Zenbo on zoom: Evaluating the human-robot interaction user experience in a video conferencing session

CL Gittens, D Garnes - 2022 IEEE International Conference on …, 2022 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
The COVID-19 pandemic has restricted the ability of HRI researchers to undertake face-to-
face HRI user studies while obeying existing social and physical distancing mandates. In …

Investigation of Relationships Between Embodiment Perceptions and Perceived Social Presence in Human–Robot Interactions

JA Sasser, DS McConnell, JA Smither - International Journal of Social …, 2024 - Springer
The corporeality of social robots can be broken down into anthropomorphic (humanoid),
zoomorphic (animal-like), mechanoid (machine-like), and functional (use-based). The effects …

To Be or Not to (Physically) Be? A Study on Preferences in Embodied Socially Interactive Agents for Health Monitoring of Older Adults*

C Neef, K Linden, A Richert - 2024 33rd IEEE International …, 2024 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
Social robots and virtual agents can provide a low-threshold social interface for the
independent self-health monitoring of older adults, thereby supporting their self-care and …

Evaluation of Preference on Context-Aware Utterances based on Personality Traits using a Conversational Android Robot System

R Fukui, A Yuguchi, Y Matsumoto… - 2024 33rd IEEE …, 2024 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
With recent technological improvements, the performance of conversational robots such as
context-aware dialogue is expected to be dramatically enhanced. While context-aware …

[PDF][PDF] Culture-Aware Cloud Services for Autonomous Conversation

Cultural competence-ie, the capability to adapt verbal and non-verbal interaction to the
user's cultural background-may be a key element for social robots to increase the user …