@conference {178, title = {Considering students{\textquoteright} confidence when building a synthetic tutoring system.}, booktitle = {New Friends 2016: 2nd International Conference on Social Robots in Therapy and Education.}, year = {2016}, month = {November}, url = {http://newfriends2016.org/}, author = {Blancas, M., and Vouloutsi, V, and Zucca, R., and Verschure, Paul F.M.J.} } @proceedings {158, title = {The EASEL Project: Towards Educational Human-Robot Symbiotic Interaction}, journal = {Living Machines. }, volume = {Biomimetic and Biohybrid Systems.}, year = {2016}, month = {2016}, publisher = {LNAI 9793, Springer}, edition = {In N. Lepora, A. Mura, M. Mangan, P.F.M.J. Verschure, M. Desmulliez, \& T. J. Prescott (Eds.)}, address = {Edinburgh, UK}, doi = {10.1007/978-3-319-42417-0_39}, url = {http://link.springer.com/chapter/10.1007\%2F978-3-319-42417-0_27}, author = {Reidsma, D., and Charisi, V., and Davison, D., and Wijnen, F., and van der Meij, J., and Evers, V., and Mazzei, D and Verschure, Paul F.M.J. and and, 11 more} } @proceedings {160, title = {Modulating Learning Through Expectation in a Simulated Robotic Setup}, journal = {Living Machines}, volume = {Biomimetic and Biohybrid Systems}, year = {2016}, month = {07/2016}, pages = {400-408}, edition = {In N. Lepora, A. Mura, M. Mangan, P.F.M.J. Verschure, M. Desmulliez, \& T. J. Prescott (Eds.)}, doi = { 10.1007/978-3-319-42417-0_39}, url = {http://link.springer.com/chapter/10.1007\%2F978-3-319-42417-0_37}, author = {Blancas, M., and Zucca, R., and Vouloutsi, V., and Verschure, Paul F.M.J.} } @conference {120, title = {A new biomimetic approach towards educational robotics: the Distributed Adaptive Control of a Synthetic Tutor Assistant}, booktitle = {4th International Symposium on New Frontiers in human-Robot Interaction}, year = {2015}, month = {04/2015}, abstract = {

Many fields can profit from the introduction of robots, including that of education. In this paper, our main focus is the advancement of the Synthetic Tutor Assistant (STA), a robot that will act as a peer for knowledge transfer.We propose a theory of a tutoring robotic application that is based on the Distributed Adaptive Control (DAC) theory: a layered architecture that serves as the framework of the proposed application. We describe the main components of the STA and we evaluate the implementation within an educational scenario.

}, url = {http://www.cs.kent.ac.uk/events/2015/AISB2015/proceedings/hri/20-Vouloutsi-anewbiomimetic.pdf}, author = {Vouloutsi, Vasiliki and Munoz, Maria Blancas and Grechuta, Klaudia and Lall{\'e}e, St{\'e}phane and Duff, Armin and Ysard Llobet Puigbo, Jordi and Verschure, Paul F.M.J.} } @proceedings {Vouloutsi2014, title = {The Influence of Behavioral Complexity on Robot Perception}, journal = {Biomimetic and Biohybrid Systems, Third International Conference, Living Machines 2014, Milan, Italy, July 30 {\textendash} August 1, 2014. Proceedings}, volume = {8608}, year = {2014}, pages = {332{\textendash}343}, publisher = {Springer International Publishing}, abstract = {

Since robots{\textquoteright} capabilities increase, they will soon be present in our daily lives and will be required to interact with humans in a natural way. Furthermore, robots will need to be removed from controlled environments and tested in public places where untrained people will be able to freely interact with them. Such needs raise a number of issues: what kind of behaviors are considered important in promoting interaction and how these behaviors affect people{\textquoteright}s perception regarding the robot in terms of anthropomorphism, likeability, animacy and perceived intelligence. In this paper, we propose a motivational and emotional system that drives the robot{\textquoteright}s behavior and test it against six interaction scenarios of varying complexity. In addition, we evaluate our system in two different environments: a controlled (laboratory) environment and a public space. Results suggest that the perception of the robot significantly changes depending on the complexity of the interaction but does not change depending on the environment.

}, keywords = {allostatic control, behavioral modulation, human-robot interaction, social robots}, isbn = {978-3-319-09434-2}, doi = {10.1007/978-3-319-09435-9\_29}, url = {http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-09435-9\_29}, author = {Vouloutsi, Vasiliki and Grechuta, Klaudia and Lall{\'e}e, St{\'e}phane and Verschure, Paul F.M.J.}, editor = {Duff, Armin and Lepora, NathanF. and Mura, Anna and Prescott, TonyJ. and Verschure, PaulF.M.J.} } @proceedings {83, title = {Optimising robot personalities for symbiotic interaction}, journal = {Biomimetic and Biohybrid Systems: The Third International Conference on Living Machines. }, volume = {3}, year = {2014}, edition = {2014}, isbn = {978-3-319-09435-9 (Online)}, issn = { 978-3-319-09434-2 (Print) }, author = {Fernando, S. and Collins, E.C. and Duff, A. and Moore, R.K. and Verschure, Paul F.M.J. and Prescott, T.J.} } @conference {Brandi2014, title = {Optimization of the Anticipatory Reflexes of a Computational Model of the Cerebellum}, booktitle = {Biomimetic and Biohybrid Systems, Third International Conference, Living Machines 2014, Milan, Italy, July 30 {\textendash} August 1, 2014. Proceedings}, series = {Lecture Notes in Computer Science}, volume = {8608}, year = {2014}, pages = {11{\textendash}22}, publisher = {Springer International Publishing}, organization = {Springer International Publishing}, abstract = {

The Expressive Agents for Symbiotic Education and Learning (EASEL) project will explore human-robot symbiotic interaction (HRSI) with the aim of developing an understanding of symbiosis over long term tutoring interactions. The EASEL system will be built upon an established and neurobiologically grounded architecture - Distributed Adaptive Control (DAC). Here we present the design of an initial experiment in which our facially expressive humanoid robot will interact with children at a public exhibition. We discuss the range of measurements we will employ to explore the effects our robot{\textquoteright}s expressive ability has on interaction with children during HRSI, with the aim of contributing optimal robot personality parameters to the final EASEL model.

}, keywords = {adaptive reflexes, cerebellum, cost minimization, nucleo-olivary inhibition}, isbn = {978-3-319-09434-2}, doi = {10.1007/978-3-319-09435-9}, url = {http://link.springer.com/chapter/10.1007/978-3-319-09435-9_2}, author = {Brandi, Santiago and Herreros, Ivan and Verschure, Paul F.M.J.}, editor = {Duff, Armin and Lepora, NathanF. and Mura, Anna and Prescott, TonyJ. and Verschure, PaulF.M.J.} }