The fusion of large language models and robotic systems has introduced a transformative
paradigm in human–robot interaction, offering unparalleled capabilities in natural language …

In the increasingly popular and diverse research area of social robotics, the primary goal is
to develop robot agents that exhibit socially intelligent behaviour while interacting in a face …

Informal social interaction is the primordial home of human language. Linguistically diverse
conversational corpora are an important and largely untapped resource for computational …

In the EU-funded MuMMER project, we have developed a social robot designed to interact
naturally and flexibly with users in public spaces such as a shopping mall. We present the …

This paper describes a new research project that aims to develop an autonomous and
responsive social robot designed to help children cope with painful procedures in hospital …

Social robotics has recently focused on developing AI agents that recognise and respond to
human emotions. The use of plan-based approaches is promising, especially in domains …

Dialogue-based human-AI collaboration can revolutionize collaborative problem-solving,
creative exploration, and social support. To realize this goal, the development of automated …

To facilitate continuous development of novel HRI systems, it is beneficial to have tools that
enable quick adjustments, flexibility, or re-invention of the human interfaces when system …

The core task of automated planning is goal-directed action selection; this task is not unique
to the planning community, but is also relevant to numerous other research areas within AI …

Possible applications for Social Robots in health-care settings, that could have a
tremendous social impact in helping alleviating staff workload, are those of a patient-facing …