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  1. Stereo Vision-Based Human–Robot Interaction for Weld Seam Detection in Robotic Welding

    Article • Sensors, July 2026, MDPI AG

    Dr Patrick Holthaus

  2. Designing Artificial Identity: The Identity Design Framework and Research Agenda

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

    Dr Patrick Holthaus

  3. ZTL: Lightweight Communication Patterns for HRI

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

    Dr Patrick Holthaus, Trenton Schulz

  4. Errors, Mistakes, and Failures in Humans and Robots

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

    Dr Frank Foerster, Hatice Gunes, Dr Patrick Holthaus

  5. BPM-HRI: Best Practices and Methods in HRI Research

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

    Dr Patrick Holthaus, Daniel Tozadore

  6. Kaspar Explains: An Educational Platform using Causal Explanations to Support Children with Autism with Visual Perspective Taking

    Article • International Journal of Social Robotics, March 2026, Springer Science + Business Media

    Dr Patrick Holthaus

  7. Stereo-Based Single-Shot Hand-to-Eye Calibration for Robot Arms

    Article • Computers, January 2026, MDPI AG

    Dr Patrick Holthaus

  8. Effects of Perceived Robot Autonomy and Personal Differences on Trust in Human-Robot Interactions

    Article • January 2026, Springer Science + Business Media

    Dr Patrick Holthaus

  9. A deployment-oriented validation framework for cross-day wearable activity recognition using EMG and IMU

    Article • January 2026, Elsevier

    Dr Patrick Holthaus

  10. An Exploratory Study on Humanoid Robot KASPAR in Supporting Social Skills for Children with ASD in Malaysia

    Article • January 2026, Springer Science + Business Media

    Dr Patrick Holthaus

  11. Interpretable Room-Level Human Presence Detection Using Ambient Sensors in Smart Homes

    Article • January 2026, Springer Science + Business Media

    Dr Patrick Holthaus

  12. Manifold-Aligned In-Context Learning: Hybrid Retrieval-Augmented Tabular Foundation Models for Ambient Intelligence

    Article • IEEE Internet of Things Journal, January 2026, Institute of Electrical & Electronics Engineers (IEEE)

    Dr Patrick Holthaus

  13. A deployment-oriented validation framework for cross-day wearable activity recognition using EMG and IMU

    Article • January 2026, Elsevier

    Dr Patrick Holthaus

  14. Robot Continuity across Embodiments: Portability, Identity and Migration of Robotic Systems

    Article • August 2025, Institute of Electrical & Electronics Engineers (IEEE)

    Dr Patrick Holthaus

  15. Would Human-Robot Interaction Conferences Benefit From More Formal Reporting? : Evaluating a Novel Study Reporting Form

    Article • August 2025, Institute of Electrical & Electronics Engineers (IEEE)

    Dr Patrick Holthaus

  16. Does a “robot dog” need legs, ears, and tail? A comparative analysis of intention- and emotion-attribution to Miro-E and Unitree Go1

    Article • Biologia Futura, June 2025, Springer Science + Business Media

    Dr Patrick Holthaus

  17. Editorial: Failures and repairs in human-robot communication

    Article • Frontiers in Robotics and AI, March 2025, Frontiers

    Dr Patrick Holthaus

  18. Continual Learning Through Human-Robot Interaction: Human Perceptions of a Continual Learning Robot in Repeated Interactions

    Article • International Journal of Social Robotics, February 2025, Springer Science + Business Media

    Dr Patrick Holthaus

  19. X-HAZOP: A Family of Techniques for Ethical Hazard Analysis of Assistive Robots

    Article • IEEE Robotics & Automation Magazine, January 2025, Institute of Electrical & Electronics Engineers (IEEE)

    Dr Patrick Holthaus

  20. Clinicians’ Perspectives on Safety, Ethical, and Legal Considerations for Home-Based Physical Rehabilitation Robots: Highlighting Key Themes

    Article • IEEE Robotics & Automation Magazine, January 2025, Institute of Electrical & Electronics Engineers (IEEE)

    Dr Patrick Holthaus

  21. Agency Effects on Robot Trust in Different Age Groups

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

    Dr Patrick Holthaus, Dr Frank Foerster, Luke Wood

  22. HAI 2024 Workshop Proposal: Fluidity in Human-Agent Interaction

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

    Dr Patrick Holthaus, Dr Frank Foerster

  23. Improving Fluidity Through Action: A Proposal for a Virtual Reality Platform for Improving Real-World HRI

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

    Dr Frank Foerster, Dr Patrick Holthaus

  24. Hand Pose Detection Using YOLOv8-pose

    Article • November 2024, Institute of Electrical & Electronics Engineers (IEEE)

    Dr Patrick Holthaus

  25. Human Presence Detection to Support Contextual Awareness in Ambient Assisted Living Scenarios

    Article • October 2024, Institute of Electrical & Electronics Engineers (IEEE)

    Dr Patrick Holthaus

  26. Efficient Skeleton-Based Human Activity Recognition in Ambient Assisted Living Scenarios with Multi-View CNN

    Article • September 2024, Institute of Electrical & Electronics Engineers (IEEE)

    Dr Patrick Holthaus

  27. Robotic Vision and Multi-View Synergy: Action and Activity Recognition in Assisted Living Scenarios

    Article • September 2024, Institute of Electrical & Electronics Engineers (IEEE)

    Dr Patrick Holthaus

  28. Trust, Acceptance and Social Cues in Human-Robot Interaction (SCRITA)

    Article • International Journal of Social Robotics, June 2024, Springer Science + Business Media

    Dr Patrick Holthaus

  29. A Human-Centered View of Continual Learning: Understanding Interactions, Teaching Patterns, and Perceptions of Human Users Towards a Continual Learning Robot in Repeated Interactions

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

    Ali Ayub, Dr Patrick Holthaus, Professor Kerstin Dautenhahn

  30. When the Robotic Maths Tutor is Wrong - Can Children Identify Mistakes Generated by ChatGPT?

    Article • April 2024, Institute of Electrical & Electronics Engineers (IEEE)

    Dr Patrick Holthaus

  31. Two-Level Reinforcement Learning Framework for Self-sustained Personal Robots

    Article • December 2023, Springer Science + Business Media

    Dr Patrick Holthaus

  32. Working with troubles and failures in conversation between humans and robots: workshop report

    Article • Frontiers in Robotics and AI, December 2023, Frontiers

    Dr Patrick Holthaus

  33. A feasibility study of using Kaspar, a humanoid robot for speech and language therapy for children with learning disabilities*

    Article • August 2023, Institute of Electrical & Electronics Engineers (IEEE)

    Dr Patrick Holthaus

  34. How Do Human Users Teach a Continual Learning Robot in Repeated Interactions?

    Article • August 2023, Institute of Electrical & Electronics Engineers (IEEE)

    Dr Patrick Holthaus

  35. Kaspar Explains: The Effect of Causal Explanations on Visual Perspective Taking Skills in Children with Autism Spectrum Disorder

    Article • August 2023, Institute of Electrical & Electronics Engineers (IEEE)

    Dr Patrick Holthaus

  36. Working with Troubles and Failures in Conversation Between Humans and Robots

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

    Dr Frank Foerster, Dr Patrick Holthaus, Dr Maria Jose Galvez Trigo

  37. Explaining and designing robot communication signals to people

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

    Dr Patrick Holthaus, Trenton Schulz

  38. Towards Improved Replicability of Human Studies in Human-Robot Interaction

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

    Dr Patrick Holthaus, Paul Pridham

  39. Improving Public Engagement with Ethical Complexities of Assistive Robots

    Article • January 2023, Springer Science + Business Media

    Dr Patrick Holthaus

  40. #UKRAS22: The 5th UK Robotics and Autonomous Systems Conference

    Article • November 2022, UK-Robotics and Autonomous Systems (RAS) Network

    Dr Patrick Holthaus

  41. Towards understanding causality – a retrospective study of using explanations in interactions between a humanoid robot and autistic children

    Article • August 2022, Institute of Electrical & Electronics Engineers (IEEE)

    Dr Patrick Holthaus

  42. Classification of Personal Data Used by Personalised Robot Companions Based on Concern of Exposure

    Article • January 2022, Springer Science + Business Media

    Dr Patrick Holthaus

  43. Kaspar Causally Explains

    Article • January 2022, Springer Science + Business Media

    Dr Patrick Holthaus

  44. Trust, Acceptance and Social Cues in Human–Robot Interaction (SCRITA)

    Article • International Journal of Social Robotics, December 2021, Springer Science + Business Media

    Dr Patrick Holthaus

  45. Affordable Robot Mapping using Omnidirectional Vision

    Article • July 2021, UK-Robotics and Autonomous Systems (RAS) Network

    Dr Patrick Holthaus

  46. Human activity recognition in RoboCup@home: Inspiration from online benchmarks

    Article • July 2021, UK-Robotics and Autonomous Systems (RAS) Network

    Dr Patrick Holthaus

  47. Robot House Human Activity Recognition Dataset

    Article • July 2021, UK-Robotics and Autonomous Systems (RAS) Network

    Dr Patrick Holthaus

  48. #UKRAS21: The 4th UK Robotics and Autonomous Systems Conference

    Article • July 2021, UK-Robotics and Autonomous Systems (RAS) Network

    Dr Patrick Holthaus

  49. How can a robot use social communication to facilitate an encounter with a human?

    Article • International Journal of Social Robotics, February 2021, Springer Science + Business Media

    Dr Patrick Holthaus

  50. Movement acts in breakdown situations: How a robot's recovery procedure affects participants' opinions

    Article • Paladyn, January 2021, De Gruyter

    Dr Patrick Holthaus

  51. Evaluating People’s Perceptions of Trust in a Robot in a Repeated Interactions Study

    Article • January 2020, Springer Science + Business Media

    Dr Patrick Holthaus

  52. Social Cues in Robot Interaction, Trust and Acceptance

    Article • Interaction Studies Social Behaviour and Communication in Biological and Artificial Systems, November 2019, John Benjamins

    Dr Patrick Holthaus

  53. Social cues in robot interaction, trust and acceptance

    Article • Interaction Studies Social Behaviour and Communication in Biological and Artificial Systems, November 2019, John Benjamins

    Dr Patrick Holthaus

  54. Differences of Human Perceptions of a Robot Moving using Linear or Slow in, Slow out Velocity Profiles When Performing a Cleaning Task

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

    Dr Patrick Holthaus

  55. Humans' Perception of a Robot Moving Using a Slow in and Slow Out Velocity Profile

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

    Dr Patrick Holthaus

  56. How a Robot’s Social Credibility Affects Safety Performance

    Article • January 2019, Springer Science + Business Media

    Dr Patrick Holthaus

  57. Getting to know Pepper

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

    Dr Patrick Holthaus

  58. Competitive Agents for Intelligent Home Automation

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

    Dr Patrick Holthaus

  59. The Cognitive Service Robotics Apartment

    Article • KI - Künstliche Intelligenz, July 2017, Springer Science + Business Media

    Dr Patrick Holthaus

  60. 1st international workshop on embodied interaction with smart environments (workshop summary)

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

    Dr Patrick Holthaus

  61. Welcome to the Future – How Naïve Users Intuitively Address an Intelligent Robotics Apartment

    Article • January 2016, Springer Science + Business Media

    Dr Patrick Holthaus

  62. The receptionist robot

    Article • January 2014, ACM (Association for Computing Machinery)

    Dr Patrick Holthaus

  63. Direct on-line imitation of human faces with hierarchical ART networks

    Article • August 2013, Institute of Electrical & Electronics Engineers (IEEE)

    Dr Patrick Holthaus

  64. Active peripersonal space for more intuitive HRI

    Article • November 2012, Institute of Electrical & Electronics Engineers (IEEE)

    Dr Patrick Holthaus

  65. How Can I Help?

    Article • International Journal of Social Robotics, September 2011, Springer Science + Business Media

    Dr Patrick Holthaus

  66. Towards a typology of meaningful signals and cues in social robotics

    Article • July 2011, Institute of Electrical & Electronics Engineers (IEEE)

    Dr Patrick Holthaus

  67. Can I Help You?

    Article • January 2010, Springer Science + Business Media

    Dr Patrick Holthaus