Help me help you: interfaces for personal robots

Human-Robot-Interaction HRI research is often built around the premise that the robot is serving to assist a human in achieving a human-led goal or shared task. However, there are many circumstances during HRI in which a robot may need the assistance of ...

Help from virtual pedagogical agents has the potential to improve student learning. Yet students often do not seek help when they need it, do not use help effectively, or ignore the agent’s help altogether. This paper seeks to better understand ...

We investigated the perceived credibility of statements made by robots, hypothesising that people are more likely to believe robots with humanlike characteristics than those that are less anthropomorphic. We also examined whether prior experience with a ...