technical
skills necessary to develop and deploy AI systems are considerable, making such research …

Design fixation, a phenomenon describing designers' adherence to pre-existing ideas or
concepts that constrain design outcomes, is particularly prevalent in human-robot interaction …

The physical design of a robot suggests expectations of that robot's functionality for human
users and collaborators. When those expectations align with the robot's true capabilities …

We deployed two trash barrel robots in New York City to study people's interactions with
autonomous everyday objects in public spaces. We used a Wizard-of-Oz technique for in-the …

We propose that feminist reconceptualisations of agency and difference could dramatically
expand our possibilities for both relating to robots in social scenarios and designing them as …

The ability to impute mental states to oneself or others, or Theory of Mind (ToM), has been
intrinsically linked to trust between humans. However, less is known about how a robot …

Human-machine communication has evolved from one-to-one to multi-agent systems where
the interplay between machines themselves interacts with human perception and behavior …

A key challenge in human-robot interaction (HRI) design is to create and sustain engaging
social interactions. This paper argues that improvisational techniques from the performing …

For autistic individuals, navigating social and emotional interactions can be complex, often
involving disproportionately high cognitive labor in contrast to neurotypical conversation …