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Reframing Human-Robot Interaction Through Extended Reality: Unlocking Safer, Smarter, and More Empathic Interactions with Virtual Robots and Foundation Models
Yuchong Zhang, Yong Ma, Danica Kragic
This perspective reframes human-robot interaction (HRI) through extended reality (XR), arguing that virtual robots powered by large foundation models (FMs) can serve as cognitively…
Personalizing Emotion-aware Conversational Agents? Exploring User Traits-driven Conversational Strategies for Enhanced Interaction
Yuchong Zhang, Yong Ma, Di Fu +3
Conversational agents (CAs) are increasingly embedded in daily life, yet their ability to navigate user emotions efficiently is still evolving. This study investigates how users wi…
State-of-the-Art HCI for Dementia Care: A Scoping Review of Recent Technological Advances
Yong Ma, Yuchong Zhang, Oda Elise Nordberg +3
Dementia significantly impacts cognitive, behavioral, and functional abilities, creating challenges for both individuals and caregivers. Recent advancements in HCI have introduced…
Measuring User Experience Through Speech Analysis: Insights from HCI Interviews
Yong Ma, Xuedong Zhang, Yuchong Zhang +1
User satisfaction plays a crucial role in user experience (UX) evaluation. Traditionally, UX measurements are based on subjective scales, such as questionnaires. However, these eva…
Advancing User-Voice Interaction: Exploring Emotion-Aware Voice Assistants Through a Role-Swapping Approach
Yong Ma, Yuchong Zhang, Di Fu +3
As voice assistants (VAs) become increasingly integrated into daily life, the need for emotion-aware systems that can recognize and respond appropriately to user emotions has grown…
The 1st InterAI Workshop: Interactive AI for Human-centered Robotics
Yuchong Zhang, Elmira Yadollahi, Yong Ma +3
The workshop is affiliated with 33nd IEEE International Conference on Robot and Human Interactive Communication (RO-MAN 2024) August 26~30, 2023 / Pasadena, CA, USA. It is designed…
Vision Beyond Boundaries: An Initial Design Space of Domain-specific Large Vision Models in Human-robot Interaction
Yuchong Zhang, Yong Ma, Danica Kragic
The emergence of large vision models (LVMs) is following in the footsteps of the recent prosperity of Large Language Models (LLMs) in following years. However, there's a noticeable…
Mind Meets Robots: A Review of EEG-Based Brain-Robot Interaction Systems
Yuchong Zhang, Nona Rajabi, Farzaneh Taleb +4
Brain-robot interaction (BRI) empowers individuals to control (semi-)automated machines through their brain activity, either passively or actively. In the past decade, BRI systems…