For human-like agents, including virtual avatars and social robots, making proper gestures
while speaking is crucial in human-agent interaction. Co-speech gestures enhance …

Humans use gestures as a means of non-verbal communication. Often accompanying
speech, these gestures have several purposes but in general, aim to convey an intended …

Communication using manual (hand) gestures is considered a defining property of social
robots, and their physical embodiment and presence, therefore, we see a need for a …

Gestures support and enrich speech across various forms of communication. Effective use of
gestures by speakers improves not only the listeners' comprehension of the spoken material …

Generating stylized audio-driven gestures for robots and virtual avatars has attracted
increasing considerations recently. Existing methods require style labels (eg speaker …

Nonverbal behaviors increase task efficiency and improve collaboration between people
and robots. In this paper, we introduce a model for generating nonverbal behavior and …

To investigate whether a humanoid robot's use of gestures improves children's learning of
second language vocabulary, and if variation in gestures strengthens this effect, we …

Non-verbal behavior is essential for embodied agents like social robots, virtual avatars, and
digital humans. Existing behavior authoring approaches including keyframe animation and …

Co-verbal gestures are an important part of human communication, improving its efficiency
and efficacy for information conveyance. One possible means by which such multi-modal …

With the widespread development of digital technology, individuals' daily activities are
inseparable from interaction with electronic devices. Researchers have become interested …