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Hand disinfection is important in preventing infectious diseases. However not everyone sanitizes their hands, and many people don’t rub hands for a long enough time. For these reasons we designed a robotic interface for automatic hand sanitizer dispensers to motivate people to disinfect their hands better. In our in-the-wild studies we have found that using our system resulted in 21% more hand sanitizations and a much longer hand rubbing time, which leads to better hygiene and prevention of infectious diseases.

IEEE RO-MAN 2021

Integrating a Social Robot in Higher Education – A Field Study

covid prevention

in-the-wild study

hand disinfection

human-robot interaction

ECAI2020 featured a full programme of technical papers, as well as many AI-related events of interest for researchers, students and all attendants who are interested on contemporary AI, including:




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ECAI 2020

ECAI 2020 featured a full programme of technical papers, as well as many AI-related events of interest for researchers, students and all attendants who are interested on contemporary AI.

technical paper

RO-MAN 2021's theme is trustworthiness and cooperation. We chose this term well before the pandemic put the world on edge and added a new reason for us to question our own personal safety when in the company of others. But what about in the company of social robots? What would cause us to trust, or not trust, them? How do we as researchers create that feeling, that critical component of any relationship? With social robots, it is of course largely in our power to design the physical form, the control code and the interface software to maximize trustworthiness, facilitate cooperation and enhance the quality of human-robot interaction. This theme also touches upon people's expectations and perceptions of robots, as well as other social, cognitive and cultural factors that will influence human-robot interactions. We will have a special session/track on this topic, invite targeted submissions and include plenary speakers who are specialist in this area. We sincerely hope that this focus will help enlighten the design-thinking of all of us as we fabricate and program our own various systems.

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RO-MAN 2021's theme is trustworthiness and cooperation. We chose this term well before the pandemic put the world on edge and added a new reason for us to question our own personal safety when in the company of others. But what about in the company of social robots? What would cause us to trust, or not trust, them? How do we as researchers create that feeling, that critical component of any relationship? With social robots, it is of course largely in our power to design the physical form, the control code and the interface software to maximize trustworthiness, facilitate cooperation and enhance the quality of human-robot interaction. 

In this qualitative study, we address the question of how introducing interaction skills and intelligence to cobots may inhibit or encourage users to use them in their work context. The interviews, performed with 15 individuals working in laboratory settings, gave rise to numerous themes relevant to the design of user-empowering cobot interfaces for individuals with varying technology literacy levels: As “programming may not be for a normal person”, talking to a robot may not be for another. Incorporating the unique interests, fears, personal and domain experience of the end users can contribute to the design and development of cobot interfaces as diverse as their needs, thus maximizing the likelihood of successful integration
across diverse work environments.

Design of Haptic Gestures for Affective Social Signaling through a Cushion Interface

This work examines the role of embodiment and algorithmic personalization in a one-on-one game for participants with cerebral palsy. We find that participants prefer the robot to a screen-based agent, and that personalizing the actions selected through the interaction leads to a more engaging experience.

A robot instructor for the prevention and treatment of Sarcopenia in the aging population: a pilot study

In this work, we propose and evaluate a modular system for
robust and natural speech interaction in challenging acoustical
environments. The system has been integrated and tested in
a realistic HRC scenario in which the acoustic interaction
and efficiency have been evaluated. The developed framework
focuses on decreasing the requirements in terms of signal-tonoise
ratio, providing a methodology to evaluate the naturalness
of the interaction and improvements in efficiency.

A Task Allocation Approach for Human-Robot Collaboration in Product Defects Inspection scenarios

During social interaction, politeness plays a vital role in achieving effective communication. We conducted a between-subject user study with two chatbots where one of the chatbots employs polite triggers, and the other one replies intending to answer the queries. We first analyzed how different personality traits influence the response of individual persons to polite triggers. In addition, we also investigated the effects of polite triggers among different genders and age groups using a cross-sectional analysis.

A novel DMP formulation for global and frame independent spatial scaling in the task space

Extrapolation from low-fidelity design iterations is especially critical in HRI. An initial proposal for low-fidelity to higher fidelity extrapolation is developed using insights from cognitive multimedia learning theory to account for prototype medium as well as cognitive demands. Inspired by Donald Norman, our proposal leverages crowdsourced multi-authored scenarios to create additional evidence within an experimental “stress test.” Evidence for positively moderated emotional effects in text-based AV scenarios as well as for our extrapolation proposal are identified.

Discovering SOCIABLE: Using a Conceptual Model to Evaluate the Legibilityand Effectiveness of Backchannel Cues in an Entertainment Scenario

We conducted two user studies and found that an immersive VR display with a fixed screen using stereoscopic images is an applicable and suitable approach for improving depth perception when controlling a UGV in real-time in obstacle avoidance tasks, whether static or moving. It also helped participants lower their workload levels and led to an enhanced user experience.

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