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Designing Robots to Support Parent-Child Connections: Opportunities Through Robot-Mediated Communication
Michael F Xu, Bengisu Cagiltay, Yaxin Hu +2
The sense of family connectedness may support positive outcomes including individual well-being, resilience, and healthy family functioning. However, as technologies advance, they…
"It's like a pet...but my pet doesn't collect data about me": Multi-person Households' Privacy Design Preferences for Household Robots
Jennica Li, Shirley Zhang, Dakota Sullivan +4
Household robots boasting mobility, more sophisticated sensors, and powerful processing models have become increasingly prevalent in the commercial market. However, these features…
Exploring Families' Use and Mediation of Generative AI: A Multi-User Perspective
Shirley Zhang, Dakota Sullivan, Jennica Li +4
Generative AI (GenAI) platforms, such as ChatGPT, have gained popularity among the public due to their ease of access, use, and support of educational and creative activities. Desp…
"Impressively Scary:" Exploring User Perceptions and Reactions to Unraveling Machine Learning Models in Social Media Applications
Jack West, Bengisu Cagiltay, Shirley Zhang +3
Machine learning models deployed locally on social media applications are used for features, such as face filters which read faces in-real time, and they expose sensitive attribute…
Tangible Scenography as a Holistic Design Method for Human-Robot Interaction
Amy Koike, Bengisu Cagiltay, Bilge Mutlu
Traditional approaches to human-robot interaction design typically examine robot behaviors in controlled environments and narrow tasks. These methods are impractical for designing…
Robots in Family Routines: Development of and Initial Insights from the Family-Robot Routines Inventory
Michael F. Xu, Bengisu Cagiltay, Joseph Michaelis +2
Despite advances in areas such as the personalization of robots, sustaining adoption of robots for long-term use in families remains a challenge. Recent studies have identified int…
Toward Family-Robot Interactions: A Family-Centered Framework in HRI
Bengisu Cagiltay, Bilge Mutlu
As robotic products become more integrated into daily life, there is a greater need to understand authentic and real-world human-robot interactions to inform product design. Across…
Family Theories in Child-Robot Interactions: Understanding Families as a Whole for Child-Robot Interaction Design
Bengisu Cagiltay, Bilge Mutlu, Margaret Kerr
In this work, we discuss a theoretically motivated family-centered design approach for child-robot interactions, adapted by Family Systems Theory (FST) and Family Ecological Model…
"My Unconditional Homework Buddy:'' Exploring Children's Preferences for a Homework Companion Robot
Bengisu Cagiltay, Bilge Mutlu, Joseph E Michaelis
We aim to design robotic educational support systems that can promote socially and intellectually meaningful learning experiences for students while they complete school work outsi…
Exploring the Use of Collaborative Robots in Cinematography
Pragathi Praveena, Bengisu Cagiltay, Michael Gleicher +1
Robotic technology can support the creation of new tools that improve the creative process of cinematography. It is crucial to consider the specific requirements and perspectives o…
Exploring Children's Preferences for Taking Care of a Social Robot
Bengisu Cagiltay, Joseph Michaelis, Sarah Sebo +1
Research in child-robot interactions suggests that engaging in "care-taking" of a social robot, such as tucking the robot in at night, can strengthen relationships formed between c…
Understanding Factors that Shape Children's Long Term Engagement with an In-Home Learning Companion Robot
Bengisu Cagiltay, Nathan White, Rabia Ibtasar +2
Social robots are emerging as learning companions for children, and research shows that they facilitate the development of interest and learning even through brief interactions. Ho…
The Unboxing Experience: Exploration and Design of Initial Interactions Between Children and Social Robots
Christine P Lee, Bengisu Cagiltay, Bilge Mutlu
Social robots are increasingly introduced into children's lives as educational and social companions, yet little is known about how these products might best be introduced to their…
CONFIDANT: A Privacy Controller for Social Robots
Brian Tang, Dakota Sullivan, Bengisu Cagiltay +3
As social robots become increasingly prevalent in day-to-day environments, they will participate in conversations and appropriately manage the information shared with them. However…