5 papers
OpenRoIS: A Community-Driven Open-Source Middleware Implementing the Robotic Interaction Service (RoIS) Framework for Physical Robots and Virtual Agents
Sebastian Carrera Villalobos, Christopher Nolan Arellano, Arne Hitzmann +5
Service applications for human-robot interaction are commonly written against the hardware-specific interfaces of one platform, so a change of hardware forces a rewrite of the appl…
Acceptance of cybernetic avatars for capability enhancement: a large-scale survey
Laura Aymerich-Franch, Tarek Taha, Hiroko Kamide +3
Avatar embodiment experiences have the potential to enhance human capabilities by extending human senses, body, and mind. This study investigates social acceptance of robotic and v…
Public Evaluation on Potential Social Impacts of Fully Autonomous Cybernetic Avatars for Physical Support in Daily-Life Environments: Large-Scale Demonstration and Survey at Avatar Land
Lotfi El Hafi, Kazuma Onishi, Shoichi Hasegawa +18
Cybernetic avatars (CAs) are key components of an avatar-symbiotic society, enabling individuals to overcome physical limitations through virtual agents and robotic assistants. Whi…
Public Acceptance of Cybernetic Avatars in the service sector: Evidence from a Large-Scale Survey in Dubai
Laura Aymerich-Franch, Tarek Taha, Takahiro Miyashita +3
Cybernetic avatars are hybrid interaction robots or digital representations that combine autonomous capabilities with teleoperated control. This study investigates the acceptance o…
Stakeholder perspectives on designing socially acceptable social robots and robot avatars for Dubai and multicultural societies
Laura Aymerich-Franch, Tarek Taha, Hiroshi Ishiguro +2
Robot avatars for customer service are gaining traction in Japan. However, their acceptance in other societal contexts remains underexplored, complicating efforts to design robot a…