We focus on audio cues required for the interaction between a human and a robot. We argue that a multi-level use of different paralinguistic cues is needed to pilot the decisions of the robot. Our challenge is to know how to use them to pilot the human-...

This paper presents a survey in which participants were asked to interpret non-linguistic utterances made by two different types of robot, one humanoid robot and one pet-like robot. The study set out to answer the question of whether the interpretation ...

In order for robots to be socially accepted and generate empathy they must display emotions. For robots such as Nao, body language is the best medium available, as they do not have the ability to display facial expressions. Displaying emotional body ...