Abstract Purpose of Review We provide an outlook on the definitions, laboratory research,
and applications of social robots, with an aim to understand what makes a robot social—in …

Humans tend to shift attention according to others' eye-gaze direction. This is a core ability
as it permits to create pervasive relationships among individuals and with the environment …

Ce livre est une référence pour l'étude de la psychologie cognitive-des théories
fondamentales aux recherches contemporaines, notamment en neurosciences-et de ses …

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 …

Joint attention is a pivotal mechanism underlying human ability to interact with one another.
The fundamental nature of joint attention in the context of social cognition has led …

There is an increased interest in using social robots to assist older adults during their daily
life activities. As social robots are designed to interact with older users, it becomes relevant …

Eye contact established by a human partner has been shown to affect various cognitive
processes of the receiver. However, little is known about humans' responses to eye contact …

Background Socially assistive robots have the potential to become a powerful therapeutic
tool for individuals affected by Autism Spectrum Disorder (ASD). However, to date, only a …

In this paper, we identify three types of human–robot interaction combining different
collaborative industrial human–cobot scenarios with communicative modes. In particular, we …

In this work, we consider the problem of sensing environmental influence on the recognition
of human intention in human robot interaction (HRI). We propose a novel framework to …