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Artists as HRI pioneers : A creative approach to developing novel interactions for living with robots
(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 ...
Sharing spaces, sharing lives - The impact of robot mobility on user perception of a home companion robot
(Springer Nature, 2013-12)
This paper examines the role of spatial behaviours in building human-robot relationships. A group of 8 participants, involved in a long-term HRI study, interacted with an artificial agent using different embodiments over ...
Assistive technology design and development for acceptable robotics companions for ageing years
(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 ...
Robot-mediated interviews: : Do robots possess advantages over human interviewers when talking to children with special needs?
(Springer Nature, 2013-12)
Children that have a disability are up to four times more likely to be a victim of abuse than typically developing children. However, the number of cases that result in prosecution is relatively low. One of the factors ...
The Frankenstein syndrome questionnaire: : Results from a quantitative cross-cultural survey
(Springer Nature, 2013-12)
This paper describes the results from a cross-cultural survey of attitudes towards humanoid robots conducted in Japan and with a Western sampe. The survey used the tentatively titled "Frankenstein Syndrome Questionnaire" ...
Exploring robot etiquette : Refining a HRI home companion scenario based on feedback from two artists who lived with robots in the UH robot house
(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 ...
Can you trust your robotic assistant?
(Springer Nature, 2013-10)
Robotic assistants are being developed to assist with a range of tasks at work and home. Besides designing and developing such robotic assistants, a key issue that needs to be addressed is showing that they are both safe ...
Adaptive training algorithm for robot-assisted upper-arm rehabilitation, applicable to individualised and therapeutic human-robot interaction
(2013-09)
Rehabilitation robotics is progressing towards developing robots that can be used as advanced tools to augment the role of a therapist. Rehabilitation robots are capable of not only offering more frequent and more accessible ...
Accompany : Acceptable robotiCs COMPanions for AgeiNG Years - Multidimensional aspects of human-system interactions
(Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE), 2013-06)
With changes in life expectancy across the world, technologies enhancing well-being of individuals, specifically for older people, are subject to a new stream of research and development. In this paper we present the ...