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  1. Do Type and Importance of Agent’s Resource Matter? How Robots’ Helping Behavior Influences Human Trust to Them

    Article • March 2026, ACM (Association for Computing Machinery)

    Dr Masahiro Shiomi

  2. Do as I Say, Not as I Do: People Still Fall for Deception Even after Being Fooled and Protecting Others

    Article • March 2026, ACM (Association for Computing Machinery)

    Dr Masahiro Shiomi

  3. How do the emotional expressions of baby robots affect older people?

    Article • November 2024, ACM (Association for Computing Machinery)

    Dr Masahiro Shiomi, Shi Feng, Dr. Hidenobu Sumioka

  4. Is two cuter than one? number and relationship effects on the feeling of kawaii toward social robots

    Article • PLOS One, October 2023, PLOS

    Dr Masahiro Shiomi

  5. Practical Development of a Robot to Assist Cognitive Reconstruction in Psychiatric Day Care

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

    Hirokazu Kumazaki, Dr Masahiro Shiomi, Dr. Hidenobu Sumioka

  6. Designing a Robot which Touches the User's Head with Intra-Hug Gestures

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

    Dr Masahiro Shiomi, Dr. Hidenobu Sumioka

  7. Sawarimōto

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

    Dr Masahiro Shiomi

  8. Two is better than one: Apologies from two robots are preferred

    Article • PLOS One, February 2023, PLOS

    Dr Masahiro Shiomi

  9. Stay away from me: Coughing increases social distance even in a virtual environment

    Article • PLOS One, December 2022, PLOS

    Dr Masahiro Shiomi

  10. What is the speed boundary between patting and slapping by a robot?

    Article • December 2022, ACM (Association for Computing Machinery)

    Dr Masahiro Shiomi, Taichi Hirayama

  11. Robots as an interactive-social medium in storytelling to multiple children

    Article • Interaction Studies Social Behaviour and Communication in Biological and Artificial Systems, September 2021, John Benjamins

    Dr Masahiro Shiomi

  12. Priming Effects on Reaction Time toward Touch via a Web-survey: Human Reaction or Android Reaction?

    Article • March 2021, ACM (Association for Computing Machinery)

    Dr Masahiro Shiomi

  13. Two is better than one: Social rewards from two agents enhance offline improvements in motor skills more than single agent

    Article • PLOS One, November 2020, PLOS

    Dr Masahiro Shiomi

  14. SŌTO

    Article • March 2020, ACM (Association for Computing Machinery)

    Dr Masahiro Shiomi

  15. Do the number of robots and the participant’s gender influence conformity effect from multiple robots?

    Article • Advanced Robotics, May 2019, Taylor & Francis

    Dr Masahiro Shiomi

  16. ChiCaRo: tele-presence robot for interacting with babies and toddlers

    Article • Advanced Robotics, February 2018, Taylor & Francis

    Dr Masahiro Shiomi

  17. Does Being Hugged by a Robot Encourage Prosocial Behavior?

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

    Dr Masahiro Shiomi

  18. Does a Reciprocated Hug from a Robot Encourage Self-Disclosure?

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

    Dr Masahiro Shiomi

  19. "I'm Scared"

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

    Dr Masahiro Shiomi

  20. ChiCaRo

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

    Dr Masahiro Shiomi

  21. Alignment Approach Comparison between Implicit and Explicit Suggestions in Object Reference Conversations

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

    Dr Masahiro Shiomi

  22. Do Synchronized Multiple Robots Exert Peer Pressure?

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

    Dr Masahiro Shiomi

  23. Design of a gaze behavior at a small mistake moment for a robot

    Article • Interaction Studies Social Behaviour and Communication in Biological and Artificial Systems, December 2013, John Benjamins

    Dr Masahiro Shiomi