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Inclusive AI for Group Interactions: Predicting Gaze-Direction Behaviors in People with Intellectual and Developmental Disabilities
Giulia Huang, Maristella Matera, Micol Spitale
Artificial agents that support human group interactions hold great promise, especially in sensitive contexts such as well-being promotion and therapeutic interventions. However, cu…
Exploring the Use of Social Robots to Prepare Children for Radiological Procedures: A Focus Group Study
Massimiliano Nigro, Andrea Righini, Micol Spitale
When children are anxious or scared, it can be hard for them to stay still or follow instructions during medical procedures, making the process more challenging and affecting proce…
"Can you be my mum?": Manipulating Social Robots in the Large Language Models Era
Giulio Antonio Abbo, Gloria Desideri, Tony Belpaeme +1
Recent advancements in robots powered by large language models have enhanced their conversational abilities, enabling interactions closely resembling human dialogue. However, these…
Appropriateness of LLM-equipped Robotic Well-being Coach Language in the Workplace: A Qualitative Evaluation
Micol Spitale, Minja Axelsson, Hatice Gunes
Robotic coaches have been recently investigated to promote mental well-being in various contexts such as workplaces and homes. With the widespread use of Large Language Models (LLM…
A Systematic Review on Reproducibility in Child-Robot Interaction
Micol Spitale, Rebecca Stower, Elmira Yadollahi +4
Research reproducibility - i.e., rerunning analyses on original data to replicate the results - is paramount for guaranteeing scientific validity. However, reproducibility is often…
Robots as Mental Well-being Coaches: Design and Ethical Recommendations
Minja Axelsson, Micol Spitale, Hatice Gunes
The last decade has shown a growing interest in robots as well-being coaches. However, insightful guidelines for the design of robots as coaches to promote mental well-being have n…
Conversational Agents in Therapeutic Interventions for Neurodevelopmental Disorders: A Survey
Fabio Catania, Micol Spitale, Franca Garzotto
Neurodevelopmental Disorders (NDD) are a group of conditions with onset in the developmental period characterized by deficits in the cognitive and social areas. Conversational agen…