The world's population is ageing and, with that, new social issues arise, especially in terms
of healthcare and daily activities. Despite the preference for human professional healthcare …

Humor is a pervasive feature of everyday social interactions that might be leveraged to
improve human–robot interactions (HRI). Our goal is to evaluate how the use of humor can …

This article discusses the fundamental requirements for making explainable robots
trustworthy and comprehensible for non-expert users. To this extent, we identify three main …

The population ageing phenomenon leads to an unceasing need for home-based
healthcare systems to continuously monitor the elderly's cognitive and physical health. In …

Automated conversational agents are becoming popular in various everyday contexts. In
order to fulfill a more important role in human society, people would need to feel a sense of …

Humor plays a pivotal role in social interactions and is linked to various health benefits.
Therefore, there is a vast potential for harnessing its advantages in diverse applications …

This paper describes system developments for integrating control systems of Manzai robot
duos that automatically generate Manzai scripts from Internet articles based on given …

To feel more familiar with the agents, our previous research proposed an interaction style of
agents that makes humorous statements in real time during conversations with users …

Conversational agents are becoming popular in various daily situations. To make agents
more user-friendly in the future, we are studying ways to make them more humorous. Our …

There is a significant demographic shift ahead: the older population is growing in size and
proportion, leading to a lack of available informal caregivers. Research has thus proposed …