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  1. RoSI: A Model for Predicting Robot Social Influence

    Article • ACM Transactions on Human-Robot Interaction, February 2024, ACM (Association for Computing Machinery)

    Brian Scassellati

  2. Voice in the Machine: Ethical Considerations for Language-Capable Robots

    Article • Communications of the ACM, July 2023, ACM (Association for Computing Machinery)

    Cynthia Matuszek, Brian Scassellati, KRISTIINA JOKINEN

  3. Interactive Policy Shaping for Human-Robot Collaboration with Transparent Matrix Overlays

    Article • March 2023, ACM (Association for Computing Machinery)

    Brian Scassellati

  4. Toward Effective Robot--Child Tutoring

    Article • ACM Transactions on Interactive Intelligent Systems, March 2019, ACM (Association for Computing Machinery)

    Chien-Ming Huang, Brian Scassellati

  5. Agency in Canine-Robot Interaction: Do Dogs (Canis Familiaris) Understand Humanoid Robots Pointing Behavior?

    Article • March 2019, Institute of Electrical & Electronics Engineers (IEEE)

    Brian Scassellati

  6. Robots for Learning - R4L: Adaptive Learning

    Article • March 2019, Institute of Electrical & Electronics Engineers (IEEE)

    Brian Scassellati

  7. “I Don't Believe You”: Investigating the Effects of Robot Trust Violation and Repair

    Article • March 2019, Institute of Electrical & Electronics Engineers (IEEE)

    Brian Scassellati

  8. MIT Cog

    Article • October 2018, Springer Science + Business Media

    Brian Scassellati

  9. Preference-Based Assistance Prediction for Human-Robot Collaboration Tasks

    Article • October 2018, Institute of Electrical & Electronics Engineers (IEEE)

    Brian Scassellati

  10. Situated Human–Robot Collaboration: predicting intent from grounded natural language

    Article • October 2018, Institute of Electrical & Electronics Engineers (IEEE)

    Brian Scassellati

  11. The HRC Model Set for Human-Robot Collaboration Research

    Article • October 2018, Institute of Electrical & Electronics Engineers (IEEE)

    Brian Scassellati

  12. Improving social skills in children with ASD using a long-term, in-home social robot

    Article • Science Robotics, August 2018, American Association for the Advancement of Science

    Brian Scassellati

  13. Social robots for education: A review

    Article • Science Robotics, August 2018, American Association for the Advancement of Science

    Brian Scassellati

  14. Teaching Language to Deaf Infants with a Robot and a Virtual Human

    Article • April 2018, ACM (Association for Computing Machinery)

    Brian Scassellati

  15. Trust and Conformity when Interacting with a Group of Robots

    Article • March 2018, ACM (Association for Computing Machinery)

    Brian Scassellati

  16. Humans Conform to Robots

    Article • February 2018, ACM (Association for Computing Machinery)

    Brian Scassellati

  17. The Ripple Effects of Vulnerability

    Article • February 2018, ACM (Association for Computing Machinery)

    Brian Scassellati

  18. Thinking Aloud with a Tutoring Robot to Enhance Learning

    Article • February 2018, ACM (Association for Computing Machinery)

    Brian Scassellati

  19. The grand challenges ofScience Robotics

    Article • Science Robotics, January 2018, American Association for the Advancement of Science

    Brian Scassellati

  20. Toward Human-Like Robot Learning

    Article • January 2018, Springer Science + Business Media

    Brian Scassellati

  21. Discovering Action Primitive Granularity from Human Motion for Human-Robot Collaboration

    Article • July 2017, Robotics: Science and Systems Foundation

    Brian Scassellati

  22. Transparent role assignment and task allocation in human robot collaboration

    Article • May 2017, Institute of Electrical & Electronics Engineers (IEEE)

    Brian Scassellati

  23. Give Me a Break!

    Article • March 2017, ACM (Association for Computing Machinery)

    Brian Scassellati

  24. Social Eye Gaze in Human-Robot Interaction: A Review

    Article • Journal of Human-Robot Interaction, March 2017, Journal of Human-Robot Interaction

    Brian Scassellati

  25. A thermal emotion classifier for improved human-robot interaction

    Article • August 2016, Institute of Electrical & Electronics Engineers (IEEE)

    Brian Scassellati

  26. Autonomous disengagement classification and repair in multiparty child-robot interaction

    Article • August 2016, Institute of Electrical & Electronics Engineers (IEEE)

    Brian Scassellati

  27. Improving human-human collaboration between children with a social robot

    Article • August 2016, Institute of Electrical & Electronics Engineers (IEEE)

    Brian Scassellati

  28. Effects of form and motion on judgments of social robots׳ animacy, likability, trustworthiness and unpleasantness

    Article • International Journal of Human-Computer Studies, June 2016, Elsevier

    Brian Scassellati

  29. Autonomously constructing hierarchical task networks for planning and human-robot collaboration

    Article • May 2016, Institute of Electrical & Electronics Engineers (IEEE)

    Brian Scassellati

  30. Modeling communicative behaviors for object references in human-robot interaction

    Article • May 2016, Institute of Electrical & Electronics Engineers (IEEE)

    Brian Scassellati

  31. Thermographic eye tracking

    Article • March 2016, ACM (Association for Computing Machinery)

    Brian Scassellati

  32. Constructing policies for supportive behaviors and communicative actions in human-robot teaming

    Article • March 2016, Institute of Electrical & Electronics Engineers (IEEE)

    Brian Scassellati

  33. Emotional robot to examine different play patterns and affective responses of children with and without ASD

    Article • March 2016, Institute of Electrical & Electronics Engineers (IEEE)

    Brian Scassellati

  34. Promoting collaboration with social robots

    Article • March 2016, Institute of Electrical & Electronics Engineers (IEEE)

    Brian Scassellati

  35. Robot nonverbal behavior improves task performance in difficult collaborations

    Article • March 2016, Institute of Electrical & Electronics Engineers (IEEE)

    Brian Scassellati

  36. Shaping productive help-seeking behavior during robot-child tutoring interactions

    Article • March 2016, Institute of Electrical & Electronics Engineers (IEEE)

    Brian Scassellati

  37. Talk to Me: Verbal Communication Improves Perceptions of Friendship and Social Presence in Human-Robot Interaction

    Article • January 2016, Springer Science + Business Media

    Brian Scassellati

  38. Autonomously detecting interaction with an affective robot to explore connection to developmental ability

    Article • September 2015, Institute of Electrical & Electronics Engineers (IEEE)

    Brian Scassellati

  39. Effective robot teammate behaviors for supporting sequential manipulation tasks

    Article • September 2015, Institute of Electrical & Electronics Engineers (IEEE)

    Brian Scassellati

  40. Potential clinical impact of positive affect in robot interactions for autism intervention

    Article • September 2015, Institute of Electrical & Electronics Engineers (IEEE)

    Brian Scassellati

  41. Enhancing agent safety through autonomous environment adaptation

    Article • August 2015, Institute of Electrical & Electronics Engineers (IEEE)

    Brian Scassellati

  42. HRI Workshop on Human-Robot Teaming

    Article • March 2015, ACM (Association for Computing Machinery)

    Koen Hindriks, Malte Jung, Professor Mark Neerincx, Brian Scassellati

  43. Comparing Models of Disengagement in Individual and Group Interactions

    Article • March 2015, ACM (Association for Computing Machinery)

    Brian Scassellati

  44. Emotional Storytelling in the Classroom

    Article • March 2015, ACM (Association for Computing Machinery)

    Brian Scassellati

  45. Evidence that Robots Trigger a Cheating Detector in Humans

    Article • March 2015, ACM (Association for Computing Machinery)

    Brian Scassellati

  46. Fostering Learning Gains Through Personalized Robot-Child Tutoring Interactions

    Article • March 2015, ACM (Association for Computing Machinery)

    Brian Scassellati

  47. Robotic Coaching of Complex Physical Skills

    Article • March 2015, ACM (Association for Computing Machinery)

    Brian Scassellati

  48. Integrating socially assistive robotics into mental healthcare interventions: Applications and recommendations for expanded use

    Article • Clinical Psychology Review, February 2015, Elsevier

    Brian Scassellati