Although research on children's trust in social robots is increasingly growing in popularity, a
systematic understanding of the factors which influence children's trust in robots is lacking. In …

Numerous researches have studied the development of robotics, especially socially
assistive robots (SAR), including the NAO robot. This small humanoid robot has a great …

Socially interactive robots are expected to have an increasing importance in human society.
For social robots to provide long-term added value to people's lives, it is of major importance …

Children's ability to accurately recognize the external emotional signals produced by those
around them represents a milestone in their socioemotional development and is associated …

There is a growing body of work reporting on experimental work on social robotics (SR)
used for persuasive purposes. We report a comprehensive review on persuasive social …

Facial expressions of emotions influence the perception of robots in first encounters. People
can judge trustworthiness, likability, and aggressiveness in a few milliseconds by simply …

Research on facial expression recognition (FER) technology can promote the development
of theoretical and practical applications for our daily life. Currently, most of the related works …

The development of socially interactive robots is expected to have an increasing importance
in everyday life for a growing number of people. For social robots to provide long-term …

The design and use of social robots addressed to the children population is a growing
research field. The understanding of how the children react, or what are their preferences …

Education today faces a powerful enemy: the lack of interest from students, who, even if
attending class, find themselves distracted. This enemy has been in our schools for a long …