HRI

User Interactions and Negative Examples to Improve the Learning of Semantic Rules in a Cognitive Exercise Scenario

Enabling a robot to perform new tasks is a complex endeavor, usually beyond the reach of non-technical users. For this reason, research efforts that aim at empowering end-users to teach robots new abilities using intuitive modes of interaction are …

Automatic Learning of Cognitive Exercises for Socially Assistive Robotics

In this paper, we present a learning approach to facilitate the teaching of new board exercises to assistive robotic systems. We formulate the problem as the learning of action models using Boolean predicates, disjunctive preconditions, and …

The Road to a successful HRI: AI, Trust and ethicS - TRAITS

The aim of this workshop is to give researchers from academia and industry the possibility to discuss the inter- and multi- disciplinary nature of the relationships between people and robots towards effective and long-lasting collaborations. This …

Discovering SOCIABLE: Using a Conceptual Model to Evaluate the Legibility and Effectiveness of Backchannel Cues in an Entertainment Scenario

Robots are expected to become part of everyday life. However, while there have been important breakthroughs during the recent decades in terms of technological advances, the ability of robots to interact with humans intuitively and effectively is …

Cognitive System Framework for Brain-Training Exercise based on Human-Robot Interaction

Every 3 seconds someone develops dementia worldwide.Brain-training exercises, preferably involving also physical activity, have shown their potential to monitor and improve the brain function of people affected by Alzheimer Disease (AD) or Mild …

Learning Robot Policies Using a High-Level Abstraction Persona-Behaviour Simulator

Collecting data in Human-Robot Interaction for training learning agents might be a hard task to accomplish. This is especially true when the target users are older adults with dementia since this usually requires hours of interactions and puts quite …

Deciding the different robot roles for patient cognitive training

Alzheimer’s Disease (AD) and Mild Cognitive Impairment (MCI) represent a major challenge for health systems within the aging population. New and better instruments will be crucial to assess the disease severity and progression, as well as to improve …