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Text-writing robots have been used in assistive writing and drawing applications. However, robots do not convey emotional tones in the writing process due to the lack of behaviors humans typically adopt. To examine how people interpret…

Human-Computer Interaction · Computer Science 2023-02-14 Yanheng Li , Lin Luoying , Xinyan Li , Yaxuan Mao , Ray Lc

Robotic vision for human-robot interaction and collaboration is a critical process for robots to collect and interpret detailed information related to human actions, goals, and preferences, enabling robots to provide more useful services to…

Robotics · Computer Science 2023-07-31 Nicole Robinson , Brendan Tidd , Dylan Campbell , Dana Kulić , Peter Corke

When a robot performs a task next to a human, physical interaction is inevitable: the human might push, pull, twist, or guide the robot. The state-of-the-art treats these interactions as disturbances that the robot should reject or avoid.…

Robotics · Computer Science 2021-07-07 Dylan P. Losey , Andrea Bajcsy , Marcia K. O'Malley , Anca D. Dragan

With the presence of robots increasing in the society, the need for interacting with robots is becoming necessary. The field of Human-Robot Interaction (HRI) has emerged important since more repetitive and tiresome jobs are being done by…

Robotics · Computer Science 2025-02-04 Rajashekhar V S , Gowdham Prabhakar

This workshop aimed for a deeper exploration of trust and acceptance in human-robot interaction (HRI) from a multidisciplinary perspective including robots' capabilities of sensing and perceiving other agents, the environment, and…

Robotics · Computer Science 2021-08-20 Alessandra Rossi , Patrick Holthaus , Sílvia Moros , Marcus Scheunemann , Gabriella Lakatos

From the last decade, researchers in the field of machine learning (ML) and assistive developmental robotics (ADR) have taken an interest in artificial empathy (AE) as a possible future paradigm for human-robot interaction (HRI). Humans…

Robotics · Computer Science 2023-10-03 Sharjeel Tahir , Syed Afaq Shah , Jumana Abu-Khalaf

Developing robots that can assist humans efficiently, safely, and adaptively is crucial for real-world applications such as healthcare. While previous work often assumes a centralized system for co-optimizing human-robot interactions, we…

Robotics · Computer Science 2024-12-30 Jason Qin , Shikun Ban , Wentao Zhu , Yizhou Wang , Dimitris Samaras

Affective tactile interaction constitutes a fundamental component of human communication. In natural human-human encounters, touch is seldom experienced in isolation; rather, it is inherently multisensory. Individuals not only perceive the…

Robotics · Computer Science 2025-10-09 Qiaoqiao Ren , Tony Belpaeme

Social robots are required not only to understand human intentions but also to effectively communicate their intentions or own internal states to users. This study explores the use of sonification to provide explicit auditory feedback,…

Robotics · Computer Science 2024-11-15 Simone Arreghini , Antonio Paolillo , Gabriele Abbate , Alessandro Giusti

Emotions are very important for human intelligence. For example, emotions are closely related to the appraisal of the internal bodily state and external stimuli. This helps us to respond quickly to the environment. Another important…

Artificial Intelligence · Computer Science 2018-08-28 Chie Hieida , Takato Horii , Takayuki Nagai

Receiving a hug is one of the best ways to feel socially supported, and the lack of social touch can have severe negative effects on an individual's well-being. Based on previous research both within and outside of HRI, we propose six…

Robotics · Computer Science 2026-03-04 Alexis E. Block , Sammy Christen , Roger Gassert , Otmar Hilliges , Katherine J. Kuchenbecker

The use of social, anthropomorphic robots to support humans in various industries has been on the rise. During Human-Robot Interaction (HRI), physically interactive non-verbal behaviour is key for more natural interactions. Handshaking is…

Robotics · Computer Science 2020-11-20 Vignesh Prasad , Ruth Stock-Homburg , Jan Peters

Designing affective behaviors for animal-inspired social robots often relies on intuition and personal experience, leading to fragmented outcomes. To provide more systematic guidance, we first coded and analyzed human-pet interaction…

Human-Computer Interaction · Computer Science 2026-03-13 Liwen He , Pingting Chen , Ziheng Tang , Yixiao Liu , Jihong Jeung , Teng Han , Xin Tong

As robots become increasingly prevalent in work-oriented collaborations, trust has emerged as a critical factor in their acceptance and effectiveness. However, trust is dynamic and can erode when mistakes are made. Despite emerging research…

Robotics · Computer Science 2023-07-25 Connor Esterwood

Affective interaction is not merely about recognizing emotions; it is an embodied, situated process shaped by context and co-created through interaction. In affective computing, the role of haptic feedback within dynamic emotional exchanges…

Robotics · Computer Science 2025-06-25 Qiaoqiao Ren , Tony Belpaeme

This article provides the first survey of computational models of emotion in reinforcement learning (RL) agents. The survey focuses on agent/robot emotions, and mostly ignores human user emotions. Emotions are recognized as functional in…

Machine Learning · Computer Science 2017-11-30 Thomas M. Moerland , Joost Broekens , Catholijn M. Jonker

In an effort to improve how robots function in social contexts, this paper investigates if a robot that actively shares a reaction to an event with a human alters how the human perceives the robot's affective impact. To verify this, we…

Robotics · Computer Science 2025-08-08 Morten Roed Frederiksen , Kasper Støy

Human-machine interaction (HMI) and human-robot interaction (HRI) can assist structural monitoring and structural dynamics testing in the laboratory and field. In vibratory experimentation, one mode of generating vibration is to use…

Robotics · Computer Science 2023-03-24 Elijah Wyckoff , Ronan Reza , Fernando Moreu

Advances in animal motion tracking and pose recognition have been a game changer in the study of animal behavior. Recently, an increasing number of works go 'deeper' than tracking, and address automated recognition of animals' internal…

Automatic robotic facial expression generation is crucial for human-robot interaction, as handcrafted methods based on fixed joint configurations often yield rigid and unnatural behaviors. Although recent automated techniques reduce the…

Robotics · Computer Science 2025-07-04 Dongsheng Yang , Qianying Liu , Wataru Sato , Takashi Minato , Chaoran Liu , Shin'ya Nishida