Gender/ing guides how we view ourselves, the world around us, and each other—including
non-humans. Critical voices have raised the alarm about stereotyped gendering in the …

Purpose AI-driven product recommendation chatbots have markedly reduced operating
costs and increased sales for marketers. However, previous literature has paid little attention …

Social cues have been construed as an important concept in human–robot interaction, as
they can be manipulated to reflect robots' perceived genders, personalities, emotions …

Recent studies have revealed the key importance of modelling personality in robots to
improve interaction quality by empowering them with social-intelligence capabilities. Most …

With this study we wanted to extend the research on personality traits and the similarity-and
complementarity-attraction effects in HRI, and explore which demographic variables might …

In the EU-funded MuMMER project, we have developed a social robot designed to interact
naturally and flexibly with users in public spaces such as a shopping mall. We present the …

The use of humanoid robots has surged in recent decades. However, the nonverbal features
in shaping robot personalities remain underexplored. This study investigates how nonverbal …

Recent developments in large language models open doors for AI and robots to augment
knowledge workers and teams in a variety of domains, such as customer service, data …

Researchers continue to devise creative ways to explore the extent to which people
perceive robots as social agents, as opposed to objects. One such approach involves asking …

This work analyses the relationship between the way robots gesture and the way those
gestures are perceived by human users. In particular, this work shows how modifying the …