Robots for use in autism research

B Scassellati, H Admoni… - Annual review of …, 2012 - annualreviews.org
Autism spectrum disorders are a group of lifelong disabilities that affect people's ability to
communicate and to understand social cues. Research into applying robots as therapy tools …

Cognitive human–robot interaction

B Mutlu, N Roy, S Šabanović - Springer handbook of robotics, 2016 - Springer
A key research challenge in robotics is to design robotic systems with the cognitive
capabilities necessary to support human–robot interaction. These systems will need to have …

Effects of robot-human versus robot-robot behavior and entitativity on anthropomorphism and willingness to interact

MR Fraune, BC Oisted, CE Sembrowski… - Computers in Human …, 2020 - Elsevier
As robots become prevalent, people are increasingly interacting with multiple robots at once.
Thus, it is important to not only examine how robot behavior toward humans affects …

Our robots, our team: Robot anthropomorphism moderates group effects in human–robot teams

MR Fraune - Frontiers in psychology, 2020 - frontiersin.org
Past research indicates that people favor, and behave more morally toward, human ingroup
than outgroup members. People showed a similar pattern for responses toward robots …

Project INSIDE: towards autonomous semi-unstructured human–robot social interaction in autism therapy

FS Melo, A Sardinha, D Belo, M Couto, M Faria… - Artificial intelligence in …, 2019 - Elsevier
This paper describes the INSIDE system, a networked robot system designed to allow the
use of mobile robots as active players in the therapy of children with autism spectrum …

Secrets of Gosu: Understanding physical combat skills of professional players in first-person shooters

E Park, S Lee, A Ham, M Choi, S Kim… - Proceedings of the 2021 …, 2021 - dl.acm.org
In first-person shooters (FPS), professional players (aka, Gosu) outperform amateur players.
The secrets behind the performance of professional FPS players have been debated in …

Deriving minimal features for human-like facial expressions in robotic faces

CC Bennett, S Šabanović - International Journal of Social Robotics, 2014 - Springer
This study explores deriving minimal features for a robotic face to convey information (via
facial expressions) that people can perceive and understand. Recent research in computer …

Minimal Human Design Approach for sonzai-kan Media: Investigation of a Feeling of Human Presence

H Sumioka, S Nishio, T Minato, R Yamazaki… - Cognitive …, 2014 - Springer
Even though human-like robotic media give the feeling of being with others and positively
affect our physical and mental health, scant research has addressed how much information …

The uncanny in the wild. Analysis of unscripted human–android interaction in the field

AM Rosenthal-von der Pütten, NC Krämer… - International Journal of …, 2014 - Springer
Against the background of the uncanny valley hypothesis we investigated how people react
towards an android robot in a natural environment dependent on the behavior displayed by …

Minimal design strategy for embodied communication agents

N Matsumoto, H Fujii, M Goan… - ROMAN 2005. IEEE …, 2005 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
The design of communication robots remains a relatively underdeveloped field. Such robots
are often designed on a trial-and-error basis. Also, the shape of a robot heavily depends on …