Browsing Research publications by Author "Walters, M.L."
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Artists as HRI pioneers : A creative approach to developing novel interactions for living with robots
Lehmann, H.; Walters, M.L.; Dumitriu, A.; May, A.; Koay, K.L.; Sàez-Pons, J.; Syrdal, D.S.; Wood, L.J.; Saunders, Joe; Burke, N.; Duque-Garcia, I.; Christianson, B.; Dautenhahn, K. (Springer Nature, 2013-12)In this article we present a long-term, continuous human-robot cohabitation experiment, which involved two professional artists, whose artistic work explores the boundary between science and society. The artists lived in ... -
An Autonomous Proxemic System for a Mobile Companion Robot
Asghari Oskoei, M.; Walters, M.L.; Dautenhahn, K. (AISB, 2010-03)This paper presents an Autonomous Proxemic System (APS) for a mobile robot. It detects people in the surroundings and manipulates the robot’s motions to approach them keeping an acceptable proxemic distance. The APS sensing ... -
Avoiding the uncanny valley : robot appearance, personality and consistency of behavior in an attention-seeking home scenario for a robot companion
Walters, M.L.; Syrdal, D.S.; Dautenhahn, K.; Te Boekhorst, R.; Koay, K.L. (2008)This article presents the results of video-based Human Robot Interaction (HRI) trials which investigated people’s perceptions of different robot appearances and associated attention-seeking features and behaviors displayed ... -
The boy-robot should bark! : Children's impressions of agent migration into diverse embodiments
Syrdal, D.S.; Koay, K.L.; Walters, M.L.; Dautenhahn, K. (2009)This paper presents results from a series of focused group discussions with a sample consisting of approximately 180 children during which views and opinions regarding agents migrating between different embodiments were ... -
Close encounters : spatial distances between people and a robot of mechanistic appearance
Walters, M.L.; Dautenhahn, K.; Koay, K.L.; Kaouri, C.; Te Boekhorst, R.; Nehaniv, C.L.; Werry, I.; Lee, D. (2005) -
Companion robots for elderly people : Using theatre to investigate potential users' views
Walters, M.L.; Koay, K.L.; Syrdal, D.S.; Campbell, A.; Dautenhahn, K. (Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE), 2013)A theatre production of a play illustrating the functionality, social and ethical aspects of robots helping with aspects of elderly care was presented at a residential care home. The audience consisted of mainly elderly ... -
Comparing human robot interaction scenarios using live and video based methods: towards a novel methodological approach
Woods, S.; Walters, M.L.; Koay, K.L.; Dautenhahn, K. (Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE), 2006)This paper presents results of a pilot study that investigated whether people’s perceptions from live and video HRI trials were comparable. Subjects participated in a live HRI trial and videotaped HRI trials in which the ... -
'Doing the right thing wrong' : Personality and tolerance to uncomfortable robot approaches
Syrdal, D.S.; Dautenhahn, K.; Woods, S.; Walters, M.L.; Koay, K.L. (2006) -
An empirical framework for human-robot proxemics
Walters, M.L.; Dautenhahn, K.; Te Boekhorst, R.; Koay, K.L.; Syrdal, D.S.; Nehaniv, C.L. (2009)An empirical framework for Human-Robot (HR) proxemics is proposed which shows how the measurement and control of interpersonal distances between a human and a robot can be potentially used by the robot to interpret, predict ... -
Evaluating extrovert and introvert behaviour of a domestic robot : a video study
Lohse, M.; Hanheide, M.; Wrede, B.; Walters, M.L.; Koay, K.L.; Syrdal, D.S.; Green, Anders; Huttenrauch, H.; Dautenhahn, K.; Sagerer, G.; Severinson-Eklundh, K. (Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE), 2008)Human-Robot Interaction (HRI) research is here presented into social robots that have to be able to interact with inexperienced users. In the design of these robots many research findings of human-human interaction and ... -
Exploratory studies on social spaces between humans and a mechanical-looking robot
Walters, M.L.; Dautenhahn, K.; Woods, S.; Koay, K.L.; Te Boekhorst, R.; Lee, D. (2006)The results from two empirical studies of human–robot interaction are presented. The first study involved the subject approaching the static robot and the robot approaching the standing subject. In these trials a small ... -
Exploring human mental models of robots through explicitation interviews
Syrdal, D.S.; Dautenhahn, K.; Koay, K.L.; Walters, M.L.; Otero, N. (Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE), 2010)This paper presents the findings of a qualitative study exploring how mental models of a mechanoid robot using dog-inspired affective cues behaviour emerges and impacts the evaluation of the robot after the viewing of a ... -
Exploring robot etiquette : Refining a HRI home companion scenario based on feedback from two artists who lived with robots in the UH robot house
Koay, K.L.; Walters, M.L.; May, A.; Dumitriu, A.; Christianson, B.; Burke, N.; Dautenhahn, K. (Springer Nature, 2013-12)This paper presents an exploratory Human-Robot Interaction study which investigated robot etiquette, in particular focusing on understanding the types and forms of robot behaviours that people might expect from a robot ... -
Exploring the Design Space of Robot Appearance and Behavior in an Attention-Seeking Living Room Scenario for a Robot Companion
Walters, M.L.; Dautenhahn, K.; Te Boekhorst, R.; Koay, K.L.; Woods, S. (Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE), 2007) -
Five Weeks in the Robot House : Exploratory Human-Robot Interaction Trials in a Domestic Setting
Koay, K.L.; Syrdal, D.S.; Walters, M.L.; Dautenhahn, K. (Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE), 2009)This paper presents five exploratory trials investigating scenarios likely to occur when a personal robot shares a home with a person. The scenarios are: a human and robot working on a collaborative task, a human and robot ... -
Hey, I'm over here - How can a robot attract people's attention
Finke, M.; Koay, K.L.; Dautenhahn, K.; Nehaniv, C.L.; Walters, M.L.; Saunders, J. (2005) -
Human approach distances to a mechanical-looking robot with different robot voice styles
Walters, M.L.; Syrdal, D.S.; Koay, K.L.; Dautenhahn, K.; Te Boekhorst, R. (Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE), 2008)Findings are presented from a Human Robot Interaction (HRI) Demonstration Trial where attendees approached a stationary mechanical looking robot to a comfortable distance. Instructions were given to participants by the ... -
The influence of subjects' personality traits on personal spatial zones in a human-robot interaction experiment--
Walters, M.L.; Dautenhahn, K.; Koay, K.L.; Kaouri, C.; Woods, S.; Nehaniv, C.L.; Lee, D.; Werry, I.; Te Boekhorst, R. (2005) -
KASPAR - a minimally expressive humanoid robot for human-robot interaction research
Dautenhahn, K.; Nehaniv, C.L.; Walters, M.L.; Robins, B.; Kose-Bagci, H.; Mirza, N.A.; Blow, M. (2009)This paper provides a comprehensive introduction to the design of the minimally expressive robot KASPAR, which is particularly suitable for human-robot interaction studies. A low-cost design with off-the-shelf components ... -
Living with Robots: Investigating the Habituation Effect in Participants' Preferences During a Longitudinal Human-Robot Interaction Study
Koay, K.L.; Syrdal, D.S.; Walters, M.L.; Dautenhahn, K. (Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE), 2007)