5 papers
Not Forgotten: Implementation and Evaluation of a Personalized Episodic Memory for the Humanoid Robot Head Kim
Steve Aschenbrenner, Marcel Heisler, Thomas Sievers +1
Social robots that rely on large language models for conversation are unable to retain information across sessions. This absence of memory violates social expectations, potentially…
A Case Study on the Acceptance of a Humanoid Robotic Head Employed in Three Public Spaces
Marcel Heisler, Luca Randecker, Christian Becker-Asano
Previous research has shown that a human-like robot's acceptance heavily depends on the setting in which it operates and its ability to perform relevant tasks. This paper, first, r…
Back to the museum: Investigation of the acceptance of Android Andrea with and without emotion simulation in a museum
Marcel Heisler, Christian Becker-Asano
For a second time, the android robot Andrea was set up at a public museum in Germany for six consecutive days to have conversations with visitors, fully autonomously. Building on p…
Conversations with Andrea: Visitors' Opinions on Android Robots in a Museum
Marcel Heisler, Christian Becker-Asano
The android robot Andrea was set up at a public museum in Germany for six consecutive days to have conversations with visitors, fully autonomously. No specific context was given, s…
Learning to Control an Android Robot Head for Facial Animation
Marcel Heisler, Christian Becker-Asano
The ability to display rich facial expressions is crucial for human-like robotic heads. While manually defining such expressions is intricate, there already exist approaches to aut…