All Stories

  1. 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

  2. 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

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

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

    Dr Masahiro Shiomi

  4. Sawarimōto

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

    Dr Masahiro Shiomi

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

    Article • PLoS ONE, February 2023, PLOS

    Dr Masahiro Shiomi

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

    Article • PLoS ONE, December 2022, PLOS

    Dr Masahiro Shiomi

  7. 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

  8. 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

  9. 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

  10. 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

  11. SŌTO

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

    Dr Masahiro Shiomi

  12. 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

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

    Article • Advanced Robotics, February 2018, Taylor & Francis

    Dr Masahiro Shiomi

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

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

    Dr Masahiro Shiomi

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

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

    Dr Masahiro Shiomi

  16. "I'm Scared"

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

    Dr Masahiro Shiomi

  17. ChiCaRo

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

    Dr Masahiro Shiomi

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

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

    Dr Masahiro Shiomi

  19. Do Synchronized Multiple Robots Exert Peer Pressure?

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

    Dr Masahiro Shiomi

  20. 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