We consider mobile service robots that carry out tasks with, for, and around humans in their
environments. Speech combined with on-screen display are common mechanisms for …

Robots that are devised for assisting and interacting with humans are becoming
fundamental in many applications, including in healthcare, education, and entertainment …

Bioluminescence is the production and emission of light by a living organism. It, as a means
of communication, is of importance for the survival of various creatures. Inspired by …

Social robots must master the nuances of human communication as a mean to convey an
effective message and generate trust. It is well-known that non-verbal cues are very …

Recently, smart products have not only demonstrated more functionality and technical
capabilities but have also shown a trend towards emotional expression. Emotional design …

The work studies the empathy elicited by a storytelling system in which the characters in the
story are interpreted by humanoid robots and modelled as cognitive agents. The ACT-R …

Abstract Recently, Facial Emotion Recognition (FER) has been one of the most promising
and growing field in computer vision and human-robot interaction. In this work, a deep …

We introduce Pepita, a caricatured huggable robot capable of sensing and conveying
affective expressions by means of tangible gesture recognition and projected avatars. This …

A special area of human-machine interaction, the expression of emotions gains importance
with the continuous development of artificial agents such as social robots or interactive …

Today's computers are becoming ever more versatile. They are used in various applications,
such as for education, entertainment, and information services. In other words, computers …