Browsing by Author "Lehmann, Hagen"

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    • Assistive technology design and development for acceptable robotics companions for ageing years 

      Amirabdollahian, Farshid; Op Den Akker, R.; Bedaf, S.; Bormann, R.; Draper, H.; Evers, V.; Gallego Perez, J.; Gelderblom, Gert Jan; Ruiz, C.G.; Hewson, D.; Hu, N.; Koay, Kheng; Lehmann, Hagen; Marti, P.; Michel, H.; Prevot-Huille, H.; Reiser, U.; Saunders, Joe; Sorell, T.; Stienstra, Jelle; Syrdal, D.S.; Walters, Michael; Dautenhahn, K. (2013-12)
      A new stream of research and development responds to changes in life expectancy across the world. It includes technologies which enhance well-being of individuals, specifically for older people. The ACCOMPANY project focuses ...

    • Effects of different kinds of robot feedback 

      Fischer, Kerstin; Lohan, Katrin S.; Nehaniv, C.L.; Lehmann, Hagen (Springer Nature, 2013-12-01)
      In this paper, we investigate to what extent tutors' behavior is influenced by different kinds of robot feedback. In particular, we study the effects of online robot feedback in which the robot responds either contingently ...

    • Embodied Language Learning and Cognitive Bootstrapping: Methods and Design Principles 

      Lyon, Caroline; Nehaniv, Chrystopher; Saunders, Joe; Belpaeme, Tony; Bisio, Ambra; Fischer, Kerstin; Foerster, Frank; Lehmann, Hagen; Metta, Giorgio; Mohan, Vishwanathan; Morse, Anthony; Nolfi, Stefano; Nori, Francesco; Rohlfing, Katharina; Sciutti, Alessandra; Tani, Jun; Tuci, Elio; Wrede, Britta; Zeschel, Arne; Cangelosi, Angelo (2016-05-31)
      Co-development of action, conceptualization and social interaction mutually scaffold and support each other within a virtuous feedback cycle in the development of human language in children. Within this framework, the ...

    • Example recordings of human-robot interactions in the rejection and prohibition experiments 

      Foerster, Frank; Nehaniv, Chrystopher; Saunders, Joe; Lehmann, Hagen (2019-08-29)
      This video shows some example interactions between participants and the humanoid robot iCub that were recorded within experiments on the acquisition of linguistic negation. The iCub robot acquires its speech solely based ...

    • In good company? : Perception of movement synchrony of a non-anthropomorphic robot 

      Lehmann, Hagen; Saez-Pons, Joan; Syrdal, D.S.; Dautenhahn, K.; Koay, Kheng (2015-05-22)
      Recent technological developments like cheap sensors and the decreasing costs of computational power have brought the possibility of robotic home companions within reach. In order to be accepted it is vital for these robots ...

    • Interaction and Experience in Enactive Intelligence and Humanoid Robotics 

      Nehaniv, C.L.; Foerster, Frank; Saunders, Joe; Broz, Frank; Antonova, Elena; Kose, Hatice; Lyon, Caroline; Lehmann, Hagen; Sato, Yo; Dautenhahn, K. (Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE), 2013)
      We overview how sensorimotor experience can be operationalized for interaction scenarios in which humanoid robots acquire skills and linguistic behaviours via enacting a “form-of-life”’ in interaction games (following ...

    • The ITALK project : A developmental robotics approach to the study of individual, social, and linguistic learning 

      Broz, Frank; Nehaniv, C.L.; Belpaeme, Tony; Bisio, Ambra; Dautenhahn, K.; Fadiga, Luciano; Ferrauto, Tomassino; Fischer, Kerstin; Foerster, Frank; Gigliotta, Onofrio; Griffiths, Sascha; Lehmann, Hagen; Lohan, Katrin S.; Lyon, Caroline; Marocco, Davide; Massera, Gianluca; Metta, Giorgio; Mohan, Vishwanathan; Morse, Anthony; Nolfi, Stefano; Nori, Francesco; Peniak, Martin; Pitsch, Karola; Rohlfing, Katharina J.; Sagerer, Gerhard; Sato, Yo; Saunders, Joe; Schillingmann, Lars; Sciutti, Alessandra; Tikhanoff, Vadim; Wrede, Britta; Zeschel, Arne; Cangelosi, Angelo (2014-07-24)
      This article presents results from a multidisciplinary research project on the integration and transfer of language knowledge into robots as an empirical paradigm for the study of language development in both humans and ...

    • KASPAR in the wild - Initial findings from a pilot study 

      Syrdal, D.S.; Lehmann, Hagen; Robins, Ben; Dautenhahn, K. (Society for the Study of Artificial Intelligence and the Simulation of Behaviour, 2014-04)
      This extended abstract describes the initial pilot work when evaluating the use of the UH Humanoid Robot KASPAR in a specialist nursery for children with social and communication disorders. Staff and volunteers at the ...

    • Robot companions for children with down syndrome : A case study 

      Lehmann, Hagen; Iacono, Iolanda; Dautenhahn, K.; Marti, Patrizia; Robins, Ben (2014-01-01)
      We describe an exploratory case study about the applicability of different robotic platforms in an educational context with a child with Down syndrome. The robotic platforms tested are the humanoid robot KASPAR and the ...

    • Robot-Mediated Interviews with Children: What do potential users think? 

      Wood, Luke; Lehmann, Hagen; Dautenhahn, Kerstin; Robins, Ben; Rainer, Austen; Syrdal, Dag Sverre (2017-03-30)
      To date research investigating the potential of Robot-Mediated Interviews (RMI) has focused on establishing how children respond to robots in an interview scenario. In order to test if an RMI approach would work in a real ...

    • Robot-Mediated interviews: A field trial with a potential real-world user 

      Wood, Luke; Dautenhahn, Kerstin; Rainer, Austen; Robins, Ben; Lehmann, Hagen; Syrdal, Dag Sverre (2020-05-20)
      In recent years the possibility of using humanoid robots to perform interviews with children has been explored in a number of studies. This paper details a study in which a potential real-world user trialled a Robot-Mediated ...

    • Robot-Mediated interviews: A field trial with a potential real-world user 

      Wood, Luke; Dautenhahn, Kerstin; Rainer, Austen; Robins, Ben; Lehmann, Hagen; Syrdal, Dag Sverre (2020-05-20)
      In recent years the possibility of using humanoid robots to perform interviews with children has been explored in a number of studies. This paper details a study in which a potential real-world user trialled a Robot-Mediated ...

    • Robot-Mediated interviews: A field trial with a potential real-world user 

      Wood, Luke; Dautenhahn, Kerstin; Rainer, Austen; Robins, Ben; Lehmann, Hagen; Syrdal, Dag Sverre (2020-05-20)
      In recent years the possibility of using humanoid robots to perform interviews with children has been explored in a number of studies. This paper details a study in which a potential real-world user trialled a Robot-Mediated ...

    • Robots as social mediators for children with Autism : A preliminary analysis comparing two different robotic platforms 

      Iacono, I; Lehmann, Hagen; Marti, P.; Robins, Ben; Dautenhahn, K. (Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE), 2011)
      Robots can be very helpful therapeutic tools, especially for children with special needs. In the present paper we describe the application of two robotic platforms with different design parameters in interaction with ...

    • Robots Learning to Say `No': Prohibition and Rejective Mechanisms in Acquisition of Linguistic Negation 

      Foerster, Frank; Saunders, Joe; Lehmann, Hagen; Nehaniv, Chrystopher (2019-11-01)
      'No' belongs to the first ten words used by children and embodies the first active form of linguistic negation. Despite its early occurrence the details of its acquisition process remain largely unknown. The circumstance ...

    • Selecting services for a service robot : Evaluating the problematic activities threatening the independence of elderly persons 

      Bedaf, Sandra; Gelderblom, Gert Jan; de Witte, Luc; Syrdal, D.S.; Lehmann, Hagen; Amirabdollahian, Farshid; Dautenhahn, K.; Hewson, David (Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE), 2013)
      Sustaining independent living for the elderly is desirable both for the individual as well as for societies as a whole. Substantial care interventions are provided to citizens supporting their independent living. Currently, ...

    • Using a Humanoid Robot to Elicit Body Awareness and Appropriate Physical Interaction in Children with Autism 

      Costa, Sandra; Lehmann, Hagen; Dautenhahn, K.; Robins, Ben; Soares, Filomena (2015-04-01)
      In this article we describe a human–robot interaction study, focusing on tactile aspects of interaction, in which children with autism interacted with the child-like humanoid robot KASPAR. KASPAR was equipped with touch ...

    • What asking potential users about ethical values adds to our understanding of an ethical framework for social robots for older people. 

      Draper, Heather; Sorell, Tom; Bedaf, Sandra; Lehmann, Hagen; Ruiz, C.G.; Hervé, Michael; Gelderblom, Gert Jan; Dautenhahn, K.; Amirabdollahian, Farshid (2014)
      Abstract. This paper reports and discusses empirical research on the ethical principles that should inform interactions between social robots and their users who are older people. Data were collected from focus groups ...

    • Which activities threaten independent living of elderly when becoming problematic : inspiration for meaningful service robot functionality 

      Bedaf, Sandra; Gelderblom, Gert Jan; Syrdal, D.S.; Lehmann, Hagen; Michel, Hervé; Hewson, David; Amirabdollahian, Farshid; Dautenhahn, K.; de Witte, Luc (2014-11)
      Purpose: In light of the increasing elderly population and the growing demand for home care, the potential of robot support is given increasing attention. In this paper, an inventory of activities was made that threaten ...