A survey of autonomous human affect detection methods for social robots engaged in natural HRI

D McColl, A Hong, N Hatakeyama, G Nejat… - Journal of Intelligent & …, 2016 - Springer
Abstract In Human-Robot Interactions (HRI), robots should be socially intelligent. They
should be able to respond appropriately to human affective and social cues in order to …

Feminist human-robot interaction: Disentangling power, principles and practice for better, more ethical HRI

K Winkle, D McMillan, M Arnelid, K Harrison… - Proceedings of the …, 2023 - dl.acm.org
Human-Robot Interaction (HRI) is inherently a human-centric field of technology. The role of
feminist theories in related fields (eg Human-Computer Interaction, Data Science) are taken …

Body language analysis in healthcare: an overview

R Abdulghafor, S Turaev, MAH Ali - Healthcare, 2022 - mdpi.com
Given the current COVID-19 pandemic, medical research today focuses on epidemic
diseases. Innovative technology is incorporated in most medical applications, emphasizing …

A multimodal emotional human–robot interaction architecture for social robots engaged in bidirectional communication

A Hong, N Lunscher, T Hu, Y Tsuboi… - IEEE transactions on …, 2020 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
For social robots to effectively engage in human–robot interaction (HRI), they need to be
able to interpret human affective cues and to respond appropriately via display of their own …

You are doing great! only one rep left: an affect-aware social robot for exercising

M Shao, SFDR Alves, O Ismail, X Zhang… - … on systems, man …, 2019 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
Regular exercise has immediate and long-term benefits for people of all ages. Maintaining
an adequate amount of daily exercise is important to overall health and wellbeing. Our …

User affect elicitation with a socially emotional robot

M Shao, M Snyder, G Nejat, B Benhabib - Robotics, 2020 - mdpi.com
To effectively communicate with people, social robots must be capable of detecting,
interpreting, and responding to human affect during human–robot interactions (HRIs). In …

Artificial vision algorithms for socially assistive Robot applications: A review of the literature

VM Montaño-Serrano, JM Jacinto-Villegas… - Sensors, 2021 - mdpi.com
Today, computer vision algorithms are very important for different fields and applications,
such as closed-circuit television security, health status monitoring, and recognizing a …

Correlated expression of the body, face, and voice during character portrayal in actors

M Berry, S Lewin, S Brown - Scientific Reports, 2022 - nature.com
Actors are required to engage in multimodal modulations of their body, face, and voice in
order to create a holistic portrayal of a character during performance. We present here the …

Computational elucidation of nonverbal behavior and body language in music therapy

B Sandak, A Gilboa, D Harel - PNAS nexus, 2024 - academic.oup.com
Music therapy has shown efficacy in serious and chronic conditions, mental disorders, and
disabilities. However, there is still much to explore regarding the mechanisms through which …

Empathy in Long-Term Human–Robot Interaction: A Scoping Review of Emotion Understanding

MS Newman, B Senadji, KM White… - International Journal of …, 2024 - Springer
While the field of human–robot interaction (HRI) continues to evolve, an ongoing challenge
in social robot research lies in the ability to sustain long-term HRI. The purpose of this review …