Abstract: Whereas the reception task is a promising application domain for social robots, knowledge is lacking about how to design the appropriate re-usable communication styles for a reception robot.

Robots staged an invasion of Corvallis in August. You probably missed it. A small contingent just roamed about the streets and gave the town a glowing eyeball before moving on. Paranoid minds might ...

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Southeast Missouri State University students and faculty craving dirty fries or other Burrito-Ville options can now have them delivered by SEMO's Starship Technologies delivery robots. SEMO expanded ...

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Any Czapek will surely suffice to secure some attention and strike up a conversation at a party. A rattrapante Czapek should draw even more of a crowd. But if, for whatever reason, you want to make an ...