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Communicative Robot Signals: Presenting a New Typology for Human-Robot Interaction
Holthaus, Patrick; Schulz, Trenton; Lakatos, Gabriella; Soma, Rebekka (ACM Press, 2023-03-13)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 from literature as guides in defining ... -
Developing a protocol and experimental setup for using a humanoid robot to assist children with autism to develop visual perspective taking skills
Wood, Luke; Robins, Ben; Lakatos, Gabriella; Syrdal, Dag Sverre; Zaraki, Abolfazl; Dautenhahn, Kerstin (2019-03-26)Visual Perspective Taking (VPT) is the ability to see the world from another person's perspective, taking into account what they see and how they see it, drawing upon both spatial and social information. Children with ... -
Does the Appearance of a Robot Influence People's Perception of Task Criticality?
Chanseau, Adeline; Dautenhahn, Kerstin; Walters, Michael L.; Koay, Kheng Lee; Lakatos, Gabriella; Salem, Maha (Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE), 2018-11-08)As home robot companions become more common, it is important to understand what types of tasks are considered critical to perform correctly. This paper provides working definitions of task criticality, physical and cognitive ... -
Effects of Previous Exposure on Children’s Perception of a Humanoid Robot
Lakatos, Gabriella; Wood, Luke Jai; Zaraki, Abolfazl; Robins, Ben; Dautenhahn, Kerstin; Amirabdollahian, Farshid (Springer Nature, 2019-11-17)The study described in this paper investigated the effects of previous exposure to robots on children’s perception of the Kaspar robot. 166 children aged between 7 and 11 participated in the study in the framework of a UK ... -
EHAZOP: A Proof of Concept Ethical Hazard Analysis of an Assistive Robot
Menon, Catherine; Rainer, Austen; Holthaus, Patrick; Lakatos, Gabriella; Carta, Silvio (2024-05-13)The use of assistive robots in domestic environments can raise significant ethical concerns, from the risk of individual ethical harm to wider societal ethical impacts including culture flattening and compromise of human ... -
A feasibility study of using Kaspar, a humanoid robot for speech and language therapy for children with learning disabilities
Lakatos, Gabriella; Sarda Gou, Marina; Holthaus, Patrick; Wood, Luke; Moros Espanol, Sílvia; Lichfield, Vicky; Robins, Ben; Amirabdollahian, Farshid (Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE), 2023-11-13)The research presented in this paper investigates the feasibility of using humanoid robots like Kaspar as assistive tools in Speech, Language and Communication (SLC) therapy for children with learning disabilities. The ... -
How does peoples’ perception of control depend on the criticality of a task performed by a robot Paladyn
Chanseau, Adeline; Dautenhahn, Kerstin; Koay, Kheng; Walters, Michael; Lakatos, Gabriella; Salem, Maha (2019-12-17)Robot companions are starting to become more common and people are becoming more familiar with devices such as Google Home, Alexa or Pepper,one must wonder what is the optimum way for people to control their devices? This ... -
Kaspar Causally Explains
Araujo, Hugo; Holthaus, Patrick; Sarda Gou, Marina; Lakatos, Gabriella; Galizia, Giulia; Wood, Luke; Robins, Ben; Mousavi, Mohammadreza; Amirabdollahian, Farshid (Springer Nature, 2023-02-02)The Kaspar robot has been used with great success to work as an education and social mediator with children with autism spectrum disorder. Enabling the robot to automatically generate causal explanations is key to enrich ... -
Kaspar Explains: The Effect of Causal Explanations on Visual Perspective Taking Skills in Children with Autism Spectrum Disorder
Sarda Gou, Marina; Lakatos, Gabriella; Holthaus, Patrick; Robins, Ben; Moros Espanol, Sílvia; Wood, Luke; Araujo, Hugo; deGraft-Hanson, Christine Augusta Ekua; Mousavi, Mohammad Reza; Amirabdollahian, Farshid (Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE), 2023-11-13)This paper presents an investigation into the effectiveness of introducing explicit causal explanations in a child-robot interaction setting to help children with autism improve their Visual Perspective Taking (VPT) skills. ... -
A Novel Reinforcement-Based Paradigm for Children to Teach the Humanoid Kaspar Robot
Zaraki, Abolfazl; Khamassi, Mehdi; Wood, Luke; Lakatos, Gabriella; Tzafestas, Costas; Amirabdollahian, Farshid; Robins, Ben; Dautenhahn, Kerstin (2019-11-22)This paper presents a contribution to the active field of robotics research with the aim of supporting the development of social and collaborative skills of children with Autism Spectrum Disorders (ASD). We present a novel ... -
Towards Safe and Trustworthy Social Robots : Ethical Challenges and Practical Issues
Salem, Maha; Lakatos, Gabriella; Amirabdollahian, Farshid; Dautenhahn, K. (2015-10-26)As robots are increasingly developed to assist humans so- cially with everyday tasks in home and healthcare settings, questions regarding the robot's safety and trustworthiness need to be addressed. The present work ... -
Towards understanding causality-a retrospective study of using explanations in interactions between a humanoid robot and autistic children
Sarda Gou, Marina; Lakatos, Gabriella; Holthaus, Patrick; Wood, Luke; Mousavi, Mohammadreza; Robins, Ben; Amirabdollahian, Farshid (Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE), 2022-09-30)Children with Autism Spectrum Disorder (ASD) often struggle with visual perspective taking (VPT) skills and the understanding that others might have viewpoints and perspectives that are different from their own; i.e., the ... -
Trust, Acceptance and Social Cues in Human-Robot Interaction (SCRITA)
Rossi, Alessandra; Holthaus, Patrick; Moros, Sílvia; Lakatos, Gabriella; Andriella, Antonio; Scheunemann, Marcus; Van Maris, Anouk (2024-06-30) -
Utilising humanoid robots to assist children with autism learn about Visual Perspective Taking
Wood, Luke; Robins, Ben; Lakatos, Gabriella; Syrdal, Dag Sverre; Zaraki, Abolfazl; Dautenhahn, Kerstin (2017-12-12)In this paper we provide an overview of the study we have recently conducted investigating the possibility of using humanoid robots to teach children with Autism Spectrum Condition (ASC) about Visual Perspective Taking ... -
Would You Trust a (Faulty) Robot? : Effects of Error, Task Type and Personality on Human-Robot Cooperation and Trust
Salem, Maha; Lakatos, Gabriella; Amirabdollahian, Farshid; Dautenhahn, K. (ACM Press, 2015-03-02)How do mistakes made by a robot affect its trustworthiness and acceptance in human-robot collaboration? We investigate how the perception of erroneous robot behavior may influence human interaction choices and the willingness ...