%0 Conference Paper %B 2012 IEEE RO-MAN: The 21st IEEE International Symposium on Robot and Human Interactive Communication %D 2012 %T Children's Adaptation in Multi-session Interaction with a Humanoid Robot %A Nalin, Marco %A Baroni, Ilaria %A Kruijff-Korbayová, Ivana %A Lola Cañamero %A Lewis, Matthew %A Aryel Beck %A Cuayáhuitl, Heriberto %A Alberto Sanna %X This work presents preliminary observations from a study of children (N=19, age 5–12) interacting in multiple sessions with a humanoid robot in a scenario involving game activities. The main purpose of the study was to see how their perception of the robot, their engagement, and their enjoyment of the robot as a companion evolve across multiple interactions, separated by one-two weeks. However, an interesting phenomenon was observed during the experiment: most of the children soon adapted to the behaviors of the robot, in terms of speech timing, speed and tone, verbal input formulation, nodding, gestures, etc. We describe the experimental setup and the system, and our observations and preliminary analysis results, which open interesting questions for further research. %B 2012 IEEE RO-MAN: The 21st IEEE International Symposium on Robot and Human Interactive Communication %I IEEE %P 351–357 %G eng %U http://ieeexplore.ieee.org/document/6343778/ %R 10.1109/ROMAN.2012.6343778 %0 Journal Article %J Journal of Human-Robot Interaction %D 2012 %T Multimodal Child-Robot Interaction: Building Social Bonds %A Tony Belpaeme %A Paul E. Baxter %A Robin Read %A Rachel Wood %A Cuayáhuitl, Heriberto %A Kiefer, Bernd %A Racioppa, Stefania %A Kruijff-Korbayová, Ivana %A Athanasopoulos, Georgios %A Valentin Enescu %A Rosemarijn Looije %A Mark A. Neerincx %A Yiannis Demiris %A Raquel Ros-Espinoza %A Aryel Beck %A Lola Cañamero %A Lewis, Matthew %A Baroni, Ilaria %A Nalin, Marco %A Cosi, Piero %A Giulio Paci %A Tesser, Fabio %A Sommavilla, Giacomo %A Remi Humbert %X For robots to interact effectively with human users they must be capable of coordinated, timely behavior in response to social context. The Adaptive Strategies for Sustainable Long-Term Social Interaction (ALIZ-E) project focuses on the design of long-term, adaptive social interaction between robots and child users in real-world settings. In this paper, we report on the iterative approach taken to scientific and technical developments toward this goal: advancing individual technical competencies and integrating them to form an autonomous robotic system for evaluation “in the wild.” The first evaluation iterations have shown the potential of this methodology in terms of adaptation of the robot to the interactant and the resulting influences on engagement. This sets the foundation for an ongoing research program that seeks to develop technologies for social robot companions. %B Journal of Human-Robot Interaction %V 1 %P 33–53 %G eng %U https://dl.acm.org/doi/10.5555/3109688.3109691 %N 2 %R 10.5898/JHRI.1.2.Belpaeme %0 Conference Paper %B Proc. ACM/IEEE Human-Robot Interaction conference (HRI-2011) (Robots with Children Workshop) %D 2011 %T Long-Term Human-Robot Interaction with Young Users %A Paul E. Baxter %A Tony Belpaeme %A Lola Cañamero %A Cosi, Piero %A Yiannis Demiris %A Valentin Enescu %A Antoine Hiolle %A Kruijff-Korbayová, Ivana %A Rosemarijn Looije %A Nalin, Marco %A Mark A. Neerincx %A Hichem Sahli %A Giocomo Sommavilla %A Tesser, Fabio %A Rachel Wood %X Artificial companion agents have the potential to combine novel means for effective health communication with young patients support and entertainment. However, the theory and practice of long-term child-robot interaction is currently an underdeveloped area of research. This paper introduces an approach that integrates multiple functional aspects necessary to implement temporally extended human-robot interaction in the setting of a paediatric ward. We present our methodology for the implementation of a companion robot which will be used to support young patients in hospital as they learn to manage a lifelong metabolic disorder (diabetes). The robot will interact with patients over an extended period of time. The necessary functional aspects are identified and introduced, and a review of the technical challenges involved is presented. %B Proc. ACM/IEEE Human-Robot Interaction conference (HRI-2011) (Robots with Children Workshop) %C Lausanne, Switzerland %G eng %U https://www.researchgate.net/publication/228470784_Long-term_human-robot_interaction_with_young_users