This paper reviews “socially interactive robots”: robots for which social human–robot
interaction is important. We begin by discussing the context for socially interactive robots …

To an increasing extent, robots are being designed to become a part of the lives of ordinary
people. This calls for new models of the interaction between humans and robots, taking …

With domestic technology on the rise, the quantity and complexity of smart-home devices are
becoming an important interaction design challenge. We present a novel design for a home …

Nonverbal behaviors serve as a rich source of information in inter human communication. In
particular, motion cues can reveal details on a person's current physical and mental state …

In this paper, we report about a new interaction-oriented robot, which communicates with
humans and will participate in human society as our partner. For realizing such a robot, we …

The adoption of virtual assistants is growing at a rapid pace. However, these assistants are
not optimised to simulate key social aspects of human conversational environments …

Non-facial and non-verbal methods of affective expression are essential for naturalistic
social interaction in robots that are designed to be functional and lack expressive faces …

Increasingly autonomous robots become more and more prevalent in daily life and their
proximity to humans may affect human well-being and comfort. Consequently, researchers …

Natural social human–robot interactions (HRIs) require that robots have the ability to
perceive and identify complex human social behaviors and, in turn, be able to also display …

Understanding how people perceive robot gestures will aid the design of robots capable of
social interaction with humans. We examined the generation and perception of a restricted …