2 papers
cs.RO2025
AZRA: Extending the Affective Capabilities of Zoomorphic Robots using Augmented Reality
Shaun Macdonald, Salma ElSayed, Mark McGill
Zoomorphic robots could serve as accessible and practical alternatives for users unable or unwilling to keep pets. However, their affective interactions are often simplistic and sh…
cs.HC2024
Evaluating Transferable Emotion Expressions for Zoomorphic Social Robots using VR Prototyping
Shaun Macdonald, Robin Bretin, Salma ElSayed
Zoomorphic robots have the potential to offer companionship and well-being as accessible, low-maintenance alternatives to pet ownership. Many such robots, however, feature limited…