@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.} } @inbook {100, title = {An Experimental Eye-Tracking Study for the Design of a Context-Dependent Social Robot Blinking Model}, booktitle = {Biomimetic and Biohybrid Systems}, series = {Lecture Notes in Computer Science}, volume = {8608}, year = {2014}, pages = {356-366}, publisher = {Springer International Publishing}, organization = {Springer International Publishing}, keywords = {blinking model, eye-tracking study, gaze behaviour, humanlike robot, social human-robot interaction}, isbn = {978-3-319-09434-2}, doi = {10.1007/978-3-319-09435-9_31}, url = {http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-09435-9_31}, author = {Zaraki, Abolfazl and Dehkordi, MaryamBanitalebi and Mazzei, Daniele and De Rossi, Danilo}, editor = {Duff, Armin and Lepora, NathanF. and Mura, Anna and Prescott, TonyJ. and Verschure, PaulF.M.J.} } @inbook {99, title = {I-CLIPS Brain: A Hybrid Cognitive System for Social Robots}, booktitle = {Biomimetic and Biohybrid Systems}, series = {Lecture Notes in Computer Science}, volume = {8608}, year = {2014}, pages = {213-224}, publisher = {Springer International Publishing}, organization = {Springer International Publishing}, keywords = {artificial intelligence, cognitive systems, expert systems, humanoids, hybrid control architectures, social robots}, isbn = {978-3-319-09434-2}, doi = {10.1007/978-3-319-09435-9_19}, url = {http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-09435-9_19}, author = {Mazzei, Daniele and Cominelli, Lorenzo and Lazzeri, Nicole and Zaraki, Abolfazl and De Rossi, Danilo}, editor = {Duff, Armin and Lepora, NathanF. and Mura, Anna and Prescott, TonyJ. and Verschure, PaulF.M.J.} } @proceedings {98, title = {Individual Differences and Biohybrid Societies}, journal = {Biomimetic and Biohybrid Systems}, volume = {8608}, year = {2014}, pages = {374-376}, publisher = {Springer International Publishing}, keywords = {attachment, biohybrid, design, HRI, individual differences}, isbn = {978-3-319-09434-2}, doi = {10.1007/978-3-319-09435-9_34}, url = {http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-09435-9_34}, author = {Collins, EmilyC. and Prescott, TonyJ.}, editor = {Duff, Armin and Lepora, NathanF. and Mura, Anna and Prescott, TonyJ. and Verschure, PaulF.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.} } @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.} }