My last updated publications at VUB R&D database
2024 |
An Architecture for Integrating Social Interaction in Upper-Limb Rehabilitation
International Journal of Intelligent Robotics and Applications. |
2024 |
Therapists' perspective on acceptance of robot-assisted physical rehabilitation in a middle-income country: a study from Vietnam
Disability and Rehabilitation: Assistive Technology. |
2024 |
Designing interaction interface for supportive human-robot collaboration: A co-creation study involving factory employees
Computers & Industrial Engineering. |
2024 |
Improving robot-to-human communication using flexible display technology as a robotic-skin-interface: a co-design study
International Journal of Intelligent Robotics and Applications. |
2024 |
Body tracking and sound analysis of expert and novice welders: Automated craftsmanship skill transfer
Flanders Make Conference on Machine, Vehicle and Production Technologies 2024. |
2023 |
Ethical acceptability of robot-assisted therapy for children with autism: a survey from a developing country
International Journal of Social Robotics. |
2023 |
Antropo: An open-source platform to increase the anthropomorphism of the Franka Emika collaborative robot arm
PLoS ONE 18(10). |
2023 July |
Exploring Learning Curves in Acupuncture Education Using Vision-Based Needle Tracking
Multimodal Technologies and Interaction 7(7). |
2023 July |
Investigating the Role of Multi-modal Social Cues in Human-Robot Collaboration in Industrial Settings
International Journal of Social Robotics. |
2023 April |
Improving Postural Ergonomics during Human--Robot Collaboration Using Particle Swarm Optimization: A Study in Virtual Environment
Applied Sciences 13(9). |
2023 February |
Development and Validation of a Vision-Based Needling Training System for Acupuncture on Phantom Model
Journal of Acupuncture Research. |
2023 January |
Together or alone: Should service robots and frontline employees collaborate in retail-customer interactions at the POS?
Journal of Retailing and Consumer Services. |
2022 November |
Comparison of machine learning and deep learning-based methods for locomotion mode recognition using a single inertial measurement unit
Frontiers in Neurorobotics. |
2022 September |
Studying customers attitudes towards personalized product recommendations provided by a humanoid robot in a retail store
8th Colloquium on European Research in Retailing: The New Age Of Retailing: Rethink, Reconnect, Revive. |
2022 March |
Could NAO robot function as model demonstrating joint attention skills for children with autism spectrum disorder? An exploratory study
International Journal of Humanoid Robotics. |
2021 July |
Designing the social robot Elvis: how to select an optimal joint configuration for effective gesturing
IEEE/ASME International Conference on Advanced Intelligent Mechatronics (AIM). |
2021 May |
In or Out? A Field Observational Study on the Placement of Entertaining Robots in Retailing
International Journal of Retail & Distribution Management 49(7). |
2021 March |
Should I be introvert or extrovert? A Pairwise Robot Comparison Assessing the Perception of Personality-based SocialRobot Behaviors
International Journal of Social Robotics. |
2020 December |
Robot-assisted joint attention: A comparative study between children with autism spectrum disorder and typically developing children in interaction with NAO
IEEE Access. |
2020 November |
An autonomous cognitive empathy model responsive to users' facial emotion expressions
ACM Transactions on Interactive Intelligent Systems 10(3). |
2020 November |
Localized Automation Solutions in Response to the First Wave of COVID-19: A Story from Vietnam
International Journal of Pervasive Computing and Communications. |
2020 November |
Emotion Intensity and Gender Detection via Speech and Facial Expressions
Benelux Conference on Artificial Intelligence and Machine Learning. |
2020 September |
A Reinforcement Learning Based Cognitive Empathy Framework for Social Robots
International Journal of Social Robotics 13(5). |
2020 September |
Field Observations on the Strategic Placement of Retail Robots
5th Colloquium on European Research in Retailing. |
2020 September |
Implementing a humanoid service robot to attract and convert shoppers: An observational study comparing placement strategies
Artificial Intelligence & Robotics in Service Interactions: Trends, Benefits & Challenges. |
2020 September |
Should service robots and frontline employees collaborate in retail-customer interactions?
27th International Conference on Recent Advances in Retailing and Consumer Science. |
2020 August |
The DREAM Dataset: Supporting a data-driven study of autism spectrum disorder and robot enhanced therapy
PLoS ONE 15(8). |
2020 July |
A review of gait phase detection algorithms for lower limb prostheses
Sensors 20(14). |
2020 May |
Social robotics for neurodevelopmental disorders
2020 International Conference on Robotics and Automation. |
2019 December |
Exploring opportunities of collaborative research in healthcare robotics in Can Tho city
Unknown venue (type=conference). |
2019 October |
"Hmm, Did You Hear What I Just Said?": Development of a Re-engagement System for Socially Interactive Robots
Robotics 8(4). |
2019 July |
Exploring the attitudes of frontline employees towards humanoid service robots in a retailing context
Frontiers in Services. |
2019 July |
The effect of a humanoid service robot versus a tablet service kiosk in retail: an observational study
Recent Advances in Retailing and Services Science (forthcoming). |
2019 April |
Robot-Enhanced Therapy: Development and Validation of a Supervised Autonomous Robotic System for Autism Spectrum Disorders Therapy: Development and Validation of Supervised Autonomous Robotic System for Autism Spectrum Disorders Therapy
IEEE Robotics & Automation Magazine 26(2). |
2019 January |
DualKeepon: A Human-Robot Interaction Testbed to Study Linguistic Features of Speech
Intelligent Service Robotics 12(1). |
2018 November |
Studying design aspects for social robots using a generic gesture method
International Journal of Social Robotics. |
2018 March |
Generic method for generating blended gestures and affective functional behaviors for social robots
Autonomous Robots 42(3). |
2018 March |
Humanoid Robot Pepper at a Belgian Chocolate Shop
13th Annual ACM/IEEE International Conference on Human Robot Interaction (Companion of the 2018 ACM/IEEE International Conference on Human-Robot Interaction - HRI '18). |
2018 February |
Modeling and design of an energy-efficient dual-motor actuation unit with a planetary differential and holding brakes
Mechatronics. |
2018 January |
A personalized and platform-independent behavior control system for social robots in therapy: development and applications
IEEE Transactions on Cognitive and Developmental Systems 11(3). |
2017 December |
A survey on behavior control architectures for social robots in healthcare interventions
International Journal of Humanoid Robotics 14(4). |
2017 November |
A Collaborative Homeostatic-Based Behavior Controller for Social Robots in Human-Robot Interaction Experiments
International Journal of Social Robotics 9(5). |
2017 May |
How to Build a Supervised Autonomous System for Robot-Enhanced Therapy for Children with Autism Spectrum Disorder
Paladyn 8(1). |
2017 May |
An end-user interface to generate homeostatic behavior for NAO robot in robot-assisted social therapies
Advances in Computational Intelligence - 14th International Work-Conference on Artificial Neural Networks, IWANN 2017, Proceedings (Lecture Notes in Computer Science (including subseries Lecture Notes in Artificial Intelligence and Lecture Notes in Bioinformatics)). |
2017 March |
Typically developing children and children with autism spectrum disorder in joint attention tasks assisted by social robots. Are social robots an added-value?
HRI 2017: workshop Growing-Up Hand in Hand with Robots: Designing and Evaluating Child-Robot Interaction from a Developmental Perspective. |
2016 September |
Reaching and pointing gestures calculated by a generic gesture system for social robots
Robotics and Autonomous Systems. |
2016 September |
Are social robots social enough for preschoolers with autism spectrum disorder?
XI Autism Europe International Conference. |
2016 July |
A platform-independent robot control architecture for multiple therapeutic scenarios
Proceedings of the Fifth International Symposium on New Frontiers in Human-Robot Interaction. |
2016 June |
Enhancing Emotional Facial Expressiveness on NAO: A Case Study Using Pluggable Eyebrows
International Journal of Social Robotics. |
2016 April |
A multilayer reactive system for robots interacting with children with autism
Proceedings of the Fifth International Symposium on New Frontiers in Human-Robot Interaction. |
2015 October |
Social and Autonomous Confabulation Architecture
Proceedings of the 1st International Conference on Social Robots in Therapy and Education. |
2015 October |
Enhancing Nao Expression of Emotions Using Pluggable Eyebrows
Proceedings of the 1st International Conference on Social Robots in Therapy and Education. |
2015 October |
Survey investigating ethical issues concerning Robot Enhanced Therapy for children with autism
Proceedings of the 1st International Conference on Social Robots in Therapy and Education. |
2015 October |
Toward a platform-independent social behavior architecture for multiple therapeutic scenarios
Proceedings of the 1st International Conference on Social Robots in Therapy and Education. |
2015 October |
Probolino: A Portable low-cost social device for home-based autism therapy
Social Robotics (Lecture Notes in Computer Science). |
2015 September |
Do infants perceive the social robot Keepon as a communicative partner?
Infant Behavior and Development. |
2014 December |
ROBEE: A homeostatic-based social behavior controller for robots in Human-Robot Interaction experiments
Proceedings of the 2014 IEEE International Conference on Robotics and Biomimetics (ROBIO 2014). |
2014 August |
Enhancing My Keepon robot: A simple and low-cost solution for robot platform in Human-Robot Interaction studies
Proceedings of the 2014 IEEE International Symposium on Robot and Human Interactive Communication (RO-MAN). |
2012 October |
Using Keepon with a brain-machine interface
5th International Workshop on Human-Friendly Robotics. |