Alessandra Sciutti

Székely, Marcell, Henry Powell, Fabio Vannucci, Francesco Rea, Alessandra Sciutti and John Michael. 2019. The perception of a robot partner’s effort elicits a sense of commitment to human-robot interaction. Interaction Studies 20:2, pp. 234–255

Previous research has shown that the perception that one’s partner is investing effort in a joint action can generate a sense of commitment, leading participants to persist longer despite increasing boredom. The current research extends this finding to human-robot interaction. We implemented a… read more | Article

Sciutti, Alessandra, Ambra Bisio, Francesco Nori, Giorgio Metta, Luciano Fadiga and Giulio Sandini. 2015. Robots can be perceived as goal-oriented agents. Gaze in Human-Robot Communication, Broz, Frank, Hagen Lehmann, Bilge Mutlu and Yukiko Nakano (eds.), pp. 13–32

Understanding the goals of others is fundamental for any kind of interpersonal interaction and collaboration. From a neurocognitive perspective, intention understanding has been proposed to depend on an involvement of the observer’s motor system in the prediction of the observed actions (Nyström et… read more | Article

Sciutti, Alessandra, Ambra Bisio, Francesco Nori, Giorgio Metta, Luciano Fadiga and Giulio Sandini. 2013. Robots can be perceived as goal-oriented agents. Gaze in human-robot communication, Broz, Frank, Hagen Lehmann, Bilge Mutlu and Yukiko Nakano (eds.), pp. 329–350

Understanding the goals of others is fundamental for any kind of interpersonal interaction and collaboration. From a neurocognitive perspective, intention understanding has been proposed to depend on an involvement of the observer’s motor system in the prediction of the observed actions (Nyström et… read more | Article

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