2025
Long-Term Interactions with Social Robots: Trends, Insights, and Recommendations
Matheus K, Ramnauth R, Scassellati B, Salomons N. Long-Term Interactions with Social Robots: Trends, Insights, and Recommendations. ACM Transactions On Human-Robot Interaction 2025, 14: 1-42. DOI: 10.1145/3729539.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchHuman-robot interactionLong-term human-robot interactionsSocial robotsHuman-robot interaction communityField of social roboticsAutonomous robot operationHRI studiesRobot operationRobotReal-world contextsRefinement methodologyIn-depth analysisRepresentationLong-term interactionUsersRepresentation of studiesDomainGroup representationsEntertainmentSignificant growthEngagement measuresReview paper
2024
Should I Help?: A Skill-Based Framework for Deciding Socially Appropriate Assistance in Human-Robot Interactions
Ramnauth R, Brščić D, Scassellati B. Should I Help?: A Skill-Based Framework for Deciding Socially Appropriate Assistance in Human-Robot Interactions. 2024, 00: 2051-2058. DOI: 10.1109/ro-man60168.2024.10731350.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchRoSI: A Model for Predicting Robot Social Influence
Erel H, Vázquez M, Sebo S, Salomons N, Gillet S, Scassellati B. RoSI: A Model for Predicting Robot Social Influence. ACM Transactions On Human-Robot Interaction 2024, 13: 1-22. DOI: 10.1145/3641515.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchREACT: Two Datasets for Analyzing Both Human Reactions and Evaluative Feedback to Robots Over Time
Candon K, Georgiou N, Zhou H, Richardson S, Zhang Q, Scassellati B, Vázquez M. REACT: Two Datasets for Analyzing Both Human Reactions and Evaluative Feedback to Robots Over Time. 2024, 885-889. DOI: 10.1145/3610977.3637480.Peer-Reviewed Original Research
2022
Style transformed synthetic images for real world gaze estimation by using residual neural network with embedded personal identities
Wang Q, Wang H, Dang R, Zhu G, Pi H, Shic F, Hu B. Style transformed synthetic images for real world gaze estimation by using residual neural network with embedded personal identities. Applied Intelligence 2022, 53: 2026-2041. DOI: 10.1007/s10489-022-03481-9.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchGaze directionNatural human-robot interactionPersonal identitySynthetic imagesHuman-robot interactionResidual neural networkNeural network structureSignificant performance gainsGaze estimationBenchmark datasetsTraining dataArt resultsNeural networkGaze interactionCurrent best resultsSocial communicationPerformance gainsReal worldNew personBetter resultsStyle transformationNetwork structureDatasetImagesNetwork
2021
Comparison of Human Social Brain Activity During Eye-Contact With Another Human and a Humanoid Robot
Kelley MS, Noah JA, Zhang X, Scassellati B, Hirsch J. Comparison of Human Social Brain Activity During Eye-Contact With Another Human and a Humanoid Robot. Frontiers In Robotics And AI 2021, 7: 599581. PMID: 33585574, PMCID: PMC7879449, DOI: 10.3389/frobt.2020.599581.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchNeural activitySocial interactionCognitive processingEye contactNeural systemsRight temporal-parietal junctionHuman-robot social interactionRight temporoparietal junctionSame neural systemsTemporal-parietal junctionInterpersonal social interactionsSimilar neural activityDorsolateral prefrontal cortexHuman-robot interactionHuman social systemsSocial processingParietal junctionTemporoparietal junctionSocial robotsNeural responsesNeural effectsRobot conditionBrain activityPrefrontal cortexSocial engagement
2020
Prompting Prosocial Human Interventions in Response to Robot Mistreatment
Connolly J, Mocz V, Salomons N, Valdez J, Tsoi N, Scassellati B, Vázquez M. Prompting Prosocial Human Interventions in Response to Robot Mistreatment. 2020, 211-220. DOI: 10.1145/3319502.3374781.Peer-Reviewed Original Research
2018
MIT Cog
Scassellati B. MIT Cog. 2018, 91-100. DOI: 10.1007/978-94-007-6046-2_10.Peer-Reviewed Original Research
2017
MIT Cog
Scassellati B. MIT Cog. 2017, 1-10. DOI: 10.1007/978-94-007-7194-9_10-1.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchSocial eye gaze in human-robot interaction
Admoni H, Scassellati B. Social eye gaze in human-robot interaction. ACM Transactions On Human-Robot Interaction 2017, 6: 25-63. DOI: 10.5898/jhri.6.1.admoni.Peer-Reviewed Original Research
2016
Talk to Me: Verbal Communication Improves Perceptions of Friendship and Social Presence in Human-Robot Interaction
Grigore E, Pereira A, Zhou I, Wang D, Scassellati B. Talk to Me: Verbal Communication Improves Perceptions of Friendship and Social Presence in Human-Robot Interaction. Lecture Notes In Computer Science 2016, 10011: 51-63. DOI: 10.1007/978-3-319-47665-0_5.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchHuman-robot interactionCommunication modalitiesHuman-RobotSpeech recognition conditionsSpeech recognitionEffective communicative abilitiesSocial presenceLong-term companionsRobotUsersTarget applicationDisplay social behaviorNatural wayRobust choiceCommunicationRecognition conditionsRecognitionAvatarTaskCommunication abilitySocial agentsSpeechA Thermal Emotion Classifier for Improved Human-Robot Interaction
Boccanfuso L, Wang Q, Leite I, Li B, Torres C, Chen L, Salomons N, Foster C, Barney E, Ahn Y, Scassellati B, Shic F. A Thermal Emotion Classifier for Improved Human-Robot Interaction. 2016, 718-723. DOI: 10.1109/roman.2016.7745198.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchHuman-robot interactionAffective responsesImproved human-robot interactionFeatures of speechDimensionality of dataEmotion statesSubtle cuesEmotional statesFacial expressionsEmotion classifierAffective changesAge differencesElectrodermal responsesSocial partnersPerformance accuracySocial engagementRobotBody postureClassifierMore productive collaborationVideo techniquesProductive collaborationEmotionsFaceTemperamentPrior Behavior Impacts Human Mimicry of Robots
Suman A, Marvin R, Grigore E, Admoni H, Scassellati B. Prior Behavior Impacts Human Mimicry of Robots. 2016, 1057-1062. DOI: 10.1109/roman.2016.7745239.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchModeling Communicative Behaviors for Object References in Human-Robot Interaction**This work was supported by NSF grant #113907 and ONR grant #N00014-12-1-0822. The work was performed at Yale University.
Admoni H, Weng T, Scassellati B. Modeling Communicative Behaviors for Object References in Human-Robot Interaction**This work was supported by NSF grant #113907 and ONR grant #N00014-12-1-0822. The work was performed at Yale University. 2016, 3352-3359. DOI: 10.1109/icra.2016.7487510.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchObject referencesHuman-robot interactionHuman-robot collaborationNSF grant #Human-RobotRobot behaviorComputer visionUser attentionHuman partnerVideo-basedComputational frameworkRobotCorrect behaviorUsersModel performanceNonverbal behaviorCommunication behaviorsCognitive psychologySceneComputerObjectiveYaleImplementationModelVisionCo-Robots: Humans and Robots Operating as Partners
Scassellati B, Tsui K. Co-Robots: Humans and Robots Operating as Partners. 2016, 427-439. DOI: 10.1007/978-3-319-07052-0_27.Peer-Reviewed Original Research
2015
Co-Robots: Humans and Robots Operating as Partners
Scassellati B, Tsui K. Co-Robots: Humans and Robots Operating as Partners. 2015, 1-10. DOI: 10.1007/978-3-319-04033-2_27-1.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchHRI Workshop on Human-Robot Teaming
Hayes B, Gombolay M, Jung M, Hindriks K, de Greeff J, Jonker C, Neerincx M, Bradshaw J, Johnson M, Kruijff-Korbayova I, Sierhuis M, Shah J, Scassellati B. HRI Workshop on Human-Robot Teaming. 2015, 255-256. DOI: 10.1145/2701973.2714396.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchHuman-robot teamsHuman-populated environmentsHuman-robot interactionField of roboticsHuman-RobotRobotics communityCollaborative robotsRobotResearch topicHuman interactionFull-day workshopPaper's contributionParticipant interactionHuman environmentPeer reviewHRITopicsEnvironmentResearch questionsBetter workGoal
2014
Data-Driven Model of Nonverbal Behavior for Socially Assistive Human-Robot Interactions
Admoni H, Scassellati B. Data-Driven Model of Nonverbal Behavior for Socially Assistive Human-Robot Interactions. 2014, 196-199. DOI: 10.1145/2663204.2663263.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchSocially assistive robotsAssistive robotsAssistive human-robot interactionHuman-robot interactionRobot behaviorData representationTutoring applicationData-driven modelsRobotEye gazeData-DrivenNonverbal social cuesTutoring interactionsNonverbal behaviorGesturesSocial cuesDataRepresentationTutorsGazeModelDemo
Admoni H, Scassellati B. Demo. 2014, 19-20. DOI: 10.1145/2609829.2611588.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchPersonalizing robot tutors to individuals' learning differences
Leyzberg D, Spaulding S, Scassellati B. Personalizing robot tutors to individuals' learning differences. 2014, 423-430. DOI: 10.1145/2559636.2559671.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchTraditional classroom instructionClassroom instructionRobot tutorOne-on-one tutoringIndividual learning differencesAssistive human-robot interactionHuman-robot interaction researchHuman-robot interactionEducational researchTutoring studentsLearning outcomesLearning differencesHuman tutorsPost-testTutorsStudentsRobot actionsRobot personalityLogic puzzlesInstructionSolving timeInteraction researchRobotPersonal conditionsIndividual strengths
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