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Views from within a narrative : Evaluating long-term human-robot interaction in a naturalistic environment using open-ended scenarios
(2014-12-31)
This article describes the prototyping of human–robot interactions in the University of Hertfordshire (UH) Robot House. Twelve participants took part in a long-term study in which they interacted with robots in the UH Robot ...
Which activities threaten independent living of elderly when becoming problematic : inspiration for meaningful service robot functionality
(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 ...
Social Roles and Baseline Proxemic Preferences for a Domestic Service Robot
(2014-11-01)
The goal of our research is to develop socially acceptable behavior for domestic robots in a setting where a user and the robot are sharing the same physical space and interact with each other in close proximity. Specifically, ...
Robot-Mediated Interviews with Children : What do potential users think?
(Society for the Study of Artificial Intelligence and the Simulation of Behaviour, 2014-04-04)
When police officers are conducting interviews with children, some of the disclosures can be quite shocking. This can make it difficult for an officer to maintain their composure without subtly indicating their shock to ...
A template based user-teaching system for an Assistive Robot
(Society for the Study of Artificial Intelligence and the Simulation of Behaviour, 2014-04)
Demographics issues, characterised by an increasing elderly population, are expected to be a major concern both in Europe and other countries around the world. A proposed cost and care solution to these issues has been ...
KASPAR in the wild - Initial findings from a pilot study
(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 ...