The paper presents a multimodal conversational interaction system for the Nao humanoid
robot. The system was developed at the 8th International Summer Workshop on Multimodal …

Social interactive robots require sophisticated perception and cognition abilities to behave
and interact in a natural human-like way. The proper perception of behavior of interaction …

Among the cognitive abilities a robot companion must be endowed with, human perception
and speech understanding are both fundamental in the context of multimodal human-robot …

Based on a study of the engagement process between humans, we have developed and
implemented an initial computational model for recognizing engagement between a human …

We extend and develop an existing virtual agent system to generate communicative
gestures for different embodiments (ie virtual or physical agents). This paper presents our …

Interacting with robots like service robots should be as natural as possible for humans. As a
consequence, such robots should be equipped with a multimodal user interface, so that …

In human-human interaction, three modalities of communication (ie, verbal, nonverbal, and
paraverbal) are naturally coordinated so as to enhance the meaning of the conveyed …

Humanoid robots are already among us and they are beginning to assume more social and
personal roles, like guiding and assisting people. Thus, they should interact in a human …

Non-humanoid robots are becoming increasingly utilized for collaborative tasks across
many domains, including industrial and service settings. Collaborative tasks between the …

In order to engage in natural and fluent human-robot interaction, humanoid robot
companions must be able to produce speech-accompanying non-verbal behavior including …