Embodied artificial agents for understanding human social cognition

A Wykowska, T Chaminade… - … Transactions of the …, 2016 - royalsocietypublishing.org
In this paper, we propose that experimental protocols involving artificial agents, in particular
the embodied humanoid robots, provide insightful information regarding social cognitive …

Adopting the intentional stance toward natural and artificial agents

J Perez-Osorio, A Wykowska - Philosophical Psychology, 2020 - Taylor & Francis
In our daily lives, we need to predict and understand others' behavior in order to navigate
through our social environment. Predictions concerning other humans' behavior usually …

Do we adopt the intentional stance toward humanoid robots?

S Marchesi, D Ghiglino, F Ciardo… - Frontiers in …, 2019 - frontiersin.org
In daily social interactions, we need to be able to navigate efficiently through our social
environment. According to, explaining and predicting others' behavior with reference to …

Human-like behavioral variability blurs the distinction between a human and a machine in a nonverbal Turing test

F Ciardo, D De Tommaso, A Wykowska - Science robotics, 2022 - science.org
Variability is a property of biological systems, and in animals (including humans), behavioral
variability is characterized by certain features, such as the range of variability and the shape …

You look human, but act like a machine: agent appearance and behavior modulate different aspects of human–robot interaction

A Abubshait, E Wiese - Frontiers in psychology, 2017 - frontiersin.org
Gaze following occurs automatically in social interactions, but the degree to which gaze is
followed depends on whether an agent is perceived to have a mind, making its behavior …

Folk-psychological interpretation of human vs. humanoid robot behavior: Exploring the intentional stance toward robots

S Thellman, A Silvervarg, T Ziemke - Frontiers in psychology, 2017 - frontiersin.org
People rely on shared folk-psychological theories when judging behavior. These theories
guide people's social interactions and therefore need to be taken into consideration in the …

Social robots to test flexibility of human social cognition

A Wykowska - International Journal of Social Robotics, 2020 - Springer
As the field of social robotics has been dynamically growing and expanding over various
areas of research and application, in which robots can be of assistance and companionship …

It's in the eyes: The engaging role of eye contact in HRI

K Kompatsiari, F Ciardo, V Tikhanoff, G Metta… - International Journal of …, 2021 - Springer
This paper reports a study where we examined how a humanoid robot was evaluated by
users, dependent on established eye contact. In two experiments, the robot was …

Work and organization in a digital industrial context

J Johansson, L Abrahamsson, BB Kåreborn… - Management …, 2017 - JSTOR
There are clear signs that digitalization attempts such as Industry 4.0 will become more
apparent in workplaces. This development requires reflections and considerations so we do …

Measuring engagement elicited by eye contact in Human-Robot Interaction

K Kompatsiari, F Ciardo, D De Tommaso… - 2019 IEEE/RSJ …, 2019 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
The present study aims at investigating how eye contact established by a humanoid robot
affects engagement in human-robot interaction (HRI). To this end, we combined explicit …