Human, too human? Experience, Learning, Interaction with AI by Eleonora Sparano

“…The pairing of social robots with humans makes it increasingly clear that it is possible to work in integrated and mixed teams composed of different types of actors, which already demonstrate interesting levels of effectiveness in work and training. …”
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Inclusively Designing for People in Human-Robot Collaboration. by Laurianne Sitbon, Saminda Balasuriya, Alicia Mitchell

“… This article offers the perspectives of adults with intellectual disability on how future trends, particularly in social robotics, but also in collaborative robotics, can be co-designed inclusively. …”
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Robots as social companions for space exploration by Matthieu J. Guitton

“…Given the social potentiality of artificial agents, we propose here that social robots could play the role of social partners to mitigate the impact of space travel on mental health. …”
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From Lonely to Resilient through Humanoid Robots: Building a New Framework of Resilience by Johan F. Hoorn

“…This paper connects different theories and methods from the social sciences and applies them to human-humanoid robot interaction (HHRI) to explain loneliness reduction and the build-up of resilience in older adults through social robots. It allows for user-related aspects such as age, social connectedness, gender role, personality, and need satisfaction as well as robot-related aspects, particularly coaching behaviors and communication styles. …”
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A Proactive Approach of Robotic Framework for Making Eye Contact with Humans by Mohammed Moshiul Hoque, Yoshinori Kobayashi, Yoshinori Kuno

“…In this paper, we proposed a conceptual model of eye contact for social robots consisting of two phases: capturing attention and ensuring the attention capture. …”
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Physical embodiment and anthropomorphism of AI tutors and their role in student enjoyment and performance by Helene Ackermann, Anja Henke, Johann Chevalère, Hae Seon Yun, Verena V. Hafner, Niels Pinkwart, Rebecca Lazarides

“…While physical robots may increase initial on-task enjoyment, students’ perception of certain characteristics may hinder learning, providing implications for designing social robots for education.…”
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THE EFFECTIVENESS OF TECHNOLOGY-BASED NON-CLINICAL COMMUNITY INTERVENTIONS TO REDUCE LONELINESS IN THE ELDERLY: A LITERATURE REVIEW by Wahyu Agustin Eka Lestari

“…Other interventions are needed such as technological interventions (eg, digital applications (apps), online social networks and social robots) to enhance emotional support and social interaction. …”
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Decoding communicative action vitality forms in social contexts by Radoslaw Niewiadomski, Radoslaw Niewiadomski, Amrita Suresh, Alessandra Sciutti, Giuseppe Di Cesare, Giuseppe Di Cesare

“…These results will have significant implications in the future across various fields, including neuroscience, social robotics, and the development of virtual agents. …”
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Facial expression recognition through muscle synergies and estimation of facial keypoint displacements through a skin-musculoskeletal model using facial sEMG signals by Lun Shu, Victor R. Barradas, Zixuan Qin, Yasuharu Koike

“…We propose that the identified muscle synergies could be used in combination with the SMSM-LRM model to generate motor commands and trajectories for desired facial displacements, potentially enabling the generation of more natural facial expressions in social robotics and virtual reality.…”
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