3 papers
cs.RO2026
Exploring Human-Robot Collaboration: Analysis of Interaction Modalities in Challenging Tasks
Simone Arreghini, Cristina Iani, Alessandro Giusti +3
This work compares three interaction modalities for human-robot collaboration: passive, reactive, and proactive. We studied 18 participants assembling a seven-layer colored tower f…
cs.RO2026
Adaptive vs. Static Robot-to-Human Handover: A Study on Orientation and Approach Direction
Federico Biagi, Dario Onfiani, Simone Silenzi +2
Robot-to-human handovers often rely on static, open-loop strategies (or, at best, approaches that adapt only the position), which generally do not consider how the object will be g…
cs.HC2025
Evaluating Social Acceptance of eXtended Reality (XR) Agent Technology: A User Study (Extended Version)
Megha Quamara, Viktor Schmuck, Cristina Iani +3
In this paper, we present the findings of a user study that evaluated the social acceptance of eXtended Reality (XR) agent technology, focusing on a remotely accessible, web-based…