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A Deployable Architecture for Robot-Mediated Tasks (DART): Evaluation in Socially Assistive Robot-Guided Cognitive Behavioral Therapy Exercises
Mina Kian, Lydia Ignatova, Jiong Wang +12
Socially assistive robots (SARs) can support structured health and well-being interventions, but hardware and cost constraints limit interaction complexity and longitudinal real-wo…
Personalized Socially Assistive Robots With End-to-End Speech-Language Models For Well-Being Support
Mengxue Fu, Zhonghao Shi, Minyu Huang +4
Socially assistive robots (SARs) have shown great potential for supplementing well-being support. However, prior studies have found that existing dialogue pipelines for SARs remain…
Engagement and Disclosures in LLM-Powered Cognitive Behavioral Therapy Exercises: A Factorial Design Comparing the Influence of a Robot vs. Chatbot Over Time
Mina Kian, Mingyu Zong, Katrin Fischer +10
Many researchers are working to address the worldwide mental health crisis by developing therapeutic technologies that increase the accessibility of care, including leveraging larg…
Designing Robot Identity: The Role of Voice, Clothing, and Task on Robot Gender Perception
Nathaniel S. Dennler, Mina Kian, Stefanos Nikolaidis +1
Perceptions of gender are a significant aspect of human-human interaction, and gender has wide-reaching social implications for robots deployed in contexts where they are expected…
LLM-Powered Socially Assistive Robot-Delivered Cognitive Behavioral Therapy Exercises: an Exploratory Study with University Students
Mina Kian, Mina J. Kian, Mingyu Zong +18
Mental health is a significant healthcare challenge, and cognitive behavioral therapy (CBT) is a widely used therapeutic method for treating anxiety and depression. However, tradit…