arXiv:2607. 16428v1 Announce Type: cross Abstract: For a second time, the android robot Andrea was set up at a public museum in Germany for six consecutive days to have conversations with visitors, fully autonomously.
By Marcel Heisler, Christian Becker-Asano
Empathetic social robots should respond not only to what users say, but also to how their emotions dynamically evolve during interaction. However, existing empathetic dialogue systems are often text-c...
arXiv:2607. 24190v1 Announce Type: cross Abstract: Social robots that rely on large language models for conversation are unable to retain information across sessions.
By Steve Aschenbrenner, Marcel Heisler, Thomas Sievers, Christian Becker-Asano
The paper introduces an LLM-based Conversational AI Knowledge Assistant for the Raspberry‑Pi‑powered 13‑Axis MyBuddy humanoid robot. It combines large language model-driven language understanding, real‑time speech recognition, internet‑based knowledge retrieval (e.g., Wikipedia, arXiv), flexible dialogue management, and natural speech synthesis to support intelligent, multi‑turn conversations and emotional‑support interactions. This system aims to overcome the limitations of traditional rule‑based dialogue systems in humanoid robots.
By Hanxiao Chen
Behaviora is a preliminary conceptual architecture that represents both external and internal behavior of robots and agents in an addressable form. It defines a Behavior Episode composed of components derived from behavior taxonomies, each assigned a persistent Internet of Behaviors (IoB) Address. The architecture also includes a Style Profile to describe how behavior is expressed, an Experience Profile to capture internal state influencing execution, and a Behavior Compiler to translate these representations into platform‑specific actions.
By Gote Nyman
arXiv:2606. 10276v1 Announce Type: cross Abstract: For natural human-robot interaction, a robot must understand human intent expressed not only through language but also through nonverbal signals such as gestures and gaze.
By Dongjun Lee, Juheon Choi, Dong Kyu Shin, Sinjae Kang, Kimin Lee
arXiv:2608. 15549v1 Announce Type: cross Abstract: Programming small social robots from natural-language instructions requires more than invoking isolated APIs.
By Xiao Wang, Lu Dong, Ifeoma Nwogu, Srirangaraj Setlur, Venu Govindaraju
The paper "Why did My Robot Just Change Personality? Prompting Guidelines for a Grounded Robot Persona in LLM-Based HRI" addresses the lack of clear prompt design in human‑robot interaction using large language models. It proposes a framework and a structured prompt template with eight functional components to specify, bound, and adapt robot behavior. The authors base their guidelines on a review of prior work and on survey data from 27 HRI experts, highlighting issues such as unclear robot personality, the need for user adaptation, and ethical concerns around safety, deception, and governance.
By Ashita Ashok, Franziska Babel, Patrick Holthaus, Rucha Khot, Karla Bransky, Fethiye Irmak Dogan, Karsten Berns, Silvia Rossi, Minha Lee, Guy Laban
arXiv:2602.17850v2 Announce Type: replace-cross
Abstract: Conversational agents increasingly mediate everyday digital interactions, yet the effects of their communication style on user experience and...
By Erik Derner, Dalibor Ku\v{c}era, Aditya Gulati, Ayoub Bagheri, Nuria Oliver
arXiv:2606. 13256v1 Announce Type: cross Abstract: Humor plays a central role in human social relationships, and recent advances in computational humor create new opportunities for integrating humor into human-robot interaction (HRI).
By Anna-Maria Velentza, Anne-Gwenn Bosser
arXiv:2607. 14631v1 Announce Type: cross Abstract: Inferring apparent personality from facial images is important in social scenarios for embodied agents in human-robot interaction.
By Shuhuan Chen, Xiangyu Zhu, Weisong Zhao, Haichao Shi, Xiao-Yu Zhang, Zhen Lei
arXiv:2606. 18258v1 Announce Type: cross Abstract: Large language models (LLMs) exhibit a wide range of human-like behaviors, from expressing thoughts and emotions, to engaging in relationship-building with users, to refusing requests and maintaining boundaries.
By Sunnie S. Y. Kim, Margit Bowler, Leon A Gatys