Recent advancements in language models (LMs) have gained substantial attentions on their
capability to generate human-like responses. Though exhibiting a promising future for …

Embodied conversational agents that interact socially with people in the physical world
require multi-modal capabilities, such as appropriately responding to visual features of …

Communication is a central component in social human–robot interaction that needs to be
planned and designed prior to the actual communicative act. We therefore propose a …

Companion robots are aimed to mitigate loneliness and social isolation among older adults
by providing social and emotional support in their everyday lives. However, older adults' …

Abstract Large Language Models (LLMs) have demonstrated remarkable proficiency in text
generation and display an apparent understanding of both physical and social aspects of …

Small talk can foster rapport building in human-human teamwork; yet how non-
anthropomorphic robots, such as collaborative manipulators commonly used in industry …

In the rapidly evolving landscape of human-computer interaction, the integration of vision
capabilities into conversational agents stands as a crucial advancement. This paper …

The recent progress in language models is enabling more flexible and natural conversation
abilities for social robots. However, these language models were never made to be used in …

Communication is a central component in social human–robot interaction that needs to be
planned and designed prior to the actual communicative act. We therefore propose a …

In this demonstration, a Furhat social robot will engage in a conversation with a user and
adapt this conversation based on information about the user that the robot has visually …