3 papers
cs.RO2025
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…
cs.CL2025
Mechanistic Interpretability of Emotion Inference in Large Language Models
Ala N. Tak, Amin Banayeeanzade, Anahita Bolourani +3
Large language models (LLMs) show promising capabilities in predicting human emotions from text. However, the mechanisms through which these models process emotional stimuli remain…
cs.RO2025
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…