During the past 15 years, an increasing amount of works have investigated proactive robotic
behavior in relation to Human–Robot Interaction (HRI). The works engage with a variety of …

Background Medication is an important approach of treatment for patients with
schizophrenia; however, the availability of visiting nurses and other human-related support …

Service robots are beginning to be used as a new kind of support for human labor. However,
in many cases, we implement only specific task-dependent behaviors in robots according to …

Social robots can be applied in different settings to enhance experiences for humans.
Understanding physical and behavioural aspects of robot design is important to promote …

We explore the impressions and conceptualisations produced by participants after their first
encounter with the teleoperated robot, Telenoid R1. Participants were invited to freely report …

It is difficult to accurately express discomfort with words. These days, a method of evaluating
feeling with biological information such as heartbeat has been proposed. We will apply this …

Recently, interactive robots have been widely used around the world. In the field of this
research, nonverbal communication is expected to play an important role in interactions …

Affinity generation is one of the essential challenges still remaining in the HCI field. Today,
photo realistic digital humans are developed as intermediaries in human-computer …

Technological innovations in construction, like robots, pose a challenge in collaborating
effectively with humans. An immersive virtual environment (IVE) addresses this by simulating …

Human-robot teams will become increasingly prevalent in the construction sector as
technology advances. These teams, consisting of both human and robotic members, have …