Modelling and Mitigating Interlocutor Confusion in Situated Human-Avatar and Human-Robot Interaction
Document Type Theses, Ph.D
School of Computer Science Technological University
Submitted for the degree of Doctor of Philosophy, November 2023. School of Computer Science Technological University Dublin.
Abstract
Human-Robot Interaction (HRI) is an important but challenging field focused on improving the interaction between humans and robots, to make the interaction more intelligent and effective. However, building a natural conversational HRI is an interdisciplinary challenge for scholars, engineers, and designers. Achieving successful conversational interaction with a social robot necessitates not only observing a user’s active participation in the interaction but also being aware of their emotional and attitudinal states as the interaction progresses