9 papers
Diminishing Returns of Intelligence: The Non-Linear Relationship Between LLM Scale and User Perception in Short-Duration Open-Ended Social Human-Robot Interactions
Amanda Rasille Røn Volf, Morten Roed Frederiksen
Large Language Models (LLMs) are increasingly used to drive embodied social agents, yet it remains unclear whether larger models improve user perception during brief human-robot en…
Feasibility of Embedded Photoplethysmography Sensing in Short-Duration Tactile Interactions With Pocket-Sized Robots Using IMU- and Confidence-Based Filtering
Turjja Datta, Morten Roed Frederiksen
Ubiquitous companion robots offer a promising avenue for immediate anxiety relief in children, yet their effectiveness relies on the ability to monitor physiological states continu…
Synthetic Emotions vs. Gamification: Exploring Engagement Strategies for Small Social Robots in Different Age Groups
Morten Roed Frederiksen, Kasper Støy
Many children experience challenges in emotional regulation and social interaction, which can limit their participation in everyday activities and therapeutic programs. For sociall…
Inducing Calmness With Pocket-Sized Robotics: Reducing Movement and Heart Rate in Children through Hand-Held Tactile Interactions
Morten Roed Frederiksen, Kasper Støy, Kasper Støy +2
Periods of heightened arousal or restlessness can interfere with children's ability to focus, self-regulation, and physically calm. Technologies that encourage embodied self-regula…
Robots can defuse high-intensity conflict situations
Morten Roed Frederiksen, Kasper Støy
This paper investigates the specific scenario of high-intensity confrontations between humans and robots, to understand how robots can defuse the conflict. It focuses on the effect…
Affecta-Context: The Context-Guided Behavior Adaptation Framework
Morten Roed Frederiksen, Kasper Støy
This paper presents Affecta-context, a general framework to facilitate behavior adaptation for social robots. The framework uses information about the physical context to guide its…