11 papers
Emotional Expression in Low-Degrees-of-Freedom Robots: Assessing Perception with Reachy Mini
Amit Rogel, Elmira Yadollahi, Guy Laban
Emotion expression is central to human--robot interaction, yet little is known about how people interpret affect on robots with sparse, non-anthropomorphic expressive capabilities.…
Social Robotics for Disabled Students: An Empirical Investigation of Embodiment, Roles and Interaction
Alva Markelius, Fethiye Irmak DoÄan, Julie Bailey +3
Institutional and social barriers in higher education often prevent students with disabilities from effectively accessing support, including lengthy procedures, insufficient inform…
DialogGuard: Multi-Agent Psychosocial Safety Evaluation of Sensitive LLM Responses
Han Luo, Guy Laban
Large language models (LLMs) now mediate many web-based mental-health, crisis, and other emotionally sensitive services, yet their psychosocial safety in these settings remains poo…
A Robot-Led Intervention for Emotion Regulation: From Expression to Reappraisal
Guy Laban, Julie Wang, Hatice Gunes
Emotion regulation is a crucial skill for managing emotions in everyday life, yet finding a constructive and accessible method to support these processes remains challenging due to…
Do We Talk to Robots Like Therapists, and Do They Respond Accordingly? Language Alignment in AI Emotional Support
Sophie Chiang, Guy Laban, Hatice Gunes
As conversational agents increasingly engage in emotionally supportive dialogue, it is important to understand how closely their interactions resemble those in traditional therapy…
Critical Insights about Robots for Mental Wellbeing
Guy Laban, Micol Spitale, Minja Axelsson +2
Social robots are increasingly being explored as tools to support emotional wellbeing, particularly in non-clinical settings. Drawing on a range of empirical studies and practical…