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Requirement-Driven Design of Whole-Body Social Tactile Sensing via Virtual Human-Robot Interaction
Dakarai Crowder, Ruohan Zhang, Alexis E. Block +1
Tactile sensing for social-physical human-robot interaction (spHRI) is designed in a hardware-driven manner, where predefined sensor configurations constrain coverage, spatial reso…
Charting the Growth of Social-Physical HRI (spHRI): A Systematic Review Pipeline Augmented by Small Language Models
Mayumi Mohan, Ju-Hung Chen, Alexis E. Block
Social-physical human-robot interaction (spHRI) has grown rapidly across robotics, human-computer interaction, human-robot interaction, and haptics. Yet, fragmented terminology and…
RoboTales: ROBOTic Anthropomorphic LEarning Systems
Andrew Chen, Ju-Hung Chen, Phurinat Pinyomit +1
RoboTales is a low-cost robotic storytelling system that animates narratives using expressive sock puppetry. Implemented autonomously on a Baxter robot as a test case, RoboTales sy…
Enhancing the NAO: Extending Capabilities of Legacy Robots for Long-Term Research
Austin Wilson, Sahar Kapasi, Zane Greene +1
Legacy (unsupported) robotic platforms often lose research utility when manufacturer support ends, preventing integration of modern sensing, speech, and interaction capabilities. W…
Hey, Teacher, (Don't) Leave Those Kids Alone: Standardizing HRI Education
Alexis E. Block
Creating a standardized introduction course becomes more critical as the field of human-robot interaction (HRI) becomes more established. This paper outlines the key components nec…
In the Arms of a Robot: Designing Autonomous Hugging Robots with Intra-Hug Gestures
Alexis E. Block, Hasti Seifi, Otmar Hilliges +2
Hugs are complex affective interactions that often include gestures like squeezes. We present six new guidelines for designing interactive hugging robots, which we validate through…
The Six Hug Commandments: Design and Evaluation of a Human-Sized Hugging Robot with Visual and Haptic Perception
Alexis E. Block, Sammy Christen, Roger Gassert +2
Receiving a hug is one of the best ways to feel socially supported, and the lack of social touch can have severe negative effects on an individual's well-being. Based on previous r…