3 papers
cs.HC2025
Social Robotics for Disabled Students: An Empirical Investigation of Embodiment, Roles and Interaction
Alva Markelius, Fethiye Irmak Doğan, Julie Bailey +3
Institutional and social barriers in higher education often prevent students with disabilities from effectively accessing support, including lengthy procedures, insufficient inform…
cs.AI2025
Cognitive Science-Inspired Evaluation of Core Capabilities for Object Understanding in AI
Danaja Rutar, Alva Markelius, Konstantinos Voudouris +2
One of the core components of our world models is 'intuitive physics' - an understanding of objects, space, and causality. This capability enables us to predict events, plan action…
cs.HC2025
Stakeholder Perspectives on Whether and How Social Robots Can Support Mediation and Advocacy for Higher Education Students with Disabilities
Alva Markelius, Julie Bailey, Jenny L. Gibson +1
This paper presents an iterative, participatory, empirical study that examines the potential of using artificial intelligence, such as social robots and large language models, to s…