Alexis E Block
Biographic Data
| ID | 5121190 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Alexis E Block |
| GIVEN NAMES | Alexis E |
| FAMILY NAME | Block |
| SIGNATURE | BLOCK A E |
| AFFILIATIONS | Max Planck Institute for Intelligent Systems and ETH Zürich, Zürich, Switzerland |
| ORCID | 0000-0001-9841-0769 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 2 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 4 |
| WORKS AS AUTHOR | 2 |
| WORKS AS EDITOR | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2019 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2023 |
| H-INDEX | 1 |
In the Arms of a Robot
Hugs are complex affective interactions that often include gestures like squeezes. We present six new guidelines for designing interactive hugging robots, which we validate through two studies with our custom robot. To achieve autonomy, we investigated robot responses to four human intra-hug gestures: holding, rubbing, patting, and squeezing. A Total of 32 users each exchanged and rated 16 hugs with an experimenter-controlled HuggieBot 2.0. The r…
Softness, Warmth, and Responsiveness Improve Robot Hugs
Hugs are one of the first forms of contact and affection humans experience. Due to their prevalence and health benefits, roboticists are naturally interested in having robots one day hug humans as seamlessly as humans hug other humans. This project’s purpose is to evaluate human responses to different robot physical characteristics and hugging behaviors. Specifically, we aim to test the hypothesis that a soft, warm, touch-sensitive PR2 humanoid r…
In the Arms of a Robot
Hugs are complex affective interactions that often include gestures like squeezes. We present six new guidelines for designing interactive hugging robots, which we validate through two studies with our custom robot. To achieve autonomy, we investigated robot responses to four human intra-hug gestures: holding, rubbing, patting, and squeezing. A Total of 32 users each exchanged and rated 16 hugs with an experimenter-controlled HuggieBot 2.0. The r…
Softness, Warmth, and Responsiveness Improve Robot Hugs
Hugs are one of the first forms of contact and affection humans experience. Due to their prevalence and health benefits, roboticists are naturally interested in having robots one day hug humans as seamlessly as humans hug other humans. This project’s purpose is to evaluate human responses to different robot physical characteristics and hugging behaviors. Specifically, we aim to test the hypothesis that a soft, warm, touch-sensitive PR2 humanoid r…
In the Arms of a Robot
Hugs are complex affective interactions that often include gestures like squeezes. We present six new guidelines for designing interactive hugging robots, which we validate through two studies with our custom robot. To achieve autonomy, we investigated robot responses to four human intra-hug gestures: holding, rubbing, patting, and squeezing. A Total of 32 users each exchanged and rated 16 hugs with an experimenter-controlled HuggieBot 2.0. The r…
Artificial Intelligence (2 works) · Computer Science (2 works) · Innovative Human-Technology Interaction (2 works) · Psychology (2 works) · Robot (2 works) · Social Robot Interaction and HRI (2 works) · Action Observation and Synchronization (1 work) · Affection (1 work) · Applied Psychology (1 work) · Communication (1 work)