HRI 2026 – Companion Proceedings

Frontmatter

Keynotes

Who Gets Represented in Robot Intelligence? Human-Robot Interaction, Societal Context, and the Future of Autonomy (Keynote)
Benjamin Rosman
(University of the Witwatersrand, South Africa)

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Collaborating with Conversational Agents: Perspective Taking, Partner Modelling and the Division of Communicative Labour (Keynote)
Benjamin R. Cowan
(University College Dublin, Ireland)

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More Than Human-Robot Interaction (Keynote)
Ilyena Hirskyj-Douglas
(University of Glasgow, UK)

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Predictive Brain in Robots and Children: Toward Social Intelligence (Keynote)
Yukie Nagai
(University of Tokyo, Japan)

Publisher's Version Article: hricomp26key-key4-p doi:10.1145/3776734.3801735

Late Breaking Reports

Task-Based Analysis of Augmented Reality in Collaborative Robotic Programming for Manufacturing Assembly
Medhavi Kamran, Snehesh Shrestha, and Vinh Nguyen
(Michigan Technological University, Houghton, USA; University of Maryland College Park, College Park, USA)

Publisher's Version Article: hricomp26lbr-pc1004-p doi:10.1145/3776734.3794344

I Am the Robot: A VR Based Wizard of Oz System for the Humanoid Robot Pepper
Sofia Thunberg, Aris Alissandrakis, Timmy Bolinder, Melker Forslund, Elias Lycke, Tobias Pettersson, Marcus Saméus, and Robin Åsberg
(Chalmers University of Technology, Gothenburg, Sweden; University of Gothenburg, Gothenburg, Sweden; Uppsala University, Uppsala, Sweden)

Publisher's Version Article: hricomp26lbr-pc1006-p doi:10.1145/3776734.3794345

“I want Sota to be smarter!”: Investigating Children’s Play with Deployed Robots and Robot Dolls
Raquel Thiessen, Minoo Dabiri Golchin, Samuel Barrett, Jacquie Ripat, and James Everett Young
(University of Manitoba, Winnipeg, Canada)

Publisher's Version Article: hricomp26lbr-pc1007-p doi:10.1145/3776734.3794346

Robotic Feedback for Enhancing Problem-Solving Experiences
Reut Katz, Nevo Heimann Saadon, Andrey Grishko, and Hadas Erel
(Reichman University, Herzliya, Israel)

Publisher's Version Video Article: hricomp26lbr-pc1011-p doi:10.1145/3776734.3794347

Sharing Public Space with Robots: Following a Fleet of Delivery Robots on City Sidewalks
Simon Ekman, Joachim Örtegren, Kacper Mateusz Sieklucki, Raymond Tchou, Ludwig Halvorsen, and Hannah Pelikan
(Linköping University, Linköping, Sweden)

Publisher's Version Article: hricomp26lbr-pc1012-p doi:10.1145/3776734.3794348

Designing for Public HRI: Reflections on an Iterative Robot Sound and Motion Design Process
Hannah Pelikan, Karin Stendahl, Franziska Babel, Ola Johansson, and Erik Frisk
(Linköping University, Linköping, Sweden)

Publisher's Version Article: hricomp26lbr-pc1013-p doi:10.1145/3776734.3794349

Co-designing a Social Robot for Newcomer Children’s Cultural and Language Learning
Neil Fernandes, Tehniyat Shahbaz, Emily Davies-Robinson, Yue Hu, and Kerstin Dautenhahn
(University of Waterloo, Waterloo, Canada; United for Literacy, Toronto, Canada)

Publisher's Version Article: hricomp26lbr-pc1014-p doi:10.1145/3776734.3794350

Understanding Humans’ Mental Image of Robots by Means of “Paul A. Weiss’ Thought Experiment”: Part II - The Case of More Concrete Robots
Takanori Komatsu
(Meiji University, Tokyo, Japan)

Publisher's Version Article: hricomp26lbr-pc1016-p doi:10.1145/3776734.3794351

Industry Perspectives on HRI: A Field Snapshot of Inspection and Maintenance Robotics
Vedran Simic, Eleftherios Papachristos, Ole Andreas Alsos, and Taufik Akbar Sitompul
(NTNU, Trondheim, Norway; NTNU, Gjøvik, Norway)

Publisher's Version Article: hricomp26lbr-pc1021-p doi:10.1145/3776734.3794352

DiffusionCinema: Text-to-Aerial Cinematography
Valerii Serpiva, Artem Lykov, Jeffrin Sam, Aleksey Fedoseev, and Dzmitry Tsetserukou
(Skolkovo Institute of Science and Technology, Moscow, Russian Federation; Skolkovo Institute of Science and Technology, Skolkovo, Russian Federation)

Publisher's Version Video Article: hricomp26lbr-pc1024-p doi:10.1145/3776734.3794353

CareEval: Evaluating Large Language Models for Decision-Making in Physical Robot Caregiving
Ziang Liu, Katherine Dimitropoulou, Christy Cheung, and Tapomayukh Bhattacharjee
(Cornell University, Ithaca, USA; Columbia University, New York City, USA)

Publisher's Version Info Article: hricomp26lbr-pc1025-p doi:10.1145/3776734.3794354

Human-Robot-Management for the Common Heritage of Mankind: From Outer Space to Inner Mind
Sun Park
(University College Dublin, Dublin, Ireland)

Publisher's Version Article: hricomp26lbr-pc1029-p doi:10.1145/3776734.3794355

Developing an Integrated Behavioral Framework for Social Robots Promoting Children’s Soft Skills
Zhennan Yi and Goren Gordon
(Indiana University at Bloomington, Bloomington, USA; Tel Aviv University, Tel Aviv, Israel)

Publisher's Version Article: hricomp26lbr-pc1031-p doi:10.1145/3776734.3794356

Vision-Language System using Open-Source LLMs for Consent and Instruction Gestures in Medical Interpreter Robots
Thanh-Tung Ngo, Emma Murphy, and Robert J. Ross
(Technological University Dublin, Dublin, Ireland)

Publisher's Version Article: hricomp26lbr-pc1034-p doi:10.1145/3776734.3794357

Assistive Robots and Reasonable Work Assignment Reduce Perceived Stigma toward Persons with Disabilities
Stina Klein, Birgit Prodinger, Elisabeth André, Lars Mikelsons, and Nils Mandischer
(University of Augsburg, Augsburg, Germany)

Publisher's Version Info Article: hricomp26lbr-pc1036-p doi:10.1145/3776734.3794358

How Neurotypical and Autistic Children Interact Nonverbally with Anthropomorphic Agents in Open-Ended Tasks
Chuxuan Zhang, Bermet Burkanova, Lawrence H. Kim, Grace Iarocci, Elina Birmingham, and Angelica Lim
(Simon Fraser University, Burnaby, Canada)

Publisher's Version Info Article: hricomp26lbr-pc1038-p doi:10.1145/3776734.3794359

Towards the Development of a Robot for Well-Being: Applying the Motivation, Engagement, and Thriving in User Experience (METUX) Model
Marina Obata, Yuka Iwanaga, Masayoshi Tsuchinaga, Akitoshi Mizutani, Daniel R. J. Downes, and Sabrina Lee
(Woven by Toyota, Tokyo, Japan; Toyota Motor Corporation, Toyota, Japan)

Publisher's Version Video Article: hricomp26lbr-pc1045-p doi:10.1145/3776734.3794360

Where Are They? The Absence of Social Robots in Real-World Environments
Andrew Blair, Mary Ellen Foster, Peggy Gregory, and Koen Hindriks
(University of Glasgow, Glasgow, UK; Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam, Amsterdam, Netherlands)

Publisher's Version Article: hricomp26lbr-pc1046-p doi:10.1145/3776734.3794361

Towards the Impact of Negative Attitudes towards Robots on the Correlation of Anthropomorphism and Cognitive Load
Mohamed Cherif Rais, Barbara Andrea Kühnlenz, and Kolja Kühnlenz
(Coburg University of Applied Sciences and Arts, Coburg, Germany; Ansbach University of Applied Sciences and Arts, Ansbach, Germany)

Publisher's Version Article: hricomp26lbr-pc1048-p doi:10.1145/3776734.3794362

Social Robots Supporting Children with ADHD in the Home Environment: An Exploratory Case Study
Elitza Marinova, Pieter Ruijs, Just Oudheusden, Veerle Hobbelink, and Matthijs Smakman
(HU University of Applied Sciences Utrecht, Utrecht, Netherlands; Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam, Amsterdam, Netherlands)

Publisher's Version Article: hricomp26lbr-pc1049-p doi:10.1145/3776734.3794363

Industry Perspectives on Design Feedback in Mobile Robot Development
Benjamin Greenberg and Lina Moe
(Rutgers University, Piscataway, USA; Rutgers University, New Brunswick, USA)

Publisher's Version Article: hricomp26lbr-pc1050-p doi:10.1145/3776734.3794364

How Can Signs on Public Robots Prevent Robot Bullying: An Explorative Study about the Effects of Three Robot Communication Strategies on Subjective Perception, Visual Attention, and Bullying Tendencies of Passers-By in Public Spaces
Kathrin Pollmann, Selina Layer, Amelie Polosek, Boyu Xian, and Anna Vorreuther
(Fraunhofer Institute for Industrial Engineering IAO, Stuttgart, Germany; University of Stuttgart, Stuttgart, Germany)

Publisher's Version Article: hricomp26lbr-pc1052-p doi:10.1145/3776734.3794365

Psychologically Grounded Robot with Prosocial Behavior for HRI in Life-Threatening Scenarios
Christine Wun Ki Suen and Zhengbo Zou
(Columbia University, New York City, USA)

Publisher's Version Article: hricomp26lbr-pc1053-p doi:10.1145/3776734.3794366

Toward Empathetic Robotic Dogs for Joint Attention Support in Autism Intervention
Keuntae Kim, Cailyn A. Oh, Andrew Park, and Chung Hyuk Park
(George Washington University, Washington, USA; Thomas Jefferson High School for Science and Technology, Alexandria, USA; Poolesville High School, Poolesville, USA)

Publisher's Version Article: hricomp26lbr-pc1054-p doi:10.1145/3776734.3794367

Making Space for Research: A Methodology for Studying Proxemics and Bonding in Real-World Group-Agent Interactions
Ana Kirschbaum and Anja Richert
(University of Applied Sciences Cologne, Cologne, Germany)

Publisher's Version Article: hricomp26lbr-pc1055-p doi:10.1145/3776734.3794368

Cultivating Connection: A Feasibility Study of Robot-Mediated Plant Care and Emotional Support for Older Adults
Cheonshu Park
(ETRI, Dajeon, Republic of Korea)

Publisher's Version Article: hricomp26lbr-pc1058-p doi:10.1145/3776734.3794369

Empirical Evaluation of Driving Behavior Improvements through Continuous Use of a Driver Agent
Takahiro Tanaka
(Nagoya University, Nagoya, Japan)

Publisher's Version Article: hricomp26lbr-pc1059-p doi:10.1145/3776734.3794370

Advancing Child Wellbeing Assessment with AI and Robotics across At-Risk Populations
Jacqueline Borgstedt, Ricarda Wullenkord, Fethiye Irmak Doğan, Alva Markelius, Yue Lou, Emma Geijer-Simpson, Emily S. Cross, Friederike Eyssel, Tamsin Ford, Jenny L. Gibson, Hatice Gunes, Georgina Warner, and Ginevra Castellano
(ETH Zurich, Zurich, Switzerland; Bielefeld University, Bielefeld, Germany; University of Cambridge, Cambridge, UK; Uppsala University, Uppsala, Sweden)

Publisher's Version Article: hricomp26lbr-pc1060-p doi:10.1145/3776734.3794371

More Than a Warning: Dynamic Consent Builds Trust While Static Disclosure Can Harm It in Public Service Robots
Robbie Jay Cato, Lambros Lazuras, Natalie Leesakul, and Francesco Del Duchetto
(University of Lincoln, Lincoln, UK; University of Nottingham, Nottingham, UK)

Publisher's Version Article: hricomp26lbr-pc1063-p doi:10.1145/3776734.3794372

Beyond the Novelty Effect: Mathematical Frameworks for Sustainable Robot-Assisted Habit Formation
Amol Deshmukh, Mary Ellen Foster, and Emily S. Cross
(ETH Zurich, Zurich, Switzerland; University of Glasgow, Glasgow, UK)

Publisher's Version Article: hricomp26lbr-pc1064-p doi:10.1145/3776734.3794373

Drawing Strategies during Human-Robot Symbolic Communication
Giulia Pusceddu, Lucia Schiatti, Andrea Senacheribbe, Monica Gori, Alessio Del Bue, and Alessandra Sciutti
(Italian Institute of Technology, Genoa, Italy; University of Genoa, Genoa, Italy)

Publisher's Version Video Article: hricomp26lbr-pc1065-p doi:10.1145/3776734.3794374

LLM-Driven Socially Assistive Robots: Comparing Simulated and Physical Embodiments in Healthcare Interaction
Thomas Muller Dardelin, Damith Herath, and Janie Busby Grant
(University of Canberra, Canberra, Australia; Waseda University, Tokyo, Japan; University of Canberra, Bruce, Australia)

Publisher's Version Article: hricomp26lbr-pc1067-p doi:10.1145/3776734.3794375

Safe to Cross? Towards Multimodal Explanations for V2X-Equipped Social Robots
Akhila Bairy, Diana Burkart, Maximilian Schrapel, Jan Meyerhoefer, John Pravin Arockiasamy, Andy Comeca, Manuel Bied, Alexey Vinel, and Maike Schwammberger
(KIT, Karlsruhe, Germany)

Publisher's Version Article: hricomp26lbr-pc1071-p doi:10.1145/3776734.3794377

Micro-Practices for Facilitating Participation in Informal Group Activities via Telepresence Robot in Higher Education
I-Ting Lee and Gisela Reyes-Cruz
(University of Nottingham, Nottingham, UK)

Publisher's Version Article: hricomp26lbr-pc1073-p doi:10.1145/3776734.3794378

Anthropomorphism and the Desire for Social Connection: The Role of Sociality Motivation Factors in Predicting Perceptions of a Social Robot
Emma Minter, Robert Tankard, Oscar Norman, and Janie Busby Grant
(University of Canberra, Canberra, Australia)

Publisher's Version Article: hricomp26lbr-pc1074-p doi:10.1145/3776734.3794379

Do as I Say, Not as I Do: People Still Fall for Deception Even after Being Fooled and Protecting Others
Yuki Kimura, Emi Anzai, Naoki Saiwaki, and Masahiro Shiomi
(ATR, Kyoto, Japan; Nara Women’s University, Nara, Japan)

Publisher's Version Article: hricomp26lbr-pc1076-p doi:10.1145/3776734.3794380

A Systematic Review on Humans Interfering with Robots and Impeding Their Tasks: Preliminary Findings
Xiying Li and Astrid Marieke Rosenthal-von der Pütten
(RWTH Aachen University, Aachen, Germany)

Publisher's Version Article: hricomp26lbr-pc1079-p doi:10.1145/3776734.3794381

Human Perceptions of Warmth and Competence in Swarm Robot Behavior
Genki Miyauchi, Roderich Groß, and Chaona Chen
(University of Sheffield, Sheffield, UK; TU Darmstadt, Darmstadt, Germany)

Publisher's Version Video Article: hricomp26lbr-pc1081-p doi:10.1145/3776734.3794382

Towards a Child-Appropriate LLM for Child–Robot Conversation
Irina Rudenko, Utku Norman, Lukas Hilgert, Jan Niehues, and Barbara Bruno
(KIT, Karlsruhe, Germany)

Publisher's Version Article: hricomp26lbr-pc1082-p doi:10.1145/3776734.3794383

Public Perception of Humanoid AI Robots on YouTube: A Large-Scale Topic Modeling and Sentiment Analysis
Natalie G.R. Kim
(University of Southern California, Los Angeles, USA)

Publisher's Version Article: hricomp26lbr-pc1083-p doi:10.1145/3776734.3794384

Ghost in the Machine: Exploring Designed Fear in HRI
Brandon Connor, William Valentine, Long-Jing Hsu, Waki Kamino, Selma Šabanović, David Crandall, and Weslie Khoo
(Indiana University at Bloomington, Bloomington, USA; Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology, Terre Haute, USA; University of Michigan at Ann Arbor, Ann Arbor, USA; Cornell University, Ithaca, USA)

Publisher's Version Article: hricomp26lbr-pc1084-p doi:10.1145/3776734.3794385

TutorBotz: A GenAI Tool for Teachers to Program Social Robots as Teacher Assistants
Ben H. Botzer, Goren Gordon, and Michal Gordon-Kiwkowitz
(Tel Aviv University, Tel Aviv, Israel; Indiana University at Bloomington, Bloomington, USA; Holon Institute of Technology, Holon, Israel)

Publisher's Version Article: hricomp26lbr-pc1085-p doi:10.1145/3776734.3794386

Neurosymbolic Explanation Selection in Robotics: Combining the Strengths of Planning and Foundation Models for XAI
Lennart Wachowiak, Andrew I. Coles, Oya Celiktutan, and Gerard Canal
(King’s College London, London, UK)

Publisher's Version Article: hricomp26lbr-pc1086-p doi:10.1145/3776734.3794387

Children’s Perspectives on Robot Futures: A Speculative Participatory Approach to Child Wellbeing
Yue Lou, Emma Geijer-Simpson, Georgina Warner, Anna Pérez-Aronsson, Elin Inge, and Ginevra Castellano
(Uppsala University, Uppsala, Sweden)

Publisher's Version Article: hricomp26lbr-pc1087-p doi:10.1145/3776734.3794388

Planning, Execution, to After-Action Review (PETAAR): A Toolset for Human-Robot Teaming
Jennifer S. Kay, Tyler Errico, Audrey L. Aldridge, John James, and Michael Novitzky
(Rowan University, Glassboro, USA; USA Military Academy at West Point, West Point, USA)

Publisher's Version Article: hricomp26lbr-pc1090-p doi:10.1145/3776734.3794389

Can Vision Language Models Zero-Shot Thermal Images for Private and Robust Human Robot Interaction?
Han Hu and He Chen
(Chinese University of Hong Kong, Shatin, China; Chinese University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong SAR, China)

Publisher's Version Article: hricomp26lbr-pc1091-p doi:10.1145/3776734.3794390

The Effect of Avatars with an Autonomous Dialogue System on Human Relationships
Naoki Kodani, Yuya Komai, Kurima Sakai, Takahisa Uchida, and Hiroshi Ishiguro
(University of Osaka, Toyonaka, Japan; ATR, Keihanna Science City, Japan; Osaka University, Osaka, Japan; Osaka University, Toyonaka, Japan)

Publisher's Version Article: hricomp26lbr-pc1094-p doi:10.1145/3776734.3794391

Envisioning an Attention-Supportive Desktop Robot: A Participatory Design Study
Yan Xiang, Chengliang Ping, Mengyang Wang, and Mingming Fan
(Hong Kong University of Science and Technology, Guangzhou, China)

Publisher's Version Article: hricomp26lbr-pc1098-p doi:10.1145/3776734.3794392

Active Maritime Copilot for Ambiguity and Risk-Driven Decisions
Zhichen Lu, Matthew Stephenson, Benoit Clement, and Adriana Tapus
(ENSTA Paris, Paris, France; Flinders University, Adelaide, Australia)

Publisher's Version Article: hricomp26lbr-pc1100-p doi:10.1145/3776734.3794393

Perception–Awareness–Decision: Socially‑Aware Robot Navigation and Interaction
Edison Jair Bejarano Sepulveda, Valerio Bo, Alberto Sanfeliu, and Anais Garrell
(CSIC-UPC, Barcelona, Spain)

Publisher's Version Video Info Article: hricomp26lbr-pc1102-p doi:10.1145/3776734.3794394

From Failing to Exceeding User Expectations: A Large-Scale Study Exploring the Role of Expectation Gap Magnitude and Direction in Robot Adoption Intention
Aurora An-Lin Hu, Dimity Crisp, Sharni Konrad, Damith Herath, and Janie Busby Grant
(University of Canberra, Bruce, Australia; University of Canberra, Canberra, Australia)

Publisher's Version Article: hricomp26lbr-pc1103-p doi:10.1145/3776734.3794395

A Neck Pillow Companion Robot That Alleviates User Loneliness Through Dialogue and Thermal Feedback
Taito Tashiro, Marino Inada, and Fumihide Tanaka
(University of Tsukuba, Tsukuba, Japan)

Publisher's Version Article: hricomp26lbr-pc1107-p doi:10.1145/3776734.3794396

Towards a Cognitive Model for Inferring Dynamic Fairness Perception to Support Fairer Human-Robot Collaboration
Muneeb Imtiaz Ahmad and Yosuke Fukuchi
(Swansea University, Swansea, UK; Tokyo Metropolitan University, Hino-shi, Japan)

Publisher's Version Article: hricomp26lbr-pc1110-p doi:10.1145/3776734.3794398

Human-to-Robot Imitation with Symbolic Planning in a Unified Latent Space
Ruidong Ma, Wenjie Huang, Zhegong Shangguan, Angelo Cangelosi, and Alessandro Di Nuovo
(Sheffield Hallam University, Sheffield, UK; University of Manchester, Manchester, UK)

Publisher's Version Article: hricomp26lbr-pc1111-p doi:10.1145/3776734.3794399

Intent-Aware LSTM-Based Adaptive Guidance for Human–Robot Collaboration
Hsien-I Lin
(National Yang Ming Chiao Tung University, Hsinchu, Taiwan)

Publisher's Version Article: hricomp26lbr-pc1113-p doi:10.1145/3776734.3794400

Human-Interactive Mixed Reality System for Entity Recognition
Laura Ribeiro, Holger Voos, and Jose Luis Sanchez-Lopez
(University of Luxembourg, Luxembourg, Luxembourg)

Publisher's Version Article: hricomp26lbr-pc1115-p doi:10.1145/3776734.3794401

Human-Aware Robot Behaviour in Self-Driving Labs
Satheeshkumar Veeramani, Anna Kisil, Abigail Bentley, Hatem Fakhruldeen, Gabriella Pizzuto, and Andrew I. Cooper
(University of Liverpool, Liverpool, UK)

Publisher's Version Article: hricomp26lbr-pc1116-p doi:10.1145/3776734.3794402

Towards a Conceptual Framework for Evaluating the Ethics of Compassionate Robots in Elementary Education
Alexandra Bejarano, Hong Tran, and Qin Zhu
(Virginia Tech, Blacksburg, USA)

Publisher's Version Article: hricomp26lbr-pc1117-p doi:10.1145/3776734.3794403

Supporting “Stop and Watch” in Elderly Care with Socially Assistive Robots: Insights from a Participatory Design Workshop
Nguyen Tan Viet Tuyen, Athina Georgara, Lokesh Singh, Jayati Deshmukh, Sean Davey, Paul N. Tisdale, and Sarvapali Ramchurn
(University of Southampton, Southampton, UK; St Monica Trust, Bristol, UK)

Publisher's Version Article: hricomp26lbr-pc1118-p doi:10.1145/3776734.3794404

Static Is Not Enough: A Comparative Study of VR and SpaceMouse in Static and Dynamic Teleoperation Tasks
Yijun Zhou, Muhan Hou, and Kim Baraka
(Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam, Amsterdam, Netherlands)

Publisher's Version Video Article: hricomp26lbr-pc1119-p doi:10.1145/3776734.3794405

Hello, It’s Me, I Was Wondering if You’d Like to Speak: Creating an Embodied Conversational Agent for Neurodivergent Students’ Social Skills Training
Angela Tran and Zhao Zhao
(University of Guelph, Guelph, Canada)

Publisher's Version Article: hricomp26lbr-pc1120-p doi:10.1145/3776734.3794406

Emotion Buddy: Early Childhood Domestic Robot to Facilitate Emotion Regulation Learning
Phillip Bach-Luong Tran Jr., Julia Rosén, and Denise Y. Geiskkovitch
(McMaster University, Hamilton, Canada; Stockholm University, Stockholm, Sweden)

Publisher's Version Article: hricomp26lbr-pc1121-p doi:10.1145/3776734.3794407

Do Robots Need Body Language? Comparing Communication Modalities for Legible Motion Intent in Human-Shared Spaces
Jonathan Albert Cohen, Kye Shimizu, Allen Song, Vishnu Bharath, Pattie Maes, and Kent Larson
(Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, USA; New England Innovation Academy, Marlborough, USA)

Publisher's Version Video Article: hricomp26lbr-pc1122-p doi:10.1145/3776734.3794408

Informing Robot Wellbeing Coach Design through Longitudinal Analysis of Human–AI Dialogue
Keya Shah, Himanshi Lalwani, Zein Mukhanov, and Hanan Salam
(New York University, Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates)

Publisher's Version Article: hricomp26lbr-pc1128-p doi:10.1145/3776734.3794409

Realist, Anti-realist, or Agnostic? Exploring Folk-Ontological Stances toward Robot Minds
Sam Thellman, Klara Bergsten, Edoardo Datteri, and Tom Ziemke
(Linköping University, Linköping, Sweden; University of Milano-Bicocca, Milan, Italy)

Publisher's Version Article: hricomp26lbr-pc1130-p doi:10.1145/3776734.3794410

When Less Isn’t Less: Reducing DoF Does Not Weaken Robots’ Social Expressivity
Ofir Sadka, Michael Kupferman, Hili Megory, Lior Simchon, Rotem Dagan, Guy Benadon, Sean Friedman, Jason F. Gilbert, Oren Zuckerman, and Hadas Erel
(Reichman University, Herzliya, Israel; Intuition Robotics, Ramat Gan, Israel)

Publisher's Version Article: hricomp26lbr-pc1131-p doi:10.1145/3776734.3794411

Social Perception and the Asymmetry in Human-Robot Affective and Cognitive Trust
Adi Manor, Hadas Erel, and Avi Parush
(Technion - Israel Institute of Technology, Haifa, Israel; Reichman University, Herzliya, Israel)

Publisher's Version Article: hricomp26lbr-pc1132-p doi:10.1145/3776734.3794412

Trust in the Wild: How Advisors Mediate Human-Robot Relations on Dairy Farms
Stella Kyratzi, Anastasia Sergeeva, and Jan Jacobs
(Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam, Amsterdam, Netherlands; Lely Industries, Maasluis, Netherlands)

Publisher's Version Article: hricomp26lbr-pc1135-p doi:10.1145/3776734.3794413

How Do Humans Attempt to Initiate Interaction with a Robot? An Exploratory Study on Multimodal Engagement
Cristina Abad-Moya, Irene González Fernández, Alexis Gutiérrez-Fernández, Francisco J. Rodríguez Lera, and Camino Fernández-Llamas
(University of León, León, Spain; Rey Juan Carlos University, Madrid, Spain)

Publisher's Version Video Info Article: hricomp26lbr-pc1138-p doi:10.1145/3776734.3794414

The Importance of Exposure to Robotics and Its Future for Nursing Education
Marta Romeo, Alessandra Bossoni, Daniel Hernández García, Matthew Forsyth, Catherine Mahoney, and Martina Fiori
(Heriot-Watt University, Edinburgh, UK; Edinburgh Napier University, Edinburgh, UK)

Publisher's Version Article: hricomp26lbr-pc1139-p doi:10.1145/3776734.3794415

Operationalizing Meaningful Human Control for Human-Robot Interface Design
Lisa Marie Prinz and Tintu Mathew
(Fraunhofer FKIE, Bonn, Germany)

Publisher's Version Article: hricomp26lbr-pc1140-p doi:10.1145/3776734.3794416

The Awareness Attribution Scale: An Italian Validation Study
Marina Sarda Gou, Serena Marchesi, Agnieszka Wykowska, and Tony Prescott
(University of Sheffield, Sheffield, UK; Italian Institute of Technology, Genoa, Italy)

Publisher's Version Article: hricomp26lbr-pc1141-p doi:10.1145/3776734.3794417

Making Robot Ecologies Visible: Toward a Taxonomy for Gibsonian Human–Robot Interface Design
Riccardo Spagnuolo, William Hagman, Erik Lagerstedt, Matthew Rueben, and Sam Thellman
(University of Padua, Padua, Italy; Mälardalen University, Eskilstuna, Sweden; University of Gothenburg, Gothenburg, Sweden; University of Portland, Portland, USA; Linköping University, Linköping, Sweden)

Publisher's Version Article: hricomp26lbr-pc1142-p doi:10.1145/3776734.3794418

Robots Confronting Sexism in Human-Robot Groups
Sarah Gosten, Anna Maria Helene Abrams, and Astrid Marieke Rosenthal-von der Pütten
(RWTH Aachen University, Aachen, Germany)

Publisher's Version Article: hricomp26lbr-pc1144-p doi:10.1145/3776734.3794419

The Nudging Machine: Exploring Expressive Touch-Based Movement for Abstract Robots
Nataliia Kaminskaia, Rob Saunders, Kim Baraka, and Somaya Ben Allouch
(Leiden University, Leiden, Netherlands; Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam, Amsterdam, Netherlands; University of Amsterdam, Amsterdam, Netherlands; Amsterdam University of Applied Sciences, Amsterdam, Netherlands)

Publisher's Version Article: hricomp26lbr-pc1145-p doi:10.1145/3776734.3794420

Conversational AI without the Cloud: A Lightweight, Local Dialogue Pipeline for Non-commercial Social Robots
Lewis Watson, Emilia Sobolewska, Carl Strathearn, Mayuko Morgan, and Yanchao Yu
(Edinburgh Napier University, Edinburgh, UK)

Publisher's Version Article: hricomp26lbr-pc1146-p doi:10.1145/3776734.3794421

Real-Time Speech Adaptation to Human and Robot Audiences
Hande Sodacı and Aylin C. Küntay
(Koç University, Istanbul, Türkiye)

Publisher's Version Article: hricomp26lbr-pc1147-p doi:10.1145/3776734.3794422

From Function to Activation: Designing Robotic Eyes to Support People With Dementia
Katharina Brunnmayr and Astrid Weiss
(TU Wien, Vienna, Austria)

Publisher's Version Article: hricomp26lbr-pc1150-p doi:10.1145/3776734.3794423

Developing and Evaluating Ecologically Valid Study Tasks to Investigate Human-Robot Teaming
Jasmin Jaya Chadha, Patrick Kenneth Pischulti, Ciara Hume, Zachary Selleck, William Roessmann, and Katya Arquilla
(University of Colorado at Boulder, Boulder, USA)

Publisher's Version Article: hricomp26lbr-pc1152-p doi:10.1145/3776734.3794424

Effects of Providing Demonstrations of Robot Reliability
Gregory LeMasurier and Holly A. Yanco
(University of Massachusetts Lowell, Lowell, USA; University of Massachusetts Amherst, Amherst, USA)

Publisher's Version Article: hricomp26lbr-pc1153-p doi:10.1145/3776734.3794425

Deployment-Oriented Benchmarking of Open-Source Large Language Models for Social Robots
Nathan Pereira and Yeganeh Madadi
(Appalachian State University, Boone, USA)

Publisher's Version Article: hricomp26lbr-pc1154-p doi:10.1145/3776734.3794426

Design of a Robot-Assisted Chemical Dialysis System
Diane N. Jung, Caleb Escobedo, Noah Liska, Maitrey Gramopadhye, Daniel Szafir, Alessandro Roncone, and Carson J. Bruns
(University of Colorado at Boulder, Boulder, USA; University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Chapel Hill, USA)

Publisher's Version Article: hricomp26lbr-pc1155-p doi:10.1145/3776734.3794427

Dynamic Pedestrian Flow Guidance through Multi-robot Interaction along Human Crowd Boundaries
Ryusei Shigemoto, Hiroki Kimura, and Ryosuke Tasaki
(Aoyama Gakuin University, Sagamihara, Japan)

Publisher's Version Article: hricomp26lbr-pc1159-p doi:10.1145/3776734.3794428

Fluid-Xpress: Emotion-Aware Dual-Loop Framework for Empathic Facial Reaction in HRI
Chen Kang, Madina Alitai, Yiting Wang, Xiaochi Cai, Ruidong Ma, Angelo Cangelosi, and Zhegong Shangguan
(Beijing Language and Culture University, Beijing, China; University of Manchester, Manchester, UK; Pennsylvania State University, State College, USA; Sheffield Hallam University, Sheffield, UK)

Publisher's Version Article: hricomp26lbr-pc1160-p doi:10.1145/3776734.3794429

“Can I Draw Here?” Embodied Proactive Suggestions in a Robotic Arm Painter
Junhong Huang
(Hong Kong University of Science and Technology, Guangzhou, China)

Publisher's Version Article: hricomp26lbr-pc1161-p doi:10.1145/3776734.3794430

Robot on the Street: A Case Study on Chinese Social Media
Zixuan Wang
(University of Edinburgh, Edinburgh, UK)

Publisher's Version Article: hricomp26lbr-pc1163-p doi:10.1145/3776734.3794431

Learning to Synchronize: User–Robotic Exoskeleton Adaptation across Repeated Gait Training Sessions
Bar Itskovitch Kiner, Shani Batcir, Yigal Evron, Milagros Prendes, Avi Parush, and Arielle Fischer
(Technion - Israel Institute of Technology, Haifa, Israel)

Publisher's Version Article: hricomp26lbr-pc1166-p doi:10.1145/3776734.3794433

Evaluating Dynamic Surface Compensation for Robots with Projected AR
Hong Wang, Ngoc Bao Dinh, and Zhao Han
(University of South Florida, Tampa, USA)

Publisher's Version Info Article: hricomp26lbr-pc1167-p doi:10.1145/3776734.3794434

Explainability Needs in Human-Robot Collaboration: A Qualitative Interaction Study on the When, What, and How of Cobot Explanations
Verena Szojak, Ouijdane Guiza, Markus Jäger, Markus Brillinger, Martin Schobesberger, Martina Mara, Kathrin Meyer, and Sandra Maria Siedl
(Pro2Future, Linz, Austria; FH Joanneum, Graz, Austria; Johannes Kepler University Linz, Linz, Austria)

Publisher's Version Article: hricomp26lbr-pc1168-p doi:10.1145/3776734.3794435

Expressive Furhat: Generating Real-Time Facial Expressions for Human-Robot Dialogue with LLMs
Giulio Antonio Abbo, Ruben Janssens, Seppe Van de Vreken, and Tony Belpaeme
(Ghent University – imec, Ghent, Belgium)

Publisher's Version Article: hricomp26lbr-pc1169-p doi:10.1145/3776734.3794436

RBTLR: A Framework for Safe Social Robot Navigation in Novel Human-Centric Environments
Nayesha Gandotra
(Carnegie Mellon University, Pittsburgh, USA)

Publisher's Version Video Article: hricomp26lbr-pc1171-p doi:10.1145/3776734.3794437

RoSIP: A Scale for Measuring Appearance-Based Social Interaction Potential in Robots
Xucong Hu, Qinyi Hu, Tianya Yu, Mowei Shen, and Jifan Zhou
(Zhejiang University, Hangzhou, China)

Publisher's Version Article: hricomp26lbr-pc1174-p doi:10.1145/3776734.3794438

Show Your Work: Mechanistic Transparency in LLM-Powered Human-Robot Interaction
Umur Yıldız, Berk Yüce, Ayaz Karadağ, Tuğçe Nur Pekçetin, and Burcu A. Urgen
(Bilkent University, Ankara, Türkiye)

Publisher's Version Article: hricomp26lbr-pc1178-p doi:10.1145/3776734.3794439

Multi-robot Stimulation for Immersive Robotic Massage with Virtual Therapists
Naoya Harada, Michiteru Kitazaki, and Ryosuke Tasaki
(Aoyama Gakuin University, Sagamihara, Japan; Toyohashi University of Technology, Toyohashi, Japan)

Publisher's Version Article: hricomp26lbr-pc1180-p doi:10.1145/3776734.3794440

Effectiveness of a Humorous Robot in Reducing Anxiety in Clinical Procedures
Ricardo Rodrigues, Plinio Moreno, Filipa Correia, and Alexandre Bernardino
(University of Lisbon, Lisbon, Portugal; Instituto Superior Técnico - University of Lisbon, Lisbon, Portugal)

Publisher's Version Article: hricomp26lbr-pc1181-p doi:10.1145/3776734.3794441

Thinking about What It Means to Be Human: A Qualitative Study of Self-Reflection Triggered by a Humanoid Robot
Miguel Ángel Ramírez Álvarez, Martina Mara, and Sandra Maria Siedl
(University of Osaka, Osaka, Japan; Johannes Kepler University Linz, Linz, Austria)

Publisher's Version Article: hricomp26lbr-pc1182-p doi:10.1145/3776734.3794442

MIRAbot: A Robotic Rearview-Mirror Assistant for Conditional Automated Driving
Hyunjung Kim, Max Fischer, Yena Kim, Geumjin Lee, Yanis El Ouali, Shota Kiuchi, Kentaro Honma, Hailong Liu, and Toshihiro Hiraoka
(University of Tokyo, Tokyo, Japan; KAIST, Daejeon, Republic of Korea; Bordeaux INP, Talence, France; NAIST, Nara, Japan; Japan Automobile Research Institute, Tsukuba, Japan)

Publisher's Version Article: hricomp26lbr-pc1183-p doi:10.1145/3776734.3794443

A User Study on the Suitability of Teleoperation Interfaces for Primitive Manipulation Tasks
Jun Aoki and Shunki Itadera
(University of Tsukuba, Tsukuba, Japan; AIST, Kotoku, Japan)

Publisher's Version Article: hricomp26lbr-pc1184-p doi:10.1145/3776734.3794444

Fast or Accurate? How Intention-Recognition Models Shape Human Perception of a Mobile Robot
Valerio Bo, Anais Garrell, and Alberto Sanfeliu
(CSIC-UPC, Barcelona, Spain)

Publisher's Version Article: hricomp26lbr-pc1186-p doi:10.1145/3776734.3794445

When Robots Wander: The Influence of Robot Activity on Engagement and Distraction
Eileen Roesler and Linda Onnasch
(George Mason University, Fairfax, USA; TU Berlin, Berlin, Germany)

Publisher's Version Article: hricomp26lbr-pc1190-p doi:10.1145/3776734.3794446

Proxemics of Space-Sharing Robots: Pedestrian Perceptions of Rear Approaches
Gyuhee Park, Daehui Kim, Gayoung Yoo, Suhwan Jung, Okkeun Lee, Hyunmin Kang, Yong Gu Ji, and Hyochang Kim
(Yonsei University, Seoul, Republic of Korea; Stanford University, Palo Alto, USA; Daegu University, Gyeongsan, Republic of Korea; Stanford University, Incheon, Republic of Korea)

Publisher's Version Article: hricomp26lbr-pc1192-p doi:10.1145/3776734.3794448

IODA-TC: Imaginary Out-of-Distribution Actions with Trajectory-Continuation Mapping
Isabella Bock and Elaine Schaertl Short
(Tufts University, Medford, USA)

Publisher's Version Article: hricomp26lbr-pc1193-p doi:10.1145/3776734.3794449

NEFFY 2.0: A Breathing Companion Robot: User-Centered Design and Findings from a Study with Ukrainian Refugees
Ilona Buchem, Jessica Kazubski, and Charly Goerke
(Berlin University of Applied Sciences, Berlin, Germany)

Publisher's Version Article: hricomp26lbr-pc1194-p doi:10.1145/3776734.3794450

Recognizing Robot Readiness: First Encounter Dynamics in Public Saudi Cultural Events
Renad Allagani, Hadeel Aljami, Abdullah Almutairi, Yahya Alsabban, Abdulrahman Aql Alaql, and Jumana Almahmoud
(King Abdulaziz City for Science and Technology, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia)

Publisher's Version Article: hricomp26lbr-pc1196-p doi:10.1145/3776734.3794451

Flexible LLM-Based Voice Assistance for Mobile Robots
Söhnke Benedikt Fischedick, Robin Schmidt, Benedict Stephan, and Horst-Michael Gross
(TU Ilmenau, Ilmenau, Germany)

Publisher's Version Article: hricomp26lbr-pc1199-p doi:10.1145/3776734.3794452

Designing Social Robots with Ethical, User-Adaptive Explainability in the Era of Foundation Models
Fethiye Irmak Doğan, Alva Markelius, and Hatice Gunes
(University of Cambridge, Cambridge, UK)

Publisher's Version Article: hricomp26lbr-pc1200-p doi:10.1145/3776734.3794453

Task Domain and Sociability Influence Anthropomorphic Design Preference and Gender Attribution in Robots
Eileen Roesler, Maris Heuring, and Linda Onnasch
(George Mason University, Fairfax, USA; TU Berlin, Berlin, Germany)

Publisher's Version Article: hricomp26lbr-pc1201-p doi:10.1145/3776734.3794454

Of Dogs and Robots: More Than Human Interactions at Play?
Filipa Correia, Cristina Gena, Alberto Lillo, Laura Lossi, Claudio Mattutino, Valentina Nisi, Linda Pigureddu, and Fabiana Vernero
(Instituto Superior Técnico - University of Lisbon, Lisbon, Portugal; University of Turin, Turin, Italy; IST University of Lisbon, Lisbon, Portugal)

Publisher's Version Article: hricomp26lbr-pc1202-p doi:10.1145/3776734.3794455

Designing a Robot’s Proactivity: Adjusting the Robot’s Communication Modality to the Participant’s Cognitive Load
Elior Carsenti, Adi Manor, Ofir Sadka, Michael Kupferman, Guy Benadon, Lior Simchon, Rotem Dagan, Hili Megory, Sean Friedman, Jason F. Gilbert, Oren Zuckerman, and Hadas Erel
(Reichman University, Herzliya, Israel; Intuition Robotics, Ramat Gan, Israel)

Publisher's Version Article: hricomp26lbr-pc1204-p doi:10.1145/3776734.3794456

Evaluating Tactile Perception of Robot-Controlled HIFU Embossing
Ayaka Tsutsui, Takahito Murakami, Tatsuki Fushimi, Ryosei Kojima, Kengo Tanaka, and Yoichi Ochiai
(University of Tsukuba, Tsukuba, Japan)

Publisher's Version Article: hricomp26lbr-pc1206-p doi:10.1145/3776734.3794457

Socially Aware Robot for Reward, Effort, and Risk Distribution
Sandra Victor, Bruno Yun, Chefou AR Mamadou Toura, Enzo Indino, Madalina Croitoru, and Gowrishankar Ganesh
(University of Montpellier, Montpellier, France; University of Aberdeen, Aberdeen, UK; CNRS, Montpellier, France)

Publisher's Version Article: hricomp26lbr-pc1207-p doi:10.1145/3776734.3794458

Rethinking the Role of Collaborative Robots in Rehabilitation
Vivek Gupte, Shalutha Rajapakshe, and Emmanuel Senft
(Idiap Research Institute, Martigny, Switzerland; EPFL, Lausanne, Switzerland)

Publisher's Version Article: hricomp26lbr-pc1208-p doi:10.1145/3776734.3794459

Engagement Annotation in Human-Robot Dialogue across Audio and Visual Modalities
Heather Pon-Barry, Jasna Budhathoki, and Dushma Badr
(Mount Holyoke College, South Hadley, USA; Columbia University, New York, USA)

Publisher's Version Article: hricomp26lbr-pc1209-p doi:10.1145/3776734.3794460

VendoBot: A Projection-Augmented Delivery Robot for Improving Intent Transparency and Motion Legibility in Service Robots
Hasan Shamim Shaon, Andrew Trautzsch, Anh Tuan Tran, Varun Nagarkar, and Jong Hoon Kim
(Kent State University, Kent, USA)

Publisher's Version Video Article: hricomp26lbr-pc1210-p doi:10.1145/3776734.3794461

When to Explain: Field Study Insights on Robot Failure Explanations for Older Adults
Tamlin Love, Víctor Bermejo, Alberto Olivares-Alarcos, Antonio Andriella, Núria Vallès-Peris, Cristian Barrué, and Guillem Alenyà
(CSIC-UPC, Barcelona, Spain; IIIA-CSIC, Barcelona, Spain; Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona, Barcelona, Spain)

Publisher's Version Article: hricomp26lbr-pc1212-p doi:10.1145/3776734.3794462

Group-Robot Interaction in the Wild: An Exploratory Field Study in Semi-public Spaces
Elisabetta Zibetti, Raphael Lorenzo-Louis, Fabio Amadio, Julien Wacquez, Joffrey Becker, Bertrand Luvison, and Serena Ivaldi
(Université Paris 8, Paris, France; Inria - CNRS - Université de Lorraine - Loria, Villers-les-Nancy, France; CEA - List, Palaiseau, France; ETIS (UMR8051) - CYU - ENSEA - CNRS, Cergy, France; University Paris-Saclay - CEA - List, Palaiseau, France)

Publisher's Version Article: hricomp26lbr-pc1213-p doi:10.1145/3776734.3794463

A Novel Hybrid Explainable AI Framework for Multimodal Pain-Aware Human Robot Interaction
Pınar Karadayı Ataş
(Istanbul Arel University, İstanbul, Türkiye)

Publisher's Version Article: hricomp26lbr-pc1214-p doi:10.1145/3776734.3794464

Social Robot Teaching as a Pathway to Children’s AI Literacy
Chenyang Wang, Julien Jordan, Alice Reymond, and Pierre Dillenbourg
(EPFL, Lausanne, Switzerland)

Publisher's Version Article: hricomp26lbr-pc1216-p doi:10.1145/3776734.3794465

Evaluating LLM Driving Explanations through an Ego-Centric Scenario Taxonomy
Shengheng Yan and Tsvetomila Mihaylova
(Aalto University, Espoo, Finland)

Publisher's Version Article: hricomp26lbr-pc1217-p doi:10.1145/3776734.3794466

It Takes a Village to Raise a Robot: Evolving Autonomous Lawnmower Behaviors through Human Selection
Tobias Carlsson, Erik Borg, Hannah Kuehn, and Joseph La Delfa
(KTH Royal Institute of Technology, Stockholm, Sweden; Husqvarna Group, Stockholm, Sweden; Bitcraze, Malmö, Sweden)

Publisher's Version Article: hricomp26lbr-pc1219-p doi:10.1145/3776734.3794467

Building a Task Repository for Human-Robot Interaction Studies: An Exploratory Review Approach
Dylan Tilton and Samantha Reig
(University of Massachusetts Lowell, Lowell, USA)

Publisher's Version Article: hricomp26lbr-pc1221-p doi:10.1145/3776734.3794468

Examining the Effectiveness of Obfuscatory Planning Strategies through Human Observation
Dakota Sullivan, David Porfirio, Bilge Mutlu, and Laura M. Hiatt
(University of Wisconsin-Madison, Madison, USA; George Mason University, Fairfax, USA; US Naval Research Laboratory, Washington, USA)

Publisher's Version Article: hricomp26lbr-pc1223-p doi:10.1145/3776734.3794469

From Affinity to Adoption: Exploring Affinity with Technology, Social Presence, and Intended Future Robot Use
Sharni Konrad, Nipuni Wijesinghe, Eileen Roesler, and Janie Busby Grant
(University of Canberra, Canberra, Australia; University of Canberra, Bruce, Australia; George Mason University, Fairfax, USA)

Publisher's Version Article: hricomp26lbr-pc1224-p doi:10.1145/3776734.3794470

When Robots Ask for Help: How Assistance Requests and Task Complexity Shape Human Robot Collaboration and Trust
Khalaeb Richardson, Emily Maceri, Dong Hae Mangalindan, Vaibhav Srivastava, and Ericka Rovira
(US Military Academy at West Point, West Point, USA; Michigan State University, East Lansing, USA)

Publisher's Version Article: hricomp26lbr-pc1229-p doi:10.1145/3776734.3794472

Inclusive Multi-input Depth Interaction: Human Movement as a Medium for Robot Control
Elena Marie Vella, Kim Vincs, Casey Richardson, and John McCormick
(Swinburne University of Technology, Melbourne, Australia)

Publisher's Version Article: hricomp26lbr-pc1230-p doi:10.1145/3776734.3794473

“I Loved How Pepper Talked About My Hoodie”: A Situated, MI-Grounded Multimodal Architecture for Engaging Conversation
Raiyan Ashraf, Yanni Liu, Sruthi Ganji, and Jong Hoon Kim
(Kent State University, Kent, USA)

Publisher's Version Video Article: hricomp26lbr-pc1234-p doi:10.1145/3776734.3794474

A Pilot Study of Robot Storytelling for Civic Data Literacy
Raj Korpan, Khadeja Ahmar, Raitah A. Jinnat, and Jackie Yee
(City University of New York, New York, USA)

Publisher's Version Article: hricomp26lbr-pc1235-p doi:10.1145/3776734.3794475

Stable or Stuck? Understanding MLLM Engagement Prediction in Uncontrolled and Controlled HRI
Jia Yap Lim, John See, William Weimin Yoo, and Christian Dondrup
(Heriot-Watt University Malaysia, Putrajaya, Malaysia; Heriot-Watt University, Edinburgh, UK)

Publisher's Version Article: hricomp26lbr-pc1238-p doi:10.1145/3776734.3794476

Episodic Social Memory via Per-Episode LoRA Adapters for Social Robots
Cristian-Marius Cringasu and Adriana Tapus
(National University of Science and Technology Politehnica Bucharest, Bucharest, Romania; ENSTA Paris, Paris, France)

Publisher's Version Article: hricomp26lbr-pc1239-p doi:10.1145/3776734.3794477

Entitativity of Social Groups Including Robots
Anna M. H. Abrams, Inga Luisa Nießen, and Astrid Marieke Rosenthal-von der Pütten
(RWTH Aachen University, Aachen, Germany)

Publisher's Version Article: hricomp26lbr-pc1240-p doi:10.1145/3776734.3794478

Solution-Focused Embodied Conversational Agent for Older Adults: An Experimental Study on the Impact of Agent Impression
Shigen Shimojo, Kai Wang, Keita Kiuchi, Yusuke Shudo, and Yugo Hayashi
(Ritsumeikan Global Innovation Research Organization, Ibaraki, Japan; Ritsumeikan University, Ibaraki, Japan; National Institute of Occupational Safety and Health, Kawasaki, Japan)

Publisher's Version Article: hricomp26lbr-pc1241-p doi:10.1145/3776734.3794479

Before Robots Learn, Students Must: Trade-Offs in Educating Future Roboticists
Melissa M. Sexton, Anastasia V. Sergeeva, and Elena Torta
(Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam, Amsterdam, Netherlands; Eindhoven University of Technology, Eindhoven, Netherlands)

Publisher's Version Article: hricomp26lbr-pc1242-p doi:10.1145/3776734.3794480

The Privacy-Preserving Capabilities of a Service Robot in a Scenario-Based Healthcare Setting
Burhan Mohammad Sarfraz, Diana Saplacan Lindblom, Adel Baselizadeh, and Jim Torresen
(University of Oslo, Oslo, Norway; Kristianstad University, Kristianstad, Sweden)

Publisher's Version Article: hricomp26lbr-pc1246-p doi:10.1145/3776734.3794481

Robots vs. Virtual Reality in Solution-Focused Counseling for Older Adults: Effects on Emotional Expression and Lexical Structure
Yugo Hayashi, Shigen Shimojo, and Keita Kiuchi
(Ritsumeikan University, Ibaraki, Japan; Ritsumeikan Global Innovation Research Organization, Ibaraki, Japan; National Institute of Occupational Safety and Health, Kawasaki, Japan)

Publisher's Version Article: hricomp26lbr-pc1249-p doi:10.1145/3776734.3794482

Exploring the Potential of Dialogue-Based Robots to Motivate Social Connection in Older Adults
Pascal Haberkorn, Corinna Mack, and Manuel Giuliani
(University of Applied Sciences Kempten, Kempten, Germany; Kempten University of Applied Sciences, Kempten, Germany)

Publisher's Version Article: hricomp26lbr-pc1250-p doi:10.1145/3776734.3794483

Towards a Usage-Based Pedagogy for Second Language Learning with Robots
Eva Verhelst and Tony Belpaeme
(Ghent University – imec, Ghent, Belgium)

Publisher's Version Article: hricomp26lbr-pc1252-p doi:10.1145/3776734.3794484

Facilitating Co-regulation: An LLM-Powered Multimodal Social Robot for Parent-Child Dyads
Jing Li, Felix Schijve, Jun Hu, and Emilia I. Barakova
(Eindhoven University of Technology, Eindhoven, Netherlands)

Publisher's Version Article: hricomp26lbr-pc1253-p doi:10.1145/3776734.3794485

Seeing Only When Needed: A Multimodal Architecture for Context-Aware Social Dialogue
Maria Jose Pinto Bernal and Tony Belpaeme
(Ghent University, Ghent, Belgium)

Publisher's Version Article: hricomp26lbr-pc1255-p doi:10.1145/3776734.3794486

Simulating Preference-Aware Robot Explanations: A Probabilistic Perspective on When and How to Explain
Amar Halilovic and Senka Krivic
(Ulm University, Ulm, Germany; University of Sarajevo, Sarajevo, Bosnia and Herzegovina)

Publisher's Version Article: hricomp26lbr-pc1256-p doi:10.1145/3776734.3794487

Empathy and Guilt as Mechanisms for Help-Seeking in Human–Humanoid Interaction
Pol Barrera Valls, Patrick Vogelius, Tobias Florian von Arenstorff, Matouš Jelínek, and Oskar Palinko
(University of Southern Denmark, Odense, Denmark; University of Southern Denmark, Sønderborg, Denmark)

Publisher's Version Article: hricomp26lbr-pc1257-p doi:10.1145/3776734.3794488

A Real2Sim2Real Transformer Policy System for Bimanual R2R2H Tasks
Ismael Espinoza, Yong-Hyeok Choi, Kangsan Lee, Ji-Heon Oh, Ki Joo Pahk, and Tae-Seong Kim
(Kyung Hee University, Yongin, Republic of Korea)

Publisher's Version Article: hricomp26lbr-pc1259-p doi:10.1145/3776734.3794489

An Interaction Motion Generation Model Based on A Diffusion Model and Graph Attention for Back-Channel Behavior Synthesis
Yuya Okadome and Yutaka Nakamura
(Tokyo University of Science, Katsushika-ku, Japan; RIKEN, Sorakugun, Japan)

Publisher's Version Article: hricomp26lbr-pc1261-p doi:10.1145/3776734.3794490

Lonely Students, Different Needs: How Emotional and Social Loneliness Shape Expectations for Social Robots
Franziska Elisabeth Heck, Emilia Sobolewska, Debbie Meharg, and Khristin Fabian
(Edinburgh Napier University, Edinburgh, UK; University of Aberdeen, Aberdeen, UK)

Publisher's Version Article: hricomp26lbr-pc1262-p doi:10.1145/3776734.3794491

A Systematic Validation and Review of the Negative Attitudes toward Robots Scale (NARS)
Pawinee Pithayarungsarit, Neha Kannan, Paige Williamson, Paul Vallejo, Laura Saad, Greg Trafton, and Eileen Roesler
(George Mason University, Fairfax, USA; Naval Research Laboratory, Washington, USA)

Publisher's Version Article: hricomp26lbr-pc1264-p doi:10.1145/3776734.3794492

Accessibility Needs of Blind and Visually Impaired People in Public Space HRI
Sophie Schwartz, Lena Fiedler, and Marty Friedrich
(TU Berlin, Berlin, Germany; TU Chemnitz, Chemnitz, Germany)

Publisher's Version Article: hricomp26lbr-pc1265-p doi:10.1145/3776734.3794493

A Comparative Assessment of the Social Robots Blossom and Miroka using ASAQ and ASOR
Phillip Richter, Kira Sophie Loos, Josef El Dib, Mara Brandt, Heiko Wersing, and Anna-Lisa Vollmer
(Bielefeld University, Bielefeld, Germany; Honda Research Institute, Offenbach, Germany)

Publisher's Version Article: hricomp26lbr-pc1266-p doi:10.1145/3776734.3794494

“Following Their Realities”: Caregivers’ Perspectives on Social Robotic Deception in Dementia Care in a Confucian Country
Fan Wang, Yuan Feng, Wijnand IJsselsteijn, and Giulia Perugia
(Eindhoven University of Technology, Eindhoven, Netherlands; Northwestern Polytechnical University, Xi’an, China)

Publisher's Version Article: hricomp26lbr-pc1267-p doi:10.1145/3776734.3794495

Translating Care Needs into Robotic Assistance: How Caregivers Are Onboarded in the Deployment of Commercial Robots in Home Settings
Febe Anna Kooij-Meijer, Emilia I. Barakova, Rosa Elfering, Wang Long Li, and Maarten Houben
(Eindhoven University of Technology, Eindhoven, Netherlands; Tinybots, Rotterdam, Netherlands)

Publisher's Version Article: hricomp26lbr-pc1268-p doi:10.1145/3776734.3794496

The Dancing Swarm: Using Laban Effort Parameters for Generating Expressive Swarm Behaviour
Zoja Gobec, Joyce den Hertog, and Kim Baraka
(Sioux Technologies, Amsterdam, Netherlands; AKOB, den Haag, Netherlands; Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam, Amsterdam, Netherlands)

Publisher's Version Article: hricomp26lbr-pc1270-p doi:10.1145/3776734.3794497

PAWSE: A Laptop-Peripheral Robot Supporting Micro-Breaks through Fidgeting-Based Tangible Interaction
SoYoon Park, Eunsun Jung, KiHyun Lee, Dokshin Lim, and Kyung Yun Choi
(Hongik University, Seoul, Republic of Korea)

Publisher's Version Info Article: hricomp26lbr-pc1272-p doi:10.1145/3776734.3794498

Rethinking Legibility in Social Robot Navigation: Impact of Intent Representation and Human Attention
Pranav Goyal, Andrew Stratton, and Christoforos Mavrogiannis
(University of Michigan at Ann Arbor, Ann Arbor, USA)

Publisher's Version Video Article: hricomp26lbr-pc1274-p doi:10.1145/3776734.3794499

First Impressions Matter: Primacy Bias in Deep Reinforcement Learning during Human-Robot Co-learning
Christos Spatharis, Dimitrios Koutrintzes, and Maria Dagioglou
(National Centre for Scientific Research ‘Demokritos’, Athens, Greece; National Centre for Scientific Research ‘Demokritos’, Ag. Paraskevi, Greece)

Publisher's Version Article: hricomp26lbr-pc1276-p doi:10.1145/3776734.3794500

Prosthetic Hand Manipulation System Based on EMG and Eye Tracking Powered by the Neuromorphic Processor AltAi
Roman Akinshin, Elizaveta Lopatina, Kirill Bogatikov, Nikolai Kiz, Anna V. Makarova, Mikhail Lebedev, Miguel Altamirano Cabrera, Dzmitry Tsetserukou, and Valerii Kangler
(Skolkovo Institute of Science and Technology, Moscow, Russian Federation; MSU Institute for Artificial Intelligence, Moscow, Russian Federation; Lomonosov Moscow State University, Moscow, Russian Federation)

Publisher's Version Article: hricomp26lbr-pc1280-p doi:10.1145/3776734.3794501

Bridging Psychological Safety and Skill Guidance: An Adaptive Robotic Interview Coach
Wanqi Zhang, Jiangen He, and Marielle Santos
(University of Tennessee at Knoxville, Knoxville, USA)

Publisher's Version Article: hricomp26lbr-pc1283-p doi:10.1145/3776734.3794502

“What’s the Robot Doing Now?”: Towards Accessible Social Robotic Demos for People with Sight Loss
Shenando Stals, Favour Jacob, and Lynne Baillie
(Heriot-Watt University, Edinburgh, UK)

Publisher's Version Article: hricomp26lbr-pc1285-p doi:10.1145/3776734.3794503

Investigating Human Trust and Confidence in Robot-Assisted Recycling Tasks
Caio Conti, Nuno Kuschnaroff Barbosa, Guilherme Gelmi de Freitas Salvo, Gabriel Corsi Honorio, Davy Araujo Sa Teles, and Adriana Tapus
(ENSTA - Institut Polytechnique de Paris, Paris, France; ENSTA Paris, Paris, France)

Publisher's Version Video Article: hricomp26lbr-pc1288-p doi:10.1145/3776734.3794504

Investigating User Perceptions of Robot Foundation Model Performance and Evaluations
Isaac S. Sheidlower, Jindan Huang, James Staley, Bingyu Wu, Qicong Chen, Reuben M. Aronson, and Elaine Schaertl Short
(Brown University, Providence, USA; Tufts University, Medford, USA)

Publisher's Version Article: hricomp26lbr-pc1289-p doi:10.1145/3776734.3794505

Charting the Growth of Social-Physical HRI (spHRI): A Systematic Review Pipeline Augmented by Small Language Models
Mayumi Mohan, Ju-Hung Chen, and Alexis E. Block
(MPI for Intelligent Systems, Stuttgart, Germany; Case Western Reserve University, Cleveland, USA)

Publisher's Version Article: hricomp26lbr-pc1290-p doi:10.1145/3776734.3794506

Holistic LLM-Based Expressive Behavior Generation for Robots
Eric Nichols, Miguel Mejia Tobar, and Randy Gomez
(Honda Research Institute Japan, Wakoshi, Japan; Honda Research Institute Japan, Wako, Japan)

Publisher's Version Article: hricomp26lbr-pc1291-p doi:10.1145/3776734.3794507

A Puppeteering Interface for Teleoperating High Degree-of-Freedom Social Robots
Roel van de Laar and Kim Baraka
(Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam, Amsterdam, Netherlands)

Publisher's Version Article: hricomp26lbr-pc1296-p doi:10.1145/3776734.3794508

Telepresence Robots in Industrial Environments: Early Findings on Usability and Functionality Requirements
Francisco Hernandez, Veronica Ahumada-Newhart, and Angelika C. Bullinger
(Chemnitz University of Technology, Chemnitz, Germany; University of California at Davis, Sacramento, USA)

Publisher's Version Article: hricomp26lbr-pc1297-p doi:10.1145/3776734.3794509

Evolution 6.0: Robot Evolution through Generative Design
Muhammad Haris Khan, Artyom Myshlyaev, Artem Lykov, Miguel Altamirano Cabrera, and Dzmitry Tsetserukou
(Skolkovo Institute of Science and Technology, Moscow, Russian Federation)

Publisher's Version Article: hricomp26lbr-pc1298-p doi:10.1145/3776734.3794510

An Introduction to the MASCAR (Multi-Agent Synchronized Collaborative Assembly Replication) Testbed
Megan Zimmerman, Jeremy Marvel, Shelly Bagchi, and Snehesh Shrestha
(National Institute of Standards and Technology, Gaithersburg, USA; University of Maryland College Park, College Park, USA)

Publisher's Version Video Info Article: hricomp26lbr-pc1300-p doi:10.1145/3776734.3794511

Investigating Cross-Agent Trust Transfer: Effects of Informational and Operational Errors in Human-Robot Collaboration
Xiaoxuan Hei, Sofia Gioumatzidou, Juan José Garcia Cardenas, and Adriana Tapus
(ENSTA - Institut Polytechnique de Paris, Palaiseau, France; University of Macedonia, Thessaloniki, Greece; ENSTA Paris, Paliseau, France; ENSTA Paris, Paris, France)

Publisher's Version Article: hricomp26lbr-pc1301-p doi:10.1145/3776734.3794512

From Terrain to Wind Noise: Contextual Factors Shaping Outdoor Robot Guide Design for Visually Impaired People
Adam Biggs, Emily Burdett, Aly Magassouba, and Praminda Caleb-Solly
(University of Nottingham, Nottingham, UK; Nottingham University, Nottingham, UK)

Publisher's Version Article: hricomp26lbr-pc1302-p doi:10.1145/3776734.3794513

Who’s the Boss? Attributions of Control Influence Blame toward Robot Decision-Makers
Hanna Parikh, Paul Vallejo, Elizabeth Phillips, Eileen Roesler, J. Gregory Trafton, and Laura Saad
(George Mason University, Fairfax, USA; Naval Research Laboratory, Washington, USA)

Publisher's Version Article: hricomp26lbr-pc1304-p doi:10.1145/3776734.3794514

The Imitation of Intimacy: Comparing Satisfaction in Intimate Human and AI Companion Relationships
Annette Masterson, Xin Ye, Yiyang Li, and Lionel Peter Robert Jr
(University of Michigan at Ann Arbor, Ann Arbor, USA)

Publisher's Version Article: hricomp26lbr-pc1305-p doi:10.1145/3776734.3794515

Disambiguating Anthropomorphism and Anthropomimesis in Human-Robot Interaction
Minja Axelsson and Henry Shevlin
(University of Cambridge, Cambridge, UK)

Publisher's Version Article: hricomp26lbr-pc1306-p doi:10.1145/3776734.3794516

Real-Time Vision for Socially Aware Robots: Gesture, Pointing, and Visual Engagement Estimation
Bartomeu Pou and Raquel Ros
(IIIA-CSIC, Bellaterra, Spain; IIIA-CSIC, Barcelona, Spain)

Publisher's Version Article: hricomp26lbr-pc1311-p doi:10.1145/3776734.3794517

Knowing When to Help: A Framework for Error Detection in Meal Preparation Tasks for Older Adults
Michaela Tecson, Zackory Erickson, and Reid Simmons
(Carnegie Mellon University, Pittsburgh, USA)

Publisher's Version Article: hricomp26lbr-pc1312-p doi:10.1145/3776734.3794518

“Please Don’t Hate Me”: Robot Anxiety Elicits Empathy and Compassion
Minh Duc Nguyen and Daniel J. Rea
(University of Manitoba, Winnipeg, Canada; University of New Brunswick, Fredericton, Canada)

Publisher's Version Article: hricomp26lbr-pc1313-p doi:10.1145/3776734.3794519

Winnie-the-Pooh-Powered: How LLMs and Well-Known Characters Can Create Adaptive Personalities for Aquatic Social Robot Interactions
Mohsen Ensafjoo, Chau Nguyen, Roman Shumliakivskyi, Jamy Li, Paul H. Dietz, and Ali Mazalek
(Toronto Metropolitan University, Toronto, Canada; Goethe University Frankfurt, Frankfurt, Germany; Edinburgh Napier University, Edinburgh, UK; University of Toronto, Toronto, Canada)

Publisher's Version Info Article: hricomp26lbr-pc1314-p doi:10.1145/3776734.3794520

GuideTouch: An Obstacle Avoidance Device for Visually Impaired
Timofei Kozlov, Artem Trandofilov, Georgii Gazaryan, Issatay Tokmurziyev, Miguel Altamirano Cabrera, and Dzmitry Tsetserukou
(Skolkovo Institute of Science and Technology, Moscow, Russian Federation)

Publisher's Version Article: hricomp26lbr-pc1318-p doi:10.1145/3776734.3794521

Designing a Psychotherapy Support Robot for Young Children Diagnosed with Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder
Mayumi Mohan, Rachael L’Orsa, Felix Grüninger, Bernadette-Marie Stollhof, Carolin Sarah Klein, Raphael Dinauer, Rachael Bevill Burns, Tobias J. Renner, Karsten Hollmann, and Katherine J. Kuchenbecker
(MPI for Intelligent Systems, Stuttgart, Germany; University Hospital Tübingen, Tübingen, Germany; University of Tennessee at Knoxville, Knoxville, USA)

Publisher's Version Article: hricomp26lbr-pc1320-p doi:10.1145/3776734.3794522

Did You Notice Me? Effects of Distance and F-Formation on Mobile Robot Perception in Group Conversation
Gayoung Yoo, Daehui Kim, Gyuhee Park, Suhwan Jung, Okkeun Lee, Hyunmin Kang, Yong Gu Ji, and Hyochang Kim
(Yonsei University, Seoul, Republic of Korea; Stanford University, Palo Alto, USA; Daegu University, Gyeongsan, Republic of Korea; Stanford University, Incheon, Republic of Korea)

Publisher's Version Article: hricomp26lbr-pc1321-p doi:10.1145/3776734.3794523

Enhanced Social Navigation Simulation for Community-Driven Participatory Evaluation of Sidewalk Robots
Howard Ziyu Han, Ying Zhang, Allan Wang, and Nikolas Martelaro
(Carnegie Mellon University, Pittsburgh, USA; Miraikan - National Museum of Emerging Science and Innovation, Tokyo, Japan)

Publisher's Version Article: hricomp26lbr-pc1323-p doi:10.1145/3776734.3794524

MenstaRay: A Knitted Soft Wearable Robotic Interface for Somatosensory Communication of Menstrual Experience
Mingke Wang, Yixun Li, Bettina Nissen, and Rebecca Stewart
(Imperial College London, London, UK; University of Edinburgh, Edinburgh, UK)

Publisher's Version Article: hricomp26lbr-pc1327-p doi:10.1145/3776734.3794525

“It Almost Wanted to Hurt Someone”: The Impact of Intentional Creepiness on User Perceptions
Jessica Turner, Nicholas Vanderschantz, Jemma L. König, and Rafeea Siddika
(University of Waikato, Tauranga, New Zealand; University of Waikato, Hamilton, New Zealand)

Publisher's Version Article: hricomp26lbr-pc1330-p doi:10.1145/3776734.3794526

Empowering Education: Student Perceptions and Attitudes to the Role of Social Robots in Learning Contexts
Jessica Turner, Nicholas Vanderschantz, Judy Bowen, Jemma L. König, and Hannah Carino
(University of Waikato, Tauranga, New Zealand; University of Waikato, Hamilton, New Zealand)

Publisher's Version Article: hricomp26lbr-pc1332-p doi:10.1145/3776734.3794527

HumanoidVLM: Vision-Language-Guided Impedance Control for Contact-Rich Humanoid Manipulation
Yara Mahmoud, Yasheerah Yaqoot, Miguel Altamirano Cabrera, and Dzmitry Tsetserukou
(Skolkovo Institute of Science and Technology, Moscow, Russian Federation)

Publisher's Version Article: hricomp26lbr-pc1333-p doi:10.1145/3776734.3794528

Beyond Justification: Command Rejections That Include Constructive Elaborations May Improve Evaluations of Trustworthiness
Gordon Briggs and Christina Wasylyshyn
(US Naval Research Laboratory, Washington, USA)

Publisher's Version Article: hricomp26lbr-pc1334-p doi:10.1145/3776734.3794529

Understanding Social Appropriateness Perceptions in Secondary Users of Domestic Robots
Rahatul Amin Ananto, Seol Han, Rachel Ruddy, and AJung Moon
(McGill University, Montreal, Canada)

Publisher's Version Article: hricomp26lbr-pc1335-p doi:10.1145/3776734.3794530

Bad Idea or Good Prediction? Comparing VLM and Human Anticipatory Judgment
Maria Teresa Parreira, Hongjin Quan, Adolfo G. Ramirez-Aristizabal, and Wendy Ju
(Cornell University, New York, USA; Cornell Tech, New York, USA; Accenture, San Francisco, USA)

Publisher's Version Article: hricomp26lbr-pc1337-p doi:10.1145/3776734.3794531

Robotic Sycophancy: A Scoping Review
Katie Seaborn and Özge Nilay Yalçın
(Institute of Science Tokyo, Tokyo, Japan; University of Cambridge, Cambridge, UK; Simon Fraser University, Surrey, Canada)

Publisher's Version Info Article: hricomp26lbr-pc1341-p doi:10.1145/3776734.3794532

Human-Robot Teaming in Nursing Simulations: Team Member Communication and Performance Effects
Tianyi Zhang, Christopher Garrison, Kristal Hockenberry, Rabeya Jamshad, Laurel D. Riek, and Susan Simkins
(Pennsylvania State University, University Park, USA; University of California at San Diego, La Jolla, USA)

Publisher's Version Article: hricomp26lbr-pc1344-p doi:10.1145/3776734.3794533

Evaluating Q-Learning-Based Robot Nudging for Healthier Computer Use Practices
Triniti Armstrong, Courtney J. Chavez, Rhian C. Preston, and Naomi T. Fitter
(Oregon State University, Corvallis, USA)

Publisher's Version Article: hricomp26lbr-pc1345-p doi:10.1145/3776734.3794534

From Speech to Delivery: Human-Centered Multimodal Interaction for Indoor Service Robotics
Annika An, Zeyi Chen, Harshavardhan Reddy Gajarla, Xinyi Hu, Rishabh Kumar, Ningbo Li, Yifan Li, Ray Lin, Anshul Prakash, Linzhengrong Shao, Siyang Shen, Matthew Taruno, Chenghao Wang, Hanyang Wang, Fiona Wu, Zhenglong Yang, Yuxin Zhang, Yuzhe Zhang, Haonan Peng, Jack Hatcher, Zubin Assadian, and John Raiti
(University of Washington, Seattle, USA; University of Washington, Bellevue, USA)

Publisher's Version Article: hricomp26lbr-pc1348-p doi:10.1145/3776734.3794535

A Human-Centred Tri-Region Shared Autonomy Framework for Adaptive and Safe Human–Robot Interaction
Abolfazl Zaraki, Hamed Rahimi Nohooji, Maryam Banitalebi Dehkordi, and Holger Voos
(University of Hertfordshire, Hatfield, UK; University of Luxembourg, Luxembourg, Luxembourg)

Publisher's Version Article: hricomp26lbr-pc1352-p doi:10.1145/3776734.3794536

Toward Collaborative Navigation: A Voice-Based Interface for Quadruped Guide Robots
Muhammad Ahmed Qayyum and Stacy A. Doore
(Colby College, Waterville, USA)

Publisher's Version Video Article: hricomp26lbr-pc1353-p doi:10.1145/3776734.3794537

Design Recommendations for Robot-Supported Group Interaction among Older Adults
Yujing Zhang, Iolanda Leite, and Sarah Gillet
(KTH Royal Institute of Technology, Stockholm, Sweden)

Publisher's Version Article: hricomp26lbr-pc1355-p doi:10.1145/3776734.3794538

SafeHumanoid: VLM-RAG-Driven Impedance Control of Humanoid Robot
Yara Mahmoud, Jeffrin Sam, Khang Nguyen, Marcelino Julio Fernando, Issatay Tokmurziyev, Miguel Altamirano Cabrera, Muhammad Haris Khan, Artem Lykov, and Dzmitry Tsetserukou
(Skolkovo Institute of Science and Technology, Moscow, Russian Federation; Skolkovo Institute of Science and Technology, Skolkovo, Russian Federation)

Publisher's Version Article: hricomp26lbr-pc1357-p doi:10.1145/3776734.3794539

Preliminary Evaluation of Multimodal Expressions by a Reception Robot in Three Situations
Carlos Toshinori Ishi, Taiki Yano, and Yuka Nakayama
(RIKEN, Kyoto, Japan; ATR, Kyoto, Japan)

Publisher's Version Article: hricomp26lbr-pc1358-p doi:10.1145/3776734.3794540

Robot-Mediated Administration of Raven’s Standard Progressive Matrices in Autistic Individuals
Nicole Covone, Linda Pigureddu, Margherita Attanasio, Cristina Gena, Berardina De Carolis, and Monica Mazza
(University of L’Aquila, L’Aquila, Italy; University of Turin, Turin, Italy; University of Bari, Bari, Italy)

Publisher's Version Article: hricomp26lbr-pc1361-p doi:10.1145/3776734.3794541

Beyond Static Instruction: A Multi-agent AI Framework for Adaptive Augmented Reality Robot Training
Nicolas Leins, Jana Gonnermann-Müller, Malte Teichmann, and Sebastian Pokutta
(Zuse Institute Berlin, Berlin, Germany; Weizenbaum Institute, Berlin, Germany; University of Potsdam, Potsdam, Germany; TU Berlin, Berlin, Germany)

Publisher's Version Article: hricomp26lbr-pc1363-p doi:10.1145/3776734.3794542

LLM-Glasses: GenAI-Driven Glasses with Haptic Feedback for Navigation of Visually Impaired People
Issatay Tokmurziyev, Miguel Altamirano Cabrera, Muhammad Haris Khan, Yara Mahmoud, and Dzmitry Tsetserukou
(Skolkovo Institute of Science and Technology, Moscow, Russian Federation)

Publisher's Version Article: hricomp26lbr-pc1364-p doi:10.1145/3776734.3794543

Sustainable Human–Robot Interaction with Soft Robotic Systems
Hamed Rahimi Nohooji, Abolfazl Zaraki, and Holger Voos
(University of Luxembourg, Luxembourg, Luxembourg; University of Hertfordshire, Hatfield, UK)

Publisher's Version Article: hricomp26lbr-pc1365-p doi:10.1145/3776734.3794544

Learning from Human-Dog Collaboration: Towards the Design of Search and Rescue Robots
Katharina Lisa Kleiser, Veerle Buntsma, and Sebastian Schneider
(University of Twente, Enschede, Netherlands)

Publisher's Version Article: hricomp26lbr-pc1368-p doi:10.1145/3776734.3794545

Kinematic-Cognitive Trade-Offs in Human-Robot Coordinated Walk: Distance Stability vs. Speed Dis-similarity with Cognitive Load
Liat Arad
(Technion - Israel Institute of Technology, Haifa, Israel)

Publisher's Version Article: hricomp26lbr-pc1369-p doi:10.1145/3776734.3794546

Social Robots as Warm-Up Companions: Comparing Teaching and Storytelling Interactions to Support Children’s Self-Efficacy
Mara Brandt, Kira Sophie Loos, Mathis Tibbe, and Anna-Lisa Vollmer
(Bielefeld University, Bielefeld, Germany)

Publisher's Version Article: hricomp26lbr-pc1370-p doi:10.1145/3776734.3794547

How Robots Understand ‘Here’ And ‘There’: A Perceptual Model for Spatial Deixis
Adwitiya Mandal, Kai-Florian Richter, and Zoe Falomir
(Umeå University, Umeå, Sweden)

Publisher's Version Article: hricomp26lbr-pc1372-p doi:10.1145/3776734.3794548

HumanDiffusion: A Vision-Based Diffusion Trajectory Planner with Human-Conditioned Goals for Search and Rescue UAV
Faryal Batool, Iana Zhura, Valerii Serpiva, Roohan Ahmed Khan, Ivan Valuev, Issatay Tokmurziyev, and Dzmitry Tsetserukou
(Skolkovo Institute of Science and Technology, Moscow, Russian Federation)

Publisher's Version Video Article: hricomp26lbr-pc1374-p doi:10.1145/3776734.3794549

SEMIAC: A Two-Site Human-Robot Collaboration Dataset for Exploring Socially-Enriched Models for Implicit Action Coordination
Magnus Jung, Qiaoyue Yang, Leander von Seelstrang, Dominykas Strazdas, Sven Wachsmuth, and Ayoub Al-Hamadi
(University of Magdeburg, Magdeburg, Germany; Bielefeld University, Bielefeld, Germany)

Publisher's Version Article: hricomp26lbr-pc1376-p doi:10.1145/3776734.3794550

Finite State Machine Approach for Real-Time Gait Phase Detection in Exoskeletons
Pooria Fazli, Amirhossein Nazari, Navid Jooyandehdel, Iman Kardan, and Alireza Akbarzadeh
(Ferdowsi University of Mashhad, Mashhad, Iran)

Publisher's Version Article: hricomp26lbr-pc1377-p doi:10.1145/3776734.3794551

Anticipating Safety and Security Risks of Embodied AI: A Multidimensional Risk Framework for Foundation Models in HRI
Hong Wang, Katie Winkle, and Ginevra Castellano
(Uppsala University, Uppsala, Sweden)

Publisher's Version Article: hricomp26lbr-pc1379-p doi:10.1145/3776734.3794552

Robots in the Room: A Qualitative Exploration of Democratic Agency and AI-Augmented Deliberations
Damith Herath, Hans Asenbaum, Janie Busby Grant, Maleen Jayasuriya, Emanuela Savini, and Harshith Ghanta
(University of Canberra, Bruce, Australia; University of Canberra, Canberra, Australia)

Publisher's Version Article: hricomp26lbr-pc1383-p doi:10.1145/3776734.3794554

When Imagination Meets Reality: Embodiment Order Effects in Human-Robot Interaction
Tanu Majumder, Nihal Shaikh, Ashita Ashok, and Karsten Berns
(University of Kaiserslautern-Landau, Kaiserslautern, Germany)

Publisher's Version Article: hricomp26lbr-pc1385-p doi:10.1145/3776734.3794555

Validating Video Stimuli for Perceived Robot Autonomy: A Pre-test for Experimental HRI
Leonardo Lapomarda
(University of Milano-Bicocca, Milan, Italy)

Publisher's Version Article: hricomp26lbr-pc1386-p doi:10.1145/3776734.3794556

Goobo: A Multimodal, Context-Aware Dialogue Platform for Personalized Embodied Character Interaction
Yijie Guo, Ruhan Wang, Jini Tao, Zhiling Xu, Yaowen Shen, Qifei Zhou, Zhenhan Huang, Danqi Huang, and Haipeng Mi
(Tsinghua University, Beijing, China; Neurobo, Shanghai, China; Tongji University, Shanghai, China)

Publisher's Version Article: hricomp26lbr-pc1387-p doi:10.1145/3776734.3794557

Are We Seeing Eye-to-Eye? Gaze Allocation to a Humanoid Robot during Conversation
Fleur Smilde and Chinmaya Mishra
(Radboud University, Nijmegen, Netherlands; MPI for Psycholinguistics, Nijmegen, Netherlands)

Publisher's Version Article: hricomp26lbr-pc1389-p doi:10.1145/3776734.3794558

Co-Blauw: An Experimental Human-Robot Co-creation Method for Ceramic Tile Painting
Chalmers Ong, Hannah Lee, Koen de Nie, Mark W. Vas, Peter Holzer, Yasaman Shamssabzevar, Yu-Ai Jiang, J. Micah Prendergast, Alper Semih Alkan, and Serdar Aşut
(Delft University of Technology, Delft, Netherlands)

Publisher's Version Article: hricomp26lbr-pc1391-p doi:10.1145/3776734.3794559

When Robot Overrides Us: The Impact of Autonomous Decisions on User Trust
Xiaoyu Chang, Yanheng Li, XiaoKe Zeng, Jing Qi Peng, and Ray Lc
(City University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong, China)

Publisher's Version Article: hricomp26lbr-pc1392-p doi:10.1145/3776734.3794560

TapHRI: TCN-Driven Touch Control of Collaborative Robots Using Only Embedded Robot Sensing
Hung Khang Nguyen, Jeffrin Sam, Safina Gulyamova, Miguel Altamirano Cabrera, Artem Lykov, and Dzmitry Tsetserukou
(Skolkovo Institute of Science and Technology, Moscow, Russian Federation; Skolkovo Institute of Science and Technology, Skolkovo, Russian Federation)

Publisher's Version Article: hricomp26lbr-pc1395-p doi:10.1145/3776734.3794561

Conversational Force Adaptation for Robotic Massage using Recipient Speech
Hiroki Kimura, Che-Kang Hsu, Takeru Ito, Naoya Harada, Michiteru Kitazaki, and Ryosuke Tasaki
(Aoyama Gakuin University, Sagamihara, Japan; Toyohashi University of Technology, Toyohashi, Japan)

Publisher's Version Article: hricomp26lbr-pc1396-p doi:10.1145/3776734.3794562

The Supportiveness–Safety Tradeoff in LLM Well-Being Agents
Himanshi Lalwani and Hanan Salam
(New York University, Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates)

Publisher's Version Article: hricomp26lbr-pc1397-p doi:10.1145/3776734.3794563

Building Inclusive HRI: Early Insights on Ethical AI for Neurodiverse Children
Nazerke Rakhymbayeva and Anara Sandygulova
(Astana IT University, Astana, Kazakhstan; Nazarbayev University, NUR-SULTAN, Kazakhstan)

Publisher's Version Article: hricomp26lbr-pc1399-p doi:10.1145/3776734.3794564

CLIO: Coordinate User Visual Attention with Audio Narratives for Enhanced Engagement
Yuxuan Chen, Ian Leong Ting Lo, Bao Guo, Netitorn Kawmali, Chun Kit Chan, Ruoyu Wang, Jia Pan, and Lei Yang
(University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong, China)

Publisher's Version Article: hricomp26lbr-pc1400-p doi:10.1145/3776734.3794565

Glove2UAV: A Wearable IMU-Based Glove for Intuitive Control of UAV
Amir Atef Habel, Ivan Snegirev, Elizaveta Semenyakina, Miguel Altamirano Cabrera, Jeffrin Sam, Fawad Mehboob, Roohan Ahmed Khan, Muhammad Ahsan Mustafa, and Dzmitry Tsetserukou
(Skolkovo Institute of Science and Technology, Moscow, Russian Federation; Skolkovo Institute of Science and Technology, Skolkovo, Russian Federation)

Publisher's Version Article: hricomp26lbr-pc1401-p doi:10.1145/3776734.3794566

Confusion Detection from Facial Expressions in Elderly-Robot Interactions: Why Is It Difficult?
Paul Vogt, Yara Bikowski, and Matias Valdenegro-Toro
(University of Groningen, Groningen, Netherlands)

Publisher's Version Article: hricomp26lbr-pc1402-p doi:10.1145/3776734.3794567

Giving Robots a Hard Time: A Field Experiment on the Role of Robot Politeness and Social Norms for Robot Bullying
Johannes Kraus, Niklas Grünewald, Charlotte Kapell, and Marlene Wessels
(University of Mainz, Mainz, Germany)

Publisher's Version Info Article: hricomp26lbr-pc1403-p doi:10.1145/3776734.3794568

Public Perspectives on Robot Intervention: Insights from a Low-Supervision Decision Exhibit
Arjita Mital, Felix Gnisa, Utku Norman, and Nora Weinberger
(KIT, Karlsruhe, Germany)

Publisher's Version Article: hricomp26lbr-pc1406-p doi:10.1145/3776734.3794569

Making Memories Together: Toward Transparent and Co-constructed Robot Memory in Child-Robot Interaction
Elena Malnatsky, Shenghui Wang, Koen Hindriks, and Mike E.U. Ligthart
(Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam, Amsterdam, Netherlands; University of Twente, Twente, Netherlands)

Publisher's Version Article: hricomp26lbr-pc1408-p doi:10.1145/3776734.3794570

HoverAI: An Embodied Aerial Agent for Natural Human-Drone Interaction
Yuhua Jin, Nikita Kuzmin, Georgii Demianchuk, Mariya Lezina, Fawad Mehboob, Issatay Tokmurziyev, Miguel Altamirano Cabrera, Muhammad Ahsan Mustafa, and Dzmitry Tsetserukou
(Chinese University of Hong Kong, Shenzhen, China; Skolkovo Institute of Science and Technology, Moscow, Russian Federation)

Publisher's Version Article: hricomp26lbr-pc1410-p doi:10.1145/3776734.3794571

DroneVLA: VLA-Based Aerial Manipulation
Fawad Mehboob, MoniJesu Wonders James, Amir Atef Habel, Jeffrin Sam, Miguel Altamirano Cabrera, and Dzmitry Tsetserukou
(Skolkovo Institute of Science and Technology, Moscow, Russian Federation; Skolkovo Institute of Science and Technology, Skolkovo, Russian Federation)

Publisher's Version Article: hricomp26lbr-pc1413-p doi:10.1145/3776734.3794572

Interactivity (Videos/Demos)

Bloom Preview: A Low-Cost LLM-Powered Social Robot
Xiangfei Kong, Rex Gonzalez, Nicolas Echeverria, Sofia Cobo Navas, Thuc Anh Nguyen, Divyamshu Shrestha, Sebastian Ramirez-Vallejo, Deekshita Senthil Kumar, Andrew Texeira, Thao Nguyen, Deep Akbari, Hong Wang, Hongdao Meng, and Zhao Han
(University of South Florida, Tampa, USA)

Publisher's Version Article: hricomp26interact-pd1004-p doi:10.1145/3776734.3794575

Jazzy Puppet: A Web-Based Kinesthetic Teaching System for Designing Robot Gestures Without Code
Nevo Heimann Saadon and Hadas Erel
(Reichman University, Herzliya, Israel)

Publisher's Version Article: hricomp26interact-pd1009-p doi:10.1145/3776734.3794576

Demonstrating Lantern and Its Variants: A Set of Minimal Robots
Victor Nikhil Antony, Kai-Chieh Liang, and Chien-Ming Huang
(Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, USA)

Publisher's Version Article: hricomp26interact-pd1010-p doi:10.1145/3776734.3794577

Demonstrating Plant-Inspired Robots for Ambient HRI
Victor Nikhil Antony and Chien-Ming Huang
(Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, USA)

Publisher's Version Article: hricomp26interact-pd1012-p doi:10.1145/3776734.3794578

Meet IRIS: An Interactive Robotic Experience for Exploring Life Purpose
Weslie Khoo, Long-Jing Hsu, William Valentine, Brandon Connor, Tao Yat Kong, Amous Khoo, Waki Kamino, Selma Šabanović, and David Crandall
(Indiana University at Bloomington, Bloomington, USA; University of Michigan at Ann Arbor, Ann Arbor, USA; Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology, Terre Haute, USA; Independent, Singapore, Singapore; Cornell University, Ithaca, USA)

Publisher's Version Article: hricomp26interact-pd1013-p doi:10.1145/3776734.3794579

iSense Beyond: Multi-modal Haptic Guidance and Sensor Fusion for Enhanced Accessibility
Saeed Vahdani and Amirhossein Nazari
(Ferdowsi University of Mashhad, Mashhad, Iran)

Publisher's Version Article: hricomp26interact-pd1014-p doi:10.1145/3776734.3794580

EMY: Supporting Autism Therapy with a Socially Assistive Robot
Sara Cooper, Bartomeu Pou, Arnau Mayoral-Macau, Antonio Lobo-Santos, Miriam Martín, and Raquel Ros
(IIIA-CSIC, Cerdanyola, Spain; IIIA-CSIC, Bellaterra, Spain; IIIA-CSIC, Barcelona, Spain; Institute of Mathematical Sciences, Madrid, Spain)

Publisher's Version Article: hricomp26interact-pd1016-p doi:10.1145/3776734.3794581

Multimodal Large Language Models for Real-Time Situated Reasoning
Giulio Antonio Abbo, Senne Lenaerts, and Tony Belpaeme
(Ghent University – imec, Ghent, Belgium)

Publisher's Version Article: hricomp26interact-pd1017-p doi:10.1145/3776734.3796242

Scientist-Robot Collaboration During a Multi-disciplinary Field Campaign
Sean Buchmeier, Ian C. Rankin, and Cristina G. Wilson
(Oregon State University, Corvallis, USA)

Publisher's Version Article: hricomp26interact-pd1019-p doi:10.1145/3776734.3794583

Remembering the Future with IRIS: Robotics Purpose Aiding Those Living with Dementia and Offering Empowerment
Jack Bassett, Long-Jing Hsu, Stephen Taylor, Janice Bays, Weslie Khoo, Katherine M. Tsui, David J. Crandall, and Selma Šabanović
(Indiana University at Bloomington, Bloomington, USA; Dementia Action Alliance, Bloomington, USA; Toyota Research Institute, Cambridge, USA)

Publisher's Version Video Article: hricomp26interact-pd1021-p doi:10.1145/3776734.3794584

RelOrb: Relative Orbiting for Teleoperation
Tomoya Sasaki, Taiki Ishigaki, Diego Roulle, and Eiichi Yoshida
(Tokyo University of Science, Tokyo, Japan; University Paris-Est Créteil, Créteil, France)

Publisher's Version Article: hricomp26interact-pd1022-p doi:10.1145/3776734.3794585

A Replicable, Autonomous System for In-the-Wild Mental Health Applications with the Ommie Robot
Kayla Matheus, Debasmita Ghose, Jirachaya (Fern) Limprayoon, Michal A. Lewkowicz, and Brian Scassellati
(Yale University, New Haven, USA; Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, USA)

Publisher's Version Article: hricomp26interact-pd1023-p doi:10.1145/3776734.3794586

Suzume-chan: A Pet-as-a-Friend Plush Agent for Bedside Guidance and Nursing-Relevant Logging
Takahito Murakami, Maya Grace Torii, Shuka Koseki, and Yoichi Ochiai
(University of Tsukuba, Tsukuba, Japan; University of Tokyo, Hongo, Japan)

Publisher's Version Article: hricomp26interact-pd1024-p doi:10.1145/3776734.3794587

Pax: A Queer-Affirming Robot Companion for the Home
Alexandria Thylane, Daniel J. Foulen, Keys K. Rigual, Raitah A. Jinnat, Jackie Yee, Kaylee Nam, and Raj Korpan
(City University of New York, New York, USA; Rice University, Houston, USA)

Publisher's Version Article: hricomp26interact-pd1025-p doi:10.1145/3776734.3794588

Don’t Just Throw It: Empowering Society to Recycle Correctly with PERI, the Educational Robot Bin
Alejandra Patiño, Emerson E. Mejia-Trebejo, Macarena Vilca, and Denis Peña
(Pontifical Catholic University of Peru, Lima, Peru)

Publisher's Version Video Article: hricomp26interact-pd1027-p doi:10.1145/3776734.3794589

Student Design Challenge

Seesoil: Mitigating Negative Emotions through a Desktop Robot for Oil Splash Incidents
Weijie Qin, Qiyao Wang, Bingcen Gong, and Yijia Luo
(Tsinghua University, Beijing, China)

Publisher's Version Article: hricomp26sdc-pg1006-p doi:10.1145/3776734.3794590

MERRY: A Community-Based Robot for Enhancing Social Connection of Older Adults
Renee Ziqi Zhu, Nan Hu, Lihao Zheng, and Xinyun Zhang
(Indiana University at Bloomington, Bloomington, USA)

Publisher's Version Article: hricomp26sdc-pg1010-p doi:10.1145/3776734.3794591

Expressive Robotics in Retail: Conveying Fragrance Emotion through Multimodal Interaction
Khaled Abdul Rahman, Benjamin Jungblut, and Youjin Chung
(Georgia Institute of Technology, Atlanta, USA)

Publisher's Version Video Article: hricomp26sdc-pg1012-p doi:10.1145/3776734.3794592

NeckMate: A Wearable Robot That Links Speech and Temperature
Taito Tashiro and Marino Inada
(University of Tsukuba, Tsukuba, Japan)

Publisher's Version Article: hricomp26sdc-pg1014-p doi:10.1145/3776734.3794593

Elevator Pitch: Ludic Design in Social Architectural Robots Fostering Togetherness
Jennifer Dong, Sophie Weissel, and Emily Zimmerman
(Georgia Institute of Technology, Atlanta, USA)

Publisher's Version Article: hricomp26sdc-pg1017-p doi:10.1145/3776734.3794594

Brick by Brick: Using Collaborative Robotics to Combat Social Isolation in Public Spaces
Joyce Yang, Phillip Johnson, Nyra Graham, and Karen Shamir
(Cornell University, Ithaca, USA)

Publisher's Version Article: hricomp26sdc-pg1018-p doi:10.1145/3776734.3794595

Laughing Together: A Desktop Social Robot as an Icebreaker for First-Meeting
Shaoqing Liu, Yishan Duan, LiMeng Wang, Yuehan Zhao, Xiaohan Li, and Matt Philippe Laing
(Tsinghua University, Peking, China; Tsinghua University, Beijing, China; Guangzhou Academy of Fine Arts, Guangzhou, China)

Publisher's Version Article: hricomp26sdc-pg1019-p doi:10.1145/3776734.3794596

Circuit Breaker: A Tangible Intervention for Mitigating Digital Violence
Hanyu Zhang, Xinyue Xu, Xinran She, Jie Deng, and Yuanrong Tang
(Tsinghua University, Beijing, China)

Publisher's Version Article: hricomp26sdc-pg1022-p doi:10.1145/3776734.3794598

HighLight: The Pick-Me Robot for Easing Social Awkwardness in Shared Spaces
Nayeon Kwon, Shengyuehui Li, Yu-Chia Tseng, and Yadi Wang
(Cornell University, Ithaca, USA)

Publisher's Version Video Article: hricomp26sdc-pg1023-p doi:10.1145/3776734.3794599

RoboTales: ROBOTic Anthropomorphic LEarning Systems
Andrew Chen, Ju-Hung Chen, Phurinat Pinyomit, and Alexis E. Block
(Case Western Reserve University, Cleveland, USA)

Publisher's Version Article: hricomp26sdc-pg1025-p doi:10.1145/3776734.3794600

Tuotle: A Posture Correction Robot Based on Cognitive Dissonance Theory
Yitong Yuan, Ke Huang, Michael Detsiang Li Jr, Yiwei Zhao, and Baoyuan Zhu
(Tsinghua University, Beijing, China)

Publisher's Version Article: hricomp26sdc-pg1028-p doi:10.1145/3776734.3794601

Beckoning Bowl: Using Social Robots to Counteract Loneliness in One-Person Households
Mie Grøftehave Nielsen, Andreas Juul Jespersen, and Louise Brønderup Frederiksen
(Aarhus University, Aarhus, Denmark)

Publisher's Version Video Article: hricomp26sdc-pg1031-p doi:10.1145/3776734.3794602

Coached Yoga: Bridging the Gap between Video and Human Instructors with Low-Cost Social Robotics
Matthias von Rakowski, Antoine Esman, Méa Vittot, Kimia Nazari, Christian Dondrup, and Shenando Stals
(Heriot-Watt University, Edinburgh, UK)

Publisher's Version Video Article: hricomp26sdc-pg1032-p doi:10.1145/3776734.3794603

Bickering Benches: Exploring Playful Interaction in Post-Anthropocentric HRI
Ann-Sophie L. Schenk, Martin Schymiczek Larangeira de Almeida, Ilknur Sitil, and Xiying Li
(RWTH Aachen University, Aachen, Germany)

Publisher's Version Video Article: hricomp26sdc-pg1034-p doi:10.1145/3776734.3794604

Nose Knows: A Human-Centered Robotic Air Quality Monitor
JP Tiger, Paige Williamson, Neha Kannan, Jacob Henley, Eileen Roesler, and David Porfirio
(George Mason University, Fairfax, USA)

Publisher's Version Video Article: hricomp26sdc-pg1038-p doi:10.1145/3776734.3794605

Designing Intuitive Human–Drone Interfaces for Post‑disaster Response
Nishi Shishir, Aulia Nadila, Aly Magassouba, and Nikhil Deshpande
(University of Nottingham, Nottingham, UK)

Publisher's Version Article: hricomp26sdc-pg1040-p doi:10.1145/3776734.3794606

Robot Housekeeper Cart: Empowering Housekeeping Work through Etiquette-Based Interactions in Hotels
Nanyi Jiang, Borui Wang, and Xiaozhen Liu
(Cornell University, Ithaca, USA)

Publisher's Version Video Article: hricomp26sdc-pg1041-p doi:10.1145/3776734.3794607

Talking Like Us: A Multimodal Design for Human-Like Conversation Flow in Robots
Sabrina Al Bukhari, Thisas Samaraweera, Kapil Shenoy, Lewi Alemu, Henok Kefyalew, Jamison Heard, and Jinane Mounsef
(Rochester Institute of Technology, Dubai, United Arab Emirates; Rochester Institute of Technology, Rochester, USA)

Publisher's Version Article: hricomp26sdc-pg1047-p doi:10.1145/3776734.3794608

Routine-Assistive Care Device for Alzheimer’s Patients
Tyler Garvey, Elodie Koo, and Ryan Schermerhorn
(Colby College, Waterville, USA)

Publisher's Version Article: hricomp26sdc-pg1058-p doi:10.1145/3776734.3794609

Data Chase: A Robot-Supported Collaborative Museum Experience
Claire Lewis, Melody Goldanloo, Matthew Murray, Zachary Kaufman, and Tom Williams
(Colorado School of Mines, Golden, USA; University of Colorado at Boulder, Boulder, USA)

Publisher's Version Article: hricomp26sdc-pg1062-p doi:10.1145/3776734.3794610

Doremi: Designing a Piano Bot
Ragini Kalvade and Sohan Naidu
(University of Illinois at Chicago, Chicago, USA)

Publisher's Version Video Article: hricomp26sdc-pg1064-p doi:10.1145/3776734.3794611

THIRD EXPRESSION: A Wearable Robot for Amplifying Non-verbal Social Signals in Interpersonal Communication
Haopeng Peng, Ruilin Zhang, Yuxin Liang, and Liyang Fan
(Tsinghua University, Beijing, China)

Publisher's Version Article: hricomp26sdc-pg1065-p doi:10.1145/3776734.3794612

Songbird: An Embodied Companion Earphone Robot That Sings Along to Protect Your Hearing
You Yang Chen, Shan Luo, Xueqing Li, Sizhao Jin, Pengfei Zhang, and Mingyu Li
(Tsinghua University, Beijing, China; China Academy of Art, Hangzhou, China; Shandong University of Art and Design, Jinan, China)

Publisher's Version Video Article: hricomp26sdc-pg1070-p doi:10.1145/3776734.3794613

Elandro: An Automated Laundry Cart for Hospitality Workflows
Nigel G. Wormser, Zuha Kaleem, Jessie Lee, Dyllan Ryder Hofflich, and Henry Calderon
(Cornell University, Ithaca, USA; Cornell University, Brooklyn, USA)

Publisher's Version Video Article: hricomp26sdc-pg1071-p doi:10.1145/3776734.3794614

MuffBunny: Mimetic Ear-Based Interaction Design for Social Emotion Recognition and Implicit Expression
Jinxuan Du, Rulan Li, Tianlu Zhou, and Qianrui Liu
(Tsinghua University, Beijing, China)

Publisher's Version Video Article: hricomp26sdc-pg1075-p doi:10.1145/3776734.3794615

G.A.U.D.I.: Generative Additive User-Robot Design Interface: Framework for Gesture-Based Interaction between Humans and Robot Systems
Hari Krishnan Subramaniyan, Jakub Rammel, Jiayi Gu, and Shreyas Ahuja
(Delft University of Technology, Delft, Netherlands)

Publisher's Version Video Article: hricomp26sdc-pg1076-p doi:10.1145/3776734.3794616

Peri: Retrofitting Public Infrastructure into Adaptive Social Interfaces for Sustainable Habits
Emerson E. Mejia-Trebejo, Macarena Vilca, Alejandra Patiño, and Denis Peña
(Pontifical Catholic University of Peru, Lima, Peru)

Publisher's Version Article: hricomp26sdc-pg1077-p doi:10.1145/3776734.3794617

HRI Pioneers

Designing Proactivity in Robots: If, When, and How
Anargh Viswanath
(Bielefeld University, Bielefeld, Germany)

Publisher's Version Article: hricomp26pio-pi1005-p doi:10.1145/3776734.3794618

Understanding the Formation of Human-Robot Rapport to Facilitate Positive Long-Term Human-Robot Interaction
Ting-Han Lin
(University of Chicago, Chicago, USA)

Publisher's Version Article: hricomp26pio-pi1007-p doi:10.1145/3776734.3794619

Do We Really Need a Robot Here? Exploring Stakeholders’ Voices in Human-Robot Interaction
Francesca Cocchella
(Italian Institute of Technology, Genoa, Italy; University of Genoa, Genoa, Italy)

Publisher's Version Article: hricomp26pio-pi1008-p doi:10.1145/3776734.3794620

The Perception of Phantom Costs in HRI
Benjamin Lebrun
(University of Canterbury, Christchurch, New Zealand)

Publisher's Version Article: hricomp26pio-pi1012-p doi:10.1145/3776734.3794621

Understanding the Human(s) in Human-Robot Collaboration: A Case Study on Robot-Assisted Surgeries in the Wild
Jasper T. Vermeulen
(Queensland University of Technology, Brisbane, Australia)

Publisher's Version Article: hricomp26pio-pi1023-p doi:10.1145/3776734.3794622

Personalizing Robot Delivered Cognitive Neurorehabilitation
Anya Bouzida and Laurel D. Riek
(University of California at San Diego, La Jolla, USA)

Publisher's Version Article: hricomp26pio-pi1024-p doi:10.1145/3776734.3794623

Designing Accessible Telepresence Robots for People with Chronic Illnesses
Pratyusha Ghosh and Laurel D. Riek
(University of California at San Diego, La Jolla, USA)

Publisher's Version Article: hricomp26pio-pi1025-p doi:10.1145/3776734.3794624

Methods for Communicating Robot Capabilities and Limitations
Gregory LeMasurier
(University of Massachusetts Lowell, Lowell, USA)

Publisher's Version Article: hricomp26pio-pi1035-p doi:10.1145/3776734.3794625

Can Gender-Ambiguous Voices Rethink Inclusivity and Gendering in HRI?
Martina De Cet
(Chalmers University of Technology, Gothenburg - University of Gothenburg, Gothenburg, Sweden)

Publisher's Version Article: hricomp26pio-pi1040-p doi:10.1145/3776734.3794626

Towards Falsifiable Grammars of Human-Robot Interaction
Vinay Kumar Verma
(IIIT Delhi, New Delhi, India)

Publisher's Version Article: hricomp26pio-pi1044-p doi:10.1145/3776734.3794627

From Co-design to Deployment: Toward Sustainable and Scalable Socially Assistive Robots for Speech-Language Therapy
Soomin Shin
(University of Waterloo, Waterloo, Canada)

Publisher's Version Article: hricomp26pio-pi1052-p doi:10.1145/3776734.3794628

Long-Term In-Home Robotic Support for Children with ASD
Shiye Cao
(Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, USA)

Publisher's Version Article: hricomp26pio-pi1055-p doi:10.1145/3776734.3794629

Empowering Human Learning through Human-Robot Interaction
Hui-Ru Ho
(University of Wisconsin-Madison, Madison, USA)

Publisher's Version Article: hricomp26pio-pi1061-p doi:10.1145/3776734.3794630

Robot Design at the Margins: The Lived Experience as a Participatory Approach to Co-designing with Disabled Adults
Abena Boadi-Agyemang
(Carnegie Mellon University, Pittsburgh, USA)

Publisher's Version Article: hricomp26pio-pi1065-p doi:10.1145/3776734.3794631

Proactive Environment Design to Enhance Reward Alignment and Human Intent Prediction
Yi-Shiuan Tung
(University of Colorado at Boulder, Boulder, USA)

Publisher's Version Article: hricomp26pio-pi1067-p doi:10.1145/3776734.3794632

Feeding with Feedback: Human-Guided Adaptation for Empowering Robot Assistance
Dimitra Tsakona and Yiannis Demiris
(Imperial College London, London, UK)

Publisher's Version Article: hricomp26pio-pi1071-p doi:10.1145/3776734.3794633

Causal Explanations for Robot Decisions and Beliefs
Tamlin Love, Antonio Andriella, and Guillem Alenyà
(Institut de Robòtica i Informàtica Industrial, Barcelona, Spain)

Publisher's Version Article: hricomp26pio-pi1073-p doi:10.1145/3776734.3794634

Personalization in Practice: Sociotechnical Design for Assistive Robotics in Care
Sahitha Vuddagiri
(Rice University, Houston, USA)

Publisher's Version Article: hricomp26pio-pi1086-p doi:10.1145/3776734.3794635

Not Enough Data? No Worries: A Systematic Approach for Validating Scales Used in Human-Robot Interaction Research
Pawinee Pithayarungsarit
(George Mason University, Fairfax, USA)

Publisher's Version Article: hricomp26pio-pi1090-p doi:10.1145/3776734.3794636

Efficient Personalized Robot Learning from Human Feedback
Minyoung Hwang
(Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, USA)

Publisher's Version Article: hricomp26pio-pi1094-p doi:10.1145/3776734.3794637

Designing a Robotic Guide Dog for Trustworthy Human-Robot Coexistence
Joanne Taery Kim and Sehoon Ha
(Georgia Institute of Technology, Atlanta, USA)

Publisher's Version Article: hricomp26pio-pi1096-p doi:10.1145/3776734.3794638

Designing an In-Home Body Double Robot to Support College Students with ADHD
Amy O’Connell
(University of Southern California, Los Angeles, USA)

Publisher's Version Article: hricomp26pio-pi1104-p doi:10.1145/3776734.3794639

Towards Understanding and Optimizing Social Comfort in Human-Robot Navigation
Subham Agrawal and Maren Bennewitz
(University of Bonn, Bonn, Germany)

Publisher's Version Article: hricomp26pio-pi1118-p doi:10.1145/3776734.3794640

Tutorials and Workshops

BPM-HRI: Best Practices and Methods in HRI Research
Patrick Holthaus, Daniel Hernández García, Patricia Shaw, Francesco Del Duchetto, Marta Romeo, Muneeb Imtiaz Ahmad, Daniel Tozadore, and Shelly Bagchi
(University of Hertfordshire, Hatfield, UK; Heriot-Watt University, Edinburgh, UK; Aberyswyth University, Aberystwyth, UK; University of Lincoln, Lincoln, UK; Swansea University, Swansea, UK; University College London, London, UK; National Institute of Standards and Technology, Gaithersburg, USA)

Publisher's Version Article: hricomp26tutwork-p1015-p doi:10.1145/3776734.3788823

Cruel Optimism, Lucid Despair, and Precarious Hope in HRI
Anna Dobrosovestnova, Barry Brown, Emanuel Gollob, Mafalda Gamboa, and Masoumeh Mansouri
(Interdisciplinary Transformation University, Linz, Austria; Stockholm University, Stockholm, Sweden; University of Arts Linz, Linz, Austria; Chalmers University of Technology, Gothenburg, Sweden; University of Gothenburg, Gothenburg, Sweden; University of Birmingham, Birmingham, UK)

Publisher's Version Article: hricomp26tutwork-p1019-p doi:10.1145/3776734.3788824

Multi-Agentic Systems in HRI (MAgicS-HRI): Bridging Design and Real-World Challenges for End Users
Yan Zhang, Sarah Schömbs, Xiang Pan, Jan Leusmann, Sara Mongile, Mohammad Obaid, and Wafa Johal
(University of Melbourne, Melbourne, Australia; Kyoto University, Kyoto, Japan; LMU Munich, Munich, Germany; Italian Institute of Technology, Genoa, Italy; Chalmers University of Technology, Gothenburg, Sweden; University of Gothenburg, Gothenburg, Sweden)

Publisher's Version Article: hricomp26tutwork-p1023-p doi:10.1145/3776734.3788825

Workshop on Designing Transparent and Understandable Robots (D-TUR)
Merle M. Reimann, Gregory LeMasurier, Parag Khanna, Lennart Wachowiak, Wenxi Wu, Martim Brandao, Gerard Canal, Christian Smith, and Iolanda Leite
(KTH Royal Institute of Technology, Stockholm, Sweden; University of Massachusetts at Lowell, Lowell, USA; King’s College London, London, UK; Robotics, Perception, and Learning Laboratory, Stockholm, Sweden)

Publisher's Version Article: hricomp26tutwork-p1027-p doi:10.1145/3776734.3788826

A Tutorial for Finding and Evaluating HRI Scales
Laura Saad, Eileen Roesler, Elizabeth Phillips, and Greg Trafton
(Naval Research Laboratory, Washington, USA; George Mason University, Fairfax, USA)

Publisher's Version Article: hricomp26tutwork-p1028-p doi:10.1145/3776734.3788827

Third International Workshop on Worker-Robot Relations: Futuring Worker Empowerment through Worldbuilding around Human-Robot Interactions
Wilbert Tabone, Benedetta Lusi, Alessandro Ianniello, J. Micah Prendergast, Deborah Forster, Olger Siebinga, Maria Luce Lupetti, Eva S. Verhoef, Dave Murray-Rust, Marco C. Rozendaal, Ann M. Pendleton-Jullian, and David Abbink
(Delft University of Technology, Delft, Netherlands; Erasmus University Medical Centre, Rotterdam, Netherlands; Politecnico di Torino, Turin, Italy; RoboHouse, Delft, Netherlands; Ohio State University, Columbus, USA)

Publisher's Version Article: hricomp26tutwork-p1030-p doi:10.1145/3776734.3788828

Equitable Robotics for Wellbeing (Eq-RW)
Jiaee Cheong, Fethiye Irmak Doğan, Alva Markelius, Emily S. Cross, Friederike Eyssel, Ginevra Castellano, and Hatice Gunes
(University of Cambridge, Cambridge, UK; Harvard University, Boston, USA; ETH Zurich, Zurich, Switzerland; Bielefeld University, Bielefeld, Germany; Uppsala University, Uppsala, Sweden)

Publisher's Version Article: hricomp26tutwork-p1032-p doi:10.1145/3776734.3793806

Failing Forward: Design and Deployment Lessons from Real-World Human-Robot Interaction
Leimin Tian, Ana Kirschbaum, Caterina Neef, Mary Ellen Foster, Sara Cooper, Frauke Zeller, Manuel Giuliani, Alexander Eberhard, Oliver Chojnowski, Nils Mandischer, Utku Norman, Jan Ole Rixen, Pamela Carreno-Medrano, Nick Hawes, and Dana Kulić
(CSIRO, Melbourne, Australia; Monash University, Melbourne, Australia; University of Applied Sciences Cologne, Cologne, Germany; KIT, Karlsruhe, Germany; University of Glasgow, Glasgow, UK; IIIA-CSIC, Spain; University of Edinburgh, Edinburgh, UK; Kempten University of Applied Sciences, Kempten, Germany; University of Augsburg, Augsburg, Germany; Monash University, Clayton, Australia; University of Oxford, Oxford, UK)

Publisher's Version Info Article: hricomp26tutwork-p1034-p doi:10.1145/3776734.3788830

Empowering Human-Robot Communication through Non-linguistic Pathways
Rachel Ringe, Nima Zargham, Mihai Pomarlan, Benjamin R. Cowan, Minha Lee, Donald McMillan, and Matthew Peter Aylett
(University of Bremen, Bremen, Germany; University College Dublin, Dublin, Ireland; Eindhoven University of Technology, Eindhoven, Netherlands; Stockholm University, Stockholm, Sweden; Heriot-Watt University, Edinburgh, UK)

Publisher's Version Info Article: hricomp26tutwork-p1037-p doi:10.1145/3776734.3788831

Robots for Communities
Hifza Javed, Ella Ruth Maule, Thomas H. Weisswange, and Bilge Mutlu
(Honda Research Institute, San Jose, USA; University of Bristol, Bristol, UK; Honda Research Institute, Offenbach, Germany; University of Wisconsin-Madison, Madison, USA)

Publisher's Version Info Article: hricomp26tutwork-p1041-p doi:10.1145/3776734.3788832

Methodological Innovation in Designing Sensations and Sentiments from Robot Touch
Caroline Yan Zheng, Maria Elena Giannaccini, Angela Higgins, Feng Zhou, Mark Paterson, and Praminda Caleb-Solly
(University of Nottingham, Nottingham, UK; University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, USA)

Publisher's Version Article: hricomp26tutwork-p1048-p doi:10.1145/3776734.3788833

Errors, Mistakes, and Failures in Humans and Robots
Christopher D. Wallbridge, Kavyaa Somasundaram, Frank Förster, Maia Stiber, Eduardo B. Sandoval, Chinmaya Mishra, Christina E. Stimson, Patrick Holthaus, and Hatice Gunes
(Cardiff University, Cardiff, UK; Örebro University, Örebro, Sweden; University of Hertfordshire, Hatfield, UK; Microsoft Research, Redmond, USA; UNSW, Sydney, Australia; MPI for Psycholinguistics, Nijmegen, Netherlands; University of Sheffield, Sheffield, UK; University of Cambridge, Cambridge, UK)

Publisher's Version Article: hricomp26tutwork-p1051-p doi:10.1145/3776734.3789489

Unpacking Lived Experiences of Wizards of Oz
Sofia Thunberg, Mafalda Gamboa, Meagan B. Loerakker, Patricia Alves-Oliveira, and Hannah R.M. Pelikan
(Chalmers University of Technology, Gothenburg, Sweden; University of Gothenburg, Gothenburg, Sweden; Uppsala University, Uppsala, Sweden; TU Wien, Vienna, Austria; University of Michigan at Ann Arbor, Ann Arbor, USA; Linköping University, Linköping, Sweden)

Publisher's Version Article: hricomp26tutwork-p1056-p doi:10.1145/3776734.3788834

3rd Workshop on Designerly HRI: Articulating the Value of Design Research for HRI
Marco C. Rozendaal, Anastasia Kouvaras Ostrowski, Mafalda Gamboa, Samantha Reig, Patricia Alves-Oliveira, Maaike Bleeker, Maria Luce Lupetti, John Vines, Nazli Cila, Hannah Pelikan, Nikolas Martelaro, Selma Šabanović, David Sirkin, and Cristina Zaga
(Delft University of Technology, Delft, Netherlands; Purdue University, West Lafayette, USA; Chalmers University of Technology, Gothenburg, Sweden; University of Gothenburg, Gothenburg, Sweden; University of Massachusetts at Lowell, Lowell, USA; University of Michigan at Ann Arbor, Ann Arbor, USA; Utrecht University, Utrecht, Netherlands; Politecnico di Torino, Turin, Italy; University of Edinburgh, Edinburgh, UK; Linköping University, Linköping, Sweden; Carnegie Mellon University, Pittsburgh, USA; Indiana University at Bloomington, Bloomington, USA; Stanford University, Stanford, USA; University of Twente, Enschede, Netherlands)

Publisher's Version Article: hricomp26tutwork-p1063-p doi:10.1145/3776734.3788835

Lifelong Learning and Personalization in Long-Term Human-Robot Interaction (LEAP-HRI): Evolving Assistance for Everyday Life
Bahar Irfan, Nikhil Churamani, Michelle Zhao, Rajat Kumar Jenamani, Ali Ayub, and Silvia Rossi
(Familiar Machines & Magic, Woburn, USA; University of Cambridge, Cambridge, UK; Carnegie Mellon University, Pittsburgh, USA; Cornell University, Ithaca, USA; Concordia University, Montreal, Canada; University of Naples Federico II, Naples, Italy)

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InterAI: Interactive AI for Human-Centered Robotics
Di Fu, Yuchong Zhang, Yong Ma, Maria Kyrarini, Chaona Chen, Doreen Jirak, Weiyong Si, and Danica Kragic
(University of Surrey, Guildford, UK; KTH Royal Institute of Technology, Stockholm, Sweden; University of Bergen, Bergen, Norway; Santa Clara University, Santa Clara, USA; University of Sheffield, Sheffield, UK; University of Antwerp, Antwerp, Belgium; University of Essex, Essex, UK)

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Vizij: A Workshop & Tutorial on Expressive Robot Faces
Saad Elbeleidy, Andrew Schoen, Christopher Birmingham, Tiago Ribeiro, Victor Paléologue, Douglas Dooley, and Ross Mead
(Peerbots, Arlington, USA; Semio, Los Angeles, USA)

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Exploring the Safety, Trust, Psychosocial, Legal, and Economic Impact of Cyber Attacks on Social Robots: What Should People Know and How Can We Mitigate Risks?
Phillip Morgan, Damith Herath, Praminda Caleb-Solly, Matthew Studley, Elizabeth Williams, Aurora An-Lin Hu, Eduardo B. Sandoval, Maleen Jayasuriya, Min Wang, and Janie Busby Grant
(Cardiff University, Cardiff, UK; University of Canberra, Bruce, Australia; University of Nottingham, Nottingham, UK; University of the West of England, Bristol, UK; Australian National University, Canberra, Australia; UNSW, Sydney, Australia; University of Canberra, Canberra, Australia)

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Robots for Care: Exploring Downstream Socio-ethical Effects and Upstream Interventions
Sandhya Jayaraman, Deep Saran Masanam, Pratyusha Ghosh, Alyssa Kubota, and Laurel D. Riek
(University of California at San Diego, La Jolla, USA; San Francisco State University, San Francisco, USA)

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Roboticist’s Guide to Working with Children: A Playful by Design Workshop
Leigh M. Levinson, Bengisu Cagiltay, Vicky Charisi, Elena Malnatsky, Mike E.U. Ligthart, and Micol Spitale
(Indiana University at Bloomington, Bloomington, USA; Koç University, Istanbul, Türkiye; MIT Singapore, Singapore, Singapore; Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam, Amsterdam, Netherlands; Politecnico di Milano, Milan, Italy)

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Responsible Outcomes and Operational Tools for Sustainability in HRI (ROOTS-HRI)
Maria Teresa Parreira, Ilaria Torre, Sarah Schömbs, Erik Lagerstedt, Laetitia Tanqueray, Karla Bransky, Ilaria Alfieri, Maria Raffa, Carolin Straßmann, Benjamin Lebrun, and Samantha Stedtler
(Cornell University, New York, USA; Chalmers University of Technology, Gothenburg, Sweden; University of Melbourne, Melbourne, Australia; University of Gothenburg, Gothenburg, Sweden; Lund University, Lund, Sweden; Australian National University, Canberra, Australia; IULM University, Milan, Italy; University of Duisburg-Essen, Duisburg, Germany; University of Canterbury, Christchurch, New Zealand)

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Workshop YOUR Study Design 2026!
Mayumi Mohan, Joana Brito, Anouk Neerincx, and Alexis E. Block
(MPI for Intelligent Systems, Stuttgart, Germany; Instituto Superior Técnico, Lisbon, Portugal; HU University of Applied Sciences Utrecht, Utrecht, Netherlands; Case Western Reserve University, Cleveland, USA)

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