Despite the relatively young age of Human–Robot Interaction (HRI) as a field, there is a
large volume of research on advances in robot hardware, software and behavior. The goal …

Many researchers use Wizard of Oz (WoZ) as an experimental technique, but there are
methodological concerns over its use, and no comprehensive criteria on how to best employ …

Humans are an essential part of human-robot interaction (HRI), but what roles do they play
in HRI research? Analysis of the role of human subjects in research can serve as an …

Allowing end-users to harness the full capability of general purpose robots, requires giving
them powerful tools. As the functionality of these tools increase, learning how to use them …

Communication with robots is challenging, partly due to their differences from humans and
the consequent discrepancy in people's mental model of what robots can see, hear, or …

In daily conversation, we sometimes observe a deictic interaction scene that refers to a
region in a space, such as saying¿ please put it over there¿ with pointing. How can such an …

Research in social robotics is commonly focused on designing robots that imitate human
behavior. While this might increase a user's satisfaction and acceptance of robots at first …

This article describes the prototyping of human–robot interactions in the University of
Hertfordshire (UH) Robot House. Twelve participants took part in a long-term study in which …

The style in which a robot moves, expressed through its gait or locomotion, can convey
effective messages to people. For example, a robot could move aggressively in reaction to a …

We present a series of projects for end-user authoring of interactive robotic behaviors, with a
particular focus on the style of those behaviors: we call this approach Style-by …