@article {2014,
	title = {Arousal Regulation and Affective Adaptation to Human Responsiveness by a Robot that Explores and Learns a Novel Environment},
	journal = {Frontiers in Neurorobotics},
	volume = {8},
	year = {2014},
	note = {<a href="https://www.frontiersin.org/articles/10.3389/fnbot.2014.00017/full">Download</a> (Open Access)},
	pages = {17},
	abstract = {In the context of our work in developmental robotics regarding robot-human caregiver interactions, in this paper we investigate how a "baby" robot that explores and learns novel environments can adapt its affective regulatory behavior of soliciting help from a "caregiver" to the preferences shown by the caregiver in terms of varying responsiveness. We build on two strands of previous work that assessed independently (a) the differences between two "idealized" robot profiles {\textendash} a "needy" and an "independent" robot {\textendash} in terms of their use of a caregiver as a means to regulate the "stress" (arousal) produced by the exploration and learning of a novel environment, and (b) the effects on the robot behaviors of two caregiving profiles varying in their responsiveness {\textendash} "responsive" and "non-responsive" {\textendash} to the regulatory requests of the robot. Going beyond previous work, in this paper we (a) assess the effects that the varying regulatory behavior of the two robot profiles has on the exploratory and learning patterns of the robots; (b) bring together the two strands previously investigated in isolation and take a step further by endowing the robot with the capability to adapt its regulatory behavior along the "needy" and "independent" axis as a function of the varying responsiveness of the caregiver; and (c) analyze the effects that the varying regulatory behavior has on the exploratory and learning patterns of the adaptive robot.},
	issn = {1662-5218},
	doi = {10.3389/fnbot.2014.00017},
	url = {http://journal.frontiersin.org/article/10.3389/fnbot.2014.00017},
	author = {Antoine Hiolle and Lewis, Matthew and Lola Ca{\~n}amero}
}
@inproceedings {2009,
	title = {Assessing Human Responses to Different Robot Attachment Profiles},
	booktitle = {Proc. 18th Annual IEEE International Symposium on Robot and Human Interactive Communication (IEEE RO-MAN 2009)},
	year = {2009},
	month = {09/2009},
	pages = {251{\textendash}256},
	publisher = {IEEE Press},
	organization = {IEEE Press},
	address = {Toyama, Japan},
	abstract = {Emotional regulation is believed to be crucial for a balanced emotional and cognitive development in infants. Furthermore, during the first year of a child{\textquoteright}s life, the mother is playing a central role in shaping the development, through the attachment bond she shares with her child. Based on previous work on our model of arousal modulation for an autonomous robot, we present an experiment where human adults were interacting visually and via tactile contact with a SONY Aibo robot exploring a children playmat. The robots had two different attachment profiles: one requiring less attention then the other. The subjects answered one questionnaire per robot, describing how they would rate their experience with each robot. The analysis of the subjects{\textquoteright} responses allow us to conclude that this setting was sufficient to elicit positive and active caretaking-like behaviours from the subjects, according to the profile of the robot they interacted with.},
	isbn = {978-1-4244-5081-7},
	issn = {1944-9445},
	doi = {10.1109/ROMAN.2009.5326216},
	url = {http://ieeexplore.ieee.org/document/5326216/},
	author = {Antoine Hiolle and Kim A. Bard and Lola Ca{\~n}amero}
}
