Social Robot Interaction and HRI

This study shows that subtle facial skin color changes from pulse-wave signals enhance perceived human likeness of artificial agents, regardless of agent type or interoceptive sensibility.

This study investigates how predictability and smoothness of autonomous mobile robot motion affect human trust and emotion in virtual reality collision avoidance scenarios.

This study examines human behavior and comfort when interacting with autonomous mobile robots during package delivery, finding that closer approach increases comfort but requires careful speed control.

The paper investigates how human-likeness and socialness influence mind attribution to robots, finding socialness may be more important than human-likeness.

The paper investigates whether the somatic marker hypothesis applies to social interactions by comparing brain activity during conversations with humans and robots, finding that happiness-related activity in the hypothalamus and insula occurs only with humans.

This study shows that a humanoid robot's gaze affects human decision-making speed, decision thresholds, neural activity, and strategy choice in social interactions.

The paper investigates how humans perceive humanoid robots as evolutionary threats, finding amygdala activation and monocular advantage similar to responses to snakes.

This study examines how coordinating with a robot partner affects neural processing related to action monitoring, finding differences in EEG patterns compared to human-human interactions.

This study investigates whether interacting with a robot changes neural empathy responses to human and robotic pain, finding no significant changes after a week of socialization.