Designed to improve human–machine interactions, virtual agents and particularly virtual
assistants (VAs) are spreading in our daily lives. Presenting a very wide variety of …

One key technique people use in conversation and collaboration is conversational repair.
Self-repair is the recognition and attempted correction of one's own mistakes. We investigate …

Robot-Robot-Human Interaction is an emerging field, holding the potential to reveal social
effects involved in human interaction with more than one robot. We tested if an interaction …

Robots that carry out tasks and interact in complex environments will inevitably commit
errors. Error detection is thus an important ability for robots to master, to work in an efficient …

We evaluate whether an interaction with robots can influence a subsequent Human-Human
Interaction without the robots' presence. Social psychology studies indicate that some social …

Power is a fundamental determinant of social life, yet it remains elusive in Human-Robot
Interaction (HRI). This paper unveils power's pervasive but largely unexplored role in HRI by …

First impressions play an important part in social interactions, establishing the foundation of
a person's opinion about their counterparts. Since interpersonal communication is …

To address the issue of self-serving attributional bias linked to automation technology and
artificial intelligence (AI), this study recruited a gender-balanced sample to investigate the …

We present a new typology for classifying signals from robots when they communicate with
humans. For inspiration, we use ethology, the study of animal behaviour and previous efforts …

A key challenge in human-robot interaction (HRI) design is to create and sustain engaging
social interactions. This paper argues that improvisational techniques from the performing …