Late-Breaking Reports

All times are in Japan Standard Time Zone (JST)

March 8

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18:30 - 19:30 JST

LBR session 1

Exploring the Effect of Mass Customization on User Acceptance of Socially Assistive Robots (SARs)

Ela Liberman-Pincu, Tal Oron-Gilad

Perceptions of Social Robots as Motivating Learning Companions for Online Learning

Dafna Sinai, Rinat B. Rosenberg-Kima

Multi-party Interaction with a Robot Receptionist

Meriam Moujahid, Helen Hastie, Oliver Lemon

It’s not all Bad – Worker Perceptions of Industrial Robots

Eike Schneiders, Eleftherios Papachristos

Affective Responses of Older Adults to the Anthropomorphic GenieConnect Companion Robot During Lockdown of the COVID19 Pandemic

Rachel Wilson, Imogen Keane, Ray Jones

Sensitivity of Trust Scales in the Face of Errors

Birthe Nesset, Gnanathusharan Rajendran, José David Aguas Lopes, Helen Hastie

Human-Robot Conflict Resolution at an Elevator – The Effect of Robot Type, Request Politeness and Modality

Franziska Babel, Philipp Hock, Johannes Kraus, Martin Baumann

Learning from Carers to inform the Design of Safe Physically Assistive Robots – Insights from a Focus Group Study

Antonella Camilleri, Sanja Dogramadzi, Praminda Caleb-Solly

Investigating Customers’ Preferences of Robot’s Serving Styles

Alessandra Rossi, Alessandro Caputo, Alessio Scafora, Silvia Rossi

IVO Robot: A New Social Robot for Human-Robot Collaboration

Javier Laplaza, Nicolás Rodríguez, J. E. Domínguez-Vidal, Fernando Herrero, Sergi Hernández, Alejandro López, Alberto Sanfeliu, Anaís Garrell

Automated Care in New Zealand

Marie Opdal Ulset, Elizabeth Broadbent, Thomas Hylland Eriksen

Initial Test of BabyRobot” Behaviour on a Teleoperated Toy Substitution: Improving the Motor Skills of Toddlers”

Eric Canas, Alba M. García, Anais Garrell, Cecilio Angulo

The Role of Empathic Traits in Emotion Recognition and Emotion Contagion of Cozmo Robots

Te-Yi Hsieh, Emily S. Cross

“Cool glasses, where did you get them?”; Generating Visually Grounded Conversation Starters for Human-Robot Dialogue

Ruben Janssens, Pieter Wolfert, Thomas Demeester, Tony Belpaeme

EXOSMOOTH: Test of Innovative EXOskeleton Control for SMOOTH Assistance, With and Without Ankle Actuation

Vittorio Lippi, Alessandro Filippeschi, Cristian Camardella, Francesco Porcini, Christoph Maurer, Lucia Lencioni

Effects of Colored LEDs in Robotic Storytelling on Storytelling Experience and Robot Perception

Sophia C. Steinhaeusser, Birgit Lugrin

The Influence of Gaming Experience, Gender and Other Individual Factors on Robot Teleoperations in VR

Federica Nenna, Luciano Gamberini

Force and Gesture-based Motion Control of Human-Robot Cooperative Lifting Using IMUs

Gizem Ateş, Martin Fodstad Stølen, Erik Kyrkjebø

Is Deep Learning a Valid Approach for Inferring Subjective Self-Disclosure in Human-Robot Interactions?

Henry Powell, Guy Laban, Jean-Noël George, Emily S. Cross

Understanding Design Preferences for Robots for Pain Management: A Co-Design Study

Feiran Zhang, Frank Broz, Edwin Dertien, Nefeli Kousi, Jules A. M. van Gurp, Oriana Isabella Ferrari, Ignacio Malagon, Emilia I. Barakova

Perceived Trustworthiness of an Interactive Robotic System

Luisa Graf, Miha Torkar, Emily Stückelmaier, Romaric Sichler, Pierre Malafosse, Kerstin Fischer, Oskar Palinko

Are Robots That Assess Their Partner’s Attachment Style Better At Autonomous Adaptive Behaviour?

Sara Mongile, Ana Tanevska, Francesco Rea, Alessandra Sciutti

Unfortunately, Your Task Allocation is in Need of Improvement

Adelisa Martinovic, Laura Kunold

Robot-Assisted Language Learning Increases Functional Connectivity in Children’s Brain

Maryam Alimardani, Jesse L. P. Duret, Anne-Lise Jouen, Kazuo Hiraki

Exploring Variables That Affect Robot Likeability

Vivienne Jia Zhong, Nicolas Mürset, Janine Jäger, Theresa Schmiedel

Alzheimers Dementia Detection through Spontaneous Dialogue with Proactive Robotic Listeners

Yuanchao Li, Catherine Lai, Divesh Lala, Koji Inoue, Tatsuya Kawahara

Socially Assistive Robots in Smart Homes: Design Factors that Influence the User Perception

Eleonora Toscano, Micol Spitale, Franca Garzotto

“How Would You Communicate With a Robot?”: People with Neourodevelopmental Disorder’s Perspective

Corrado Pacelli, Tharushi Kinkini De Silva Pallimulla Hewa Geeganage, Micol Spitale, Eleonora Beccaluva, Franca Garzotto

Robotic Task Complexity and Collaborative Behavior of Children with ASD

Franziska Prummer, Annika Hellendoorn, Rianne van den Berghe, Hans Petersen, Erik Ploeger, Hanno van Keulen

Improved Indirect Virtual Objects Selection Methods for Cluttered Augmented Reality Environments on Mobile Devices

Michal Kapinus, Daniel Bambušek, Zdeněk Materna, Vítězslav Beran, Pavel Smrž

Kinematically-consistent Real-time 3D Human Body Estimation for Physical and Social HRI

Lorenzo Ferrini, Séverin Lemaignan

Handheld Augmented Reality: Overcoming Reachability Limitations by Enabling Temporal Switching to Virtual Reality

Daniel Bambušek, Zdenék Materna, Michal Kapinus, Vítězslav Beran, Pavel Smrž

What Will It Take to Help a Stuck Robot? Exploring Signaling Methods for a Mobile Robot

Daniel Gahner Holm, Rasmus Peter Junge, Mads Østergaard, Leon Bodenhagen, Oskar Palinko

First Attempt of Gender-free Speech Style Transfer for Genderless Robot

Chuang Yu, Changzeng Fu, Rui Chen, Adriana Tapus

Real-time Feasibility of a Human Intention Method Evaluated Through a Competitive Human-Robot Reaching Game

Athanasios C. Tsitos, Maria Dagioglou, Theodoros Giannakopoulos

Who is that?! Does Changing the Robot as a Learning Companion Impact Preschoolers’ Language Learning?

Nils F. Tolksdorf, Dirk Hönemann, Fanziska E. Viertel, Katharina J. Rohlfing

Role of Socially Assistive Robots in Reducing Anxiety and Preserving Autonomy in Children

Ning Fang, Chao Zhang, Supraja Sankaran, Shaoya Ren

Adolescents’ Perceptions of the Role of Social Robots in Civic Participation: An Exploratory Study

Kirsikka Kaipainen, Salla Jarske, Jari Varsaluoma, Kaisa Väänänen

Design Implications for Effective Robot Gaze Behaviors in Multiparty Interactions

Maria Teresa Parreira, Sarah Gillet, Marynel Vázquez, Iolanda Leite

Towards using Behaviour Trees for Long-term Social Robot Behaviour

Sara Cooper, Séverin Lemaignan

KURT; A Household Assistance Robot Capable of Proactive Dialogue

Matthias Kraus, Nicolas Wagner, Wolfgang Minker, Ankita Agrawal, Artur Schmidt, Pranav Krishna Prasad, Wolfgang Ertel

Perception of Power and Distance in Human-Human and Human-Robot Role-Based Relations

Eleonore Lumer, Hendrik Buschmeier

“My Robot Friend”; Application of Intergroup Contact Theory in Human-Robot Interaction

Selen Akay, Berkay Arslan, Sabahat C. Bagci, Junko Kanero

Conversational AI and Knowledge Graphs for Social Robot Interaction

Graham Wilcock, Kristiina Jokinen

Speech Impact in a Usability Test – A Case Study of the KUBO Robot

Caroline Gjerlund Christiansen, Sidsel Hardt, Stine Falgren Jensen, Kerstin Fischer, Oskar Palinko

Robot Self-defense: Robot, Don’t Hurt Me, No More

Eduardo Kochenborger Duarte, Masahiro Shiomi, Alexey Vinel, Martin Cooney

Inducing Changes in Breathing Patterns Using a Soft Robot

Ali Asadi, Oliver Niebuhr, Jonas Jørgensen, Kerstin Fischer

K-Qbot: Language Learning Chatbot Based on Reinforcement Learning

Nurziya Oralbayeva, Aidar Shakerimov, Shamil Sarmonov, Kanagat Kantoreyeva, Fatima Dadebayeva, Nuray Serkali, Anara Sandygulova

To Transfer or Not To Transfer: Engagement Recognition within Robot-Assisted Autism Therapy

Nazerke Rakhymbayeva, Zarema Balgabekova, Mukhamedzhan Nurmukhamed, Karina Burunchina, Wafa Johal, Anara Sandygulova

An Intelligent Human Avatar to Debug and Challenge Human-aware Robot Navigation Systems

Anthony Favier, Phani Teja Singamaneni, Rachid Alami

March 9

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07:55 - 08:55 JST

LBR session 2

Hugmon; Exploration of Affective Movements for Hug Interaction using Tensegrity Robot

Naoya Yoshimura, Yushi Sato, Yuta Kageyama, Jun Murao, Satoshi Yagi, Parinya Punpongsanon

Pick-me-up Strategy for a Self-recommendation Agent: A Pilot Field Experiment in a Convenience Store

Takuya Iwamoto, Jun Baba, Junya Nakanishi, Kotaro Nishi, Yuichiro Yoshikawa, Hiroshi Ishiguro

Cohesiveness of Robots in Groups Affects the Perception of Social Rejection by Human Observers

Hongshen Xu, Ray LC

How to Make Robots’ Optimal Anthropomorphism Level: Manipulating Social Cues and Spatial Context for an Improved User Experience

Hanna Chung, Sukho Lee, Soojin Jun

Community-Based Data Visualization for Mental Well-being with a Social Robot

Raida Karim, Yufei Zhang, Patrícia Alves-Oliveira, Elin A. Björling, Maya Cakmak

Butsukusa: A Conversational Mobile Robot Describing Its Own Observations and Internal States

Akishige Yuguchi, Seiya Kawano, Koichiro Yoshino, Carlos Toshinori Ishi, Yasutomo Kawanishi, Yutaka Nakamura, Takashi Minato, Yasuki Saito, Michihiko Minoh

T-Top, a SAR Experimental Platform

Marc-Antoine Maheux, Charles Caya, Dominic Létourneau, François Michaud

Measuring Users’ Attitudinal and Behavioral Responses to Persuasive Communication Techniques in Human Robot Interaction

Nathan Green, Karen Works

Robot Musical Theater for Climate Change Education

YeaJi Lee, Ariana Wyatt, Jiayuan Dong, Tanner Upthegrove, Brandon Hale, Chelsea H. Lyles, Koeun Choi, Jisun Kim, Shuqi Yu, Devanshu Vajir, Phyllis Newbill, Myounghoon Jeon

Learning Reward Functions from a Combination of Demonstration and Evaluative Feedback

Eric Hsiung, Eric Rosen, Vivienne Bihe Chi, Bertram F. Malle

The Nature of Trust in Communication Robots: Through Comparison with Trusts in Other People and AI Systems

Akihiro Maehigashi

Neither Hear” Nor “Their”: Interrogating Gender Neutrality in Robots”

Katie Seaborn, Peter Pennefather

The Effect of Robots Listening Attitude Change on the Self-disclosure of the Elderly: A Preliminary Study

Yoshiki Nakamura, Hiroyuki Umemuro

Does Encouraging Self-touching Behaviors with Supportive Voices Increase Stress-buffering Effects?

Ayumi Hayashi, Emi Anzai, Naoki Saiwaki, Hidenobu Sumioka, Masahiro Shiomi

3D Head-Position Prediction in First-Person View by Considering Head Pose for Human-Robot EyeContact

Yuki Tamaru, Yasunori Ozaki, Yuki Okafuji, Junya Nakanishi, Yuichiro Yoshikawa, Jun Baba

Friendly Elevator Co-rider: An HRI Approach for Robot-Elevator Interaction

Wing-ting Law, Ki-sing Li, Kam-wah Fan, Tiande Mo, Chi-kin Poon

A Novel Online Robot Design Research Platform to Determine Robot Mind Perception

Daniel E. Pittman, Kerstin S. Haring, Pilyoung Kim, Benjamin Dossett, Gillian Ehman, Elizabeth Gutierrez-Gutierrez, Sneha Patil, Ashley Sanchez

Development of a Training Robot for Slander Suppression

Taichi Hirano, Fumihide Tanaka

Robot Mediation of Performer-Audience Dynamics in Live-Streamed Performances

Valerie Zhao, Baldwin Giang, Sarah Sebo

Gamer Breakbots: Exploring Robots as a Way for Gamers to Manage Break Time and Alleviate Potential Health Issues

Mumina Abdi, Evan Hamp, Wyatt Oistad, Ji Youn Shin, Hee Rin Lee

A Task Design for Studying Referring Behaviors for Linguistic HRI

Zhao Han, Tom Williams

Preliminary Explorations of Conceptual Design Tools for Students Learning to Design Human-robot Interactions for the Case of Collaborative Drawing

Yi Zhao, Lian Loke, Dagmar Reinhardt

Can an Empathetic Teleoperated Robot Be a Working Mate that Supports Operator’s Mentality?

Tomomi Takahashi, Sichao Song, Jun Baba, Junya Nakanishi, Yuichiro Yoshikawa, Hiroshi Ishiguro

A Communication Robot for Playing Video Games Together to Boost Motivation for Daily-use

Shogo Kanda, Taishi Sawabe, Masayuki Kanbara, Yuichiro Fujimoto, Hirokazu Kato

Perceptions of Explicitly vs. Implicitly Relayed Commands Between a Robot and Smart Speaker

Samantha Reig, Elizabeth J. Carter, Terrence Fong, Aaron Steinfeld, Jodi Forlizzi

MAPPO: The Assistance Pet for Oncological Children

Lucía Gabriela Sarmiento Calderón, Leonardo Fabio Gómez Hormaza, Roberto Alejandro Raez Pereyra

DualityBoard: An Asymmetric Remote Gaming Platform with Mobile Robots and the Digital Twins

Ryota Shibusawa, Mutsuhiro Nakashige, Katsutoshi Oe

Open Source System Integration Towards Natural Interaction with Robots

Ayaka Fujii, Jokinen Kristiina

Development of a Snuggling Robot That Relieves Human Anxiety

Yuga Adachi, Fumihide Tanaka

A Demonstration of the Taxonomy of Functional Augmented Reality for Human-Robot Interaction

Ornnalin Phaijit, Mohammad Obaid, Claude Sammut, Wafa Johal

Robot Teleoperation Interfaces for Customized Therapy for Autistic Children

Saad Elbeleidy, Aryaman Jadhav, Dan Liu, Tom Williams

An Exploration of Eye Gaze in Women During Reciprocal Self-Disclosure: Implications for Digital Human Design

Alesha Wells, Kate Loveys, Mark Sagar, Mark Billinghurst, Elizabeth Broadbent

Authoring Human Simulators via Probabilistic Functional Reactive Program Synthesis

Michael Jae-Yoon Chung, Maya Cakmak

A Virtual Agent That is Equipped With Internal Movable Weights for Enhanced Credibility

Ayumu Kawahara, Yohei Noguchi, Fumihide Tanaka

Furnituroid: Shape-Changing Mobile Furniture Robot for Multiple and Dynamic Affordances

Yasuto Nakanishi

What Can We Do with a Robot for Family Playtime?

SunKyoung Kim, Masakazu Hirokawa, Atsushi Funahashi, Kenji Suzuki

I enjoyed the chance to meet you and I will always remember you: Healthy Older Adults’ Conversations with Misty the Robot

Jordan Miller, Troy McDaniel

Toward Adaptive Driving Styles for Automated Driving with Users’ Trust and Preferences

Manisha Natarajan, Kumar Akash, Teruhisa Misu

Modeling the Interplay between Human Trust and Monitoring

Zahra Zahedi, Sarath Sreedharan, Mudit Verma, Subbarao Kambhampati

Effect of Human Involvement on Work Performance and Fluency in Human-Robot Collaboration for Recycling

Sruthi Ramadurai, Heejin Jeong

Determining Success and Attributes of Various Feeding Approaches with a Mobile Robot

Victoria Chen, Yao-Lin Tsai, Heather Knight

Using Robots to Facilitate and Improve Social Interaction Between Humans: An Exploratory Qualitative Study with Adults 50+ in the US and Japan

Katrina M. Ling, Danielle Langlois, Harrison Preusse, Marlena Fraune, Katherine M. Tsui

Instruct or Evaluate: How People Choose to Teach Norms to Social Robots

Vivienne Bihe Chi, Bertram F. Malle

AMIGUS: A Robot Companion for Students

Carmen Espinoza, Andres Alamo, Roberto Raez

Human-Aware Reinforcement Learning for Adaptive Human Robot Teaming

Saurav Singh, Jamison Heard

The Inversion Effect as a Measure of Social Acceptance of Robots

Ali Momen, Eva Wiese

Fluid Sex Robots: Looking to the 2LGBTQIA+ Community to Shape the Future of Sex Robots

Skyla Y. Dudek, James E. Young

Drone Brush: Mixed Reality Drone Path Planning

Angelos Angelopoulos, Austin Hale, Husam Shaik, Akshay Paruchuri, Ken Liu, Randal Tuggle, Daniel Szafir

Public Versus Private: How Teens Perceived Teen-robot Interactions in a School Setting

Katelynn Oleson, Elin A. Björling, Lotus Zhang, Heba Dwikat

Feasibility of Using the Robot Sphero to Promote Perceptual-Motor Exploration in Infants

Georgia R Kouvoutsakis, Kleio Baxevani, Herbert G. Tanner, Elena Kokkoni

A Machine Learning Approach to Model HRI Research Trends in 2010~2021

Chan Hsu, Ching-Chih Tsao, Yu-Liang Weng, Cheng-Yi Tang, Yu-Wen Chang, Yihuang Kang, Shih-Yi Chien

User Perception on Personalized Explanation by Science Museum Docent Robot

Jeyoung Park, Jeeyeon Kim, Da-Young Kim, Juhyun Kim, Min-Gyu Kim, Jihwan Choi, WonHyong Lee

User-centered Exploration of Robot Design for Hospitals in COVID-19 Pandemic

Soyeon Shin, Dahyun Kang, Sonya Kwak