8 papers
The Individual-Targeting Assumption: A Systematic Review of Proactive Robots in Human Group Settings
Tauhid Tanjim, Tasmia Mayen, Malte F. Jung +1
Proactive robots are increasingly deployed in public environments where people are encountered not as isolated individuals but as members of cohesive social groups. Yet whether the…
Inside Baseball: The Automated Ball-Strike System as an Object Lesson in Technological Rule Enforcement
Andrea Wen-Yi Wang, Waki Kamino, David Mimno +2
Clearly-defined rules are often assumed to be straightforward to automate and evaluate. We challenge this assumption through an in-depth study of Major League Baseball's (MLB) seve…
Beyond Theory of Mind in Robotics
Malte F. Jung
Theory of Mind, the capacity to explain and predict behavior by inferring hidden mental states, has become the dominant paradigm for social interaction in robotics. Yet ToM rests o…
Understanding How Accessibility Practices Impact Teamwork in Mixed-Ability Teams that Collaborate Virtually
Crescentia Jung, Kexin Cheng, Sharon Heung +2
Virtual collaboration has transformed how people in mixed-ability teams, composed of disabled and non-disabled people, work together by offering greater flexibility. In these setti…
Social Mediation through Robots -- A Scoping Review on Improving Group Interactions through Directed Robot Action using an Extended Group Process Model
Thomas H. Weisswange, Hifza Javed, Manuel Dietrich +2
Group processes refer to the dynamics that occur within a group and are critical for understanding how groups function. With robots being increasingly placed within small groups, i…
Rapidly Built Medical Crash Cart! Lessons Learned and Impacts on High-Stakes Team Collaboration in the Emergency Room
Angelique Taylor, Tauhid Tanjim, Michael Joseph Sack +7
Designing robots to support high-stakes teamwork in emergency settings presents unique challenges, including seamless integration into fast-paced environments, facilitating effecti…