Social Robotics: 4th International Conference, ICSR 2012, Chengdu, China, October 29-31, 2012. Proceedings

Front Matter....Pages -
Manipulating Mental States through Physical Action....Pages 1-14
The Automaticity of Social Behavior towards Robots: The Influence of Cognitive Load on Interpersonal Distance to Approachable versus Less Approachable Robots....Pages 15-25
How to Make a Robot Smile? Perception of Emotional Expressions from Digitally-Extracted Facial Landmark Configurations....Pages 26-34
A Cross-Cultural Study on Generation of Culture Dependent Facial Expressions of Humanoid Social Robot....Pages 35-44
Robot Social Intelligence....Pages 45-55
Android Emotions Revealed....Pages 56-65
Embodiment and Cognitive Learning – Can a Humanoid Robot Help Children with Autism to Learn about Tactile Social Behaviour?....Pages 66-75
A User Trial Study to Understand Play Behaviors of Autistic Children Using a Social Robot....Pages 76-85
Collecting Heart Rate Using a High Precision, Non-contact, Single-Point Infrared Temperature Sensor....Pages 86-97
How Can a Social Robot Facilitate Children’s Collaboration?....Pages 98-107
Emotional Robotics in Elder Care – A Comparison of Findings in the UK and Germany....Pages 108-117
Dorothy Robotubby: A Robotic Nanny....Pages 118-127
Would Granny Let an Assistive Robot into Her Home?....Pages 128-137
How Social Robots Make Older Users Really Feel Well – A Method to Assess Users’ Concepts of a Social Robotic Assistant....Pages 138-147
Identifying Specific Reasons Behind Unmet Needs May Inform More Specific Eldercare Robot Design....Pages 148-157
Various Foods Handling Movement of Chopstick-Equipped Meal Assistant Robot and There Evaluation....Pages 158-167
Imagery of Disabled People within Social Robotics Research....Pages 168-177
HRI Evaluation of a Healthcare Service Robot....Pages 178-187
Automated Behavioral Mapping for Monitoring Social Interactions among Older Adults....Pages 188-198
Anthropomorphism and Human Likeness in the Design of Robots and Human-Robot Interaction....Pages 199-208
Studies in Public Places as a Means to Positively Influence People’s Attitude towards Robots....Pages 209-218
Difference of Efficiency in Human-Robot Interaction According to Condition of Experimental Environment....Pages 219-227
Programming Behaviour of a Personal Service Robot with Application to Healthcare....Pages 228-237
Investigating the Effects of Robotic Displays of Protest and Distress....Pages 238-247
Motion Synchronization for Human-Robot Collaboration....Pages 248-257
Human-Robot Handshaking: A Hybrid Deliberate/Reactive Model....Pages 258-267
Should Empathic Social Robots Have Interiority?....Pages 268-277
Why Not Artificial Sympathy?....Pages 278-287
How Can a Robot Attract the Attention of Its Human Partner? A Comparative Study over Different Modalities for Attracting Attention....Pages 288-297
Long-Term Interactions with Empathic Robots: Evaluating Perceived Support in Children....Pages 298-307
Robot Drama Research: From Identification to Synchronization....Pages 308-316
Talking-Ally: Intended Persuasiveness by Utilizing Hearership and Addressivity....Pages 317-326
Does Observing Artificial Robotic Systems Influence Human Perceptual Processing in the Same Way as Observing Humans?....Pages 327-337
Using Compliant Robots as Projective Interfaces in Dynamic Environments....Pages 338-347
Affective Tele-touch....Pages 348-356
Human-Humanoid Co-working in a Joint Table Transportation....Pages 357-366
User-Defined Body Gestures for Navigational Control of a Humanoid Robot....Pages 367-377
Studies on Grounding with Gaze and Pointing Gestures in Human-Robot-Interaction....Pages 378-387
Regulating Emotion by Facial Feedback from Teleoperated Android Robot....Pages 388-397
Body Ownership Transfer to Teleoperated Android Robot....Pages 398-407
A Geminoid as Lecturer....Pages 408-417
Social Networking for Robots to Share Knowledge, Skills and Know-How....Pages 418-427
Social Acceptance of a Teleoperated Android: Field Study on Elderly’s Engagement with an Embodied Communication Medium in Denmark....Pages 428-437
Partially Disembodied Robot: Social Interactions with a Robot’s Virtual Body....Pages 438-447
Keep an Eye on the Task! How Gender Typicality of Tasks Influence Human–Robot Interactions....Pages 448-457
A Multi-modal Approach for Natural Human-Robot Interaction....Pages 458-467
Investigation of Optimal Deployment Problem in Three-Dimensional Space Coverage for Swarm Robotic System....Pages 468-474
HAG-SR Hand: Highly-Anthropomorphic-Grasping Under-Actuated Hand with Naturally Coupled States....Pages 475-484
RoboASR: A Dynamic Speech Recognition System for Service Robots....Pages 485-495
Effects of Different Robot Interaction Strategies During Cognitive Tasks....Pages 496-505
A Multi-path Selecting Navigation Framework with Human Supervision....Pages 506-515
Monocular Visual Odometry and Obstacle Detection System Based on Ground Constraints....Pages 516-525
Impedance Control of a Rehabilitation Robot for Interactive Training....Pages 526-535
Design and Development of a Wearable Rehabilitation Robot....Pages 536-545
Development and Path Planning of a Biped Robot....Pages 546-551
Modelling and Trajectory Planning for a Four Legged Walking Robot with High Payload....Pages 552-561
Combining Gait Research of the Quadruped/Biped Reconfigurable Walking Chair with Parallel Leg Mechanism....Pages 562-571
Design of an Automatic Rotatory Chair Prototype for BPPV Treatment....Pages 572-580
Modeling and Control of a Lower-Limb Rehabilitation Robot....Pages 581-590
Particle Swarm Optimization Based Design for Knee Joint of Wearable Exoskeleton Robot....Pages 591-599
The Application of Machine-Learning on Lower Limb Motion Analysis in Human Exoskeleton System....Pages 600-611
Hydraulic Pressure Control System Simulation and Performance Test of Lower Extremity Exoskeleton....Pages 612-620
Dynamic Characteristics Study of Human Exoskeleton Based on Virtual Prototype....Pages 621-630
Structure Optimization and Finite Element Analysis of the Human Body Exoskeletons Lower Limb Power....Pages 631-640
Kinematics and Dynamics Modeling for Lower Limbs Rehabilitation Robot....Pages 641-649
Coordinated Control Method of the Lower Extremity Exoskeleton Based on Human Electromechanical Coupling....Pages 650-659
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