Our project aims at supporting the creation of sustainable and meaningful longer-term
human-robot relationships through the creation of embodied robots with face recognition …

Although existing robotic systems are interesting to interact with in the short term, it has been
shown that after some weeks of quasi-regular encounters, humans gradually lose their …

The overarching goal of the FaceBots project is to support the achievement of sustainable
long-term human-robot relationships through the creation of robots with face recognition and …

The role of the physical embodiment of a social robot is of key importance during the
interaction with humans. If we want to study the interactions we need to be able to change …

Many of the most daily uses of robots require them to work alongside users as cooperative
and socially adaptive partners. To provide the human with the better suited assistance at a …

We present a new social robot named IVO, a robot capable of collaborating with humans
and solving different tasks. The robot is intended to cooperate and work with humans in a …

Social robots are attracting increasing attention for their potential use in social and care
settings. However, these agents do not (yet) offer the same opportunities as humans for …

One of the major obstacles in the study of human-robot interaction with social robots is the
lack of platforms to allow for tests with large user groups. Often, the price of these robots …

Social robots during human-robot interaction have to follow certain behavioral norms. To
improve the expressiveness of a robot, we focus this work on the visual non-verbal …

The paper discusses ethical issues in dialogue engagement to build a long-term trusting
relationship between a human and a robot agent over a period of time. Engagement refers …