Browsing by Author "Díaz Boladeras, Marta"
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A field study with primary school children on perception of social presence and interactive behavior with a pet robot
(2012)
Conference lecture
Open AccessThis paper presents a study on measuring (1) how children experience a pet robot, (2) how they play with it and (3) how children’s perceptions on and interaction with pet robots are interrelated. The study features different ... -
A week-long study on Robot-Visitors Spatial Relationships during Guidance in a Sciences Museum
(ACM, 2014)
Conference lecture
Open AccessIn order to observe spatial relationships in social human-robot interactions, a eld trial was carried out within the CosmoCaixa Science Museum in Barcelona. The follow me episodes studied showed that the space con gurations ... -
ACCESSIBILITAT I INNOVACIÓ - Innovació/Emprenedoria (Examen 2n quadrimestre 2012/2013) - PREGUNTA
(Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya, 2013-06-06)
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ACCESSIBILITAT I INNOVACIÓ - Innovació/Emprenedoria (Examen 2n quadrimestre 2012/2013) - VALIDACIÓ PLA D’EMPRESA
(Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya, 2013-06-06)
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ACCESSIBILITAT I INNOVACIÓ - Innovació/Emprenedoria (Examen 2n quadrimestre 2012/2013) -TEST
(Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya, 2013-06-06)
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Accessibility in the university environment and its perception by students with disability
(Observatorio Universidad y Discapacidad, 2012-02-24)
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Open AccessThe overall objective of this first study of the University Observatory and Disability is to make an exploratory approach on the status of the accessibility of the Spanish university environment under a double perspective: ... -
An exploratory study of group-robot social interactions in a cultural center
(2015)
Conference lecture
Open AccessThis article describes an exploratory study of social human-robot interaction with the experimental robotic platform MASHI. The experiences were carried out in La Bobila Cultural Center in Barcelona, Spain to study the visit -
Assessing pediatrics patients’ psychological states from biomedical signals in a cloud of social robots
(Springer, 2016)
Conference report
Restricted access - publisher's policyThis paper describes an on-going research aiming to design and deploy a robotic-pet based intervention integrated to the Child Life program in a paediatric hospital. The purpose is to provide in the personalized health-care ... -
Beyond cognition and affect: sensing the unconscious
(Taylor & Francis, 2015-03-04)
Article
Restricted access - publisher's policyIn the past decade, research on human-computer interaction has embraced psychophysiological user interfaces that enhance awareness of computers about conscious cognitive and affective states of users and increase their ... -
Bond formation with pet-robots: an integrative approach
(2022-11-02)
Article
Open AccessThe challenge of long-term interaction between humans and robots is still a bottleneck in service robot research. To gain an understanding of sustained relatedness with robots, this study proposes a conceptual framework ... -
Building up child-robot relationship: from initial attraction towards long-term social engagement
(2011)
Conference report
Open AccessTo explore social bonds’ emergence with robots, a field study with 49 sixth grade scholars (aged 11-12 years) and 4 different robots was carried out at an elementary school. A subsequent laboratory experiment with 4 of ... -
Can children take advantage of Nao gaze-based hints during gameplay?
(Association for Computing Machinery (ACM), 2017)
Conference lecture
Open AccessThis paper presents a study that analyzes the effects of robots’ gaze hints on children's performance in a card-matching game. We conducted a within-subjects study, in which children played a card game “Memory” in the ... -
Comparing two LEGO Robotics-Based Interventions for Social Skills Training with Children with ASD
(2013)
Conference report
Restricted access - publisher's policyThis paper presents an analysis of two comparable studies with LEGO Robotics-based activities in a social skills training program for children with autism spectrum disorders (ASD). One study has been carried out with a ... -
Definición de reglas de comportamiento para un robot cognitivo social
(2011)
Conference lecture
Open AccessEn el proyecto singular estratégico Avanza2 ACROSS (AutoConfigurable Robots for Social Services) se definen tres escenarios para validar los desarrollos experimentales: (i) marketing, (ii) niños con problemas psicoafectivos ... -
Desenvolupament i pilotatge de l’entorn Quantum Leap (Learning English for Academic Purposes) per l’aprenentatge d’anglès a la universitat
(Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya. Institut de Ciències de l'Educació, 2010-02-11)
Conference lecture / Conference report
Open AccessEl projecte Quantum LEAP (Learning English for Academic Purposes) s’emmarca dins d’un projecte interuniversitari més ampli (finançat per la Generalitat, la UPC, la UdL, i la URV), que respon a la inquietud d’un grup de ... -
Directing attention through gaze hints Improves task solving in human-humanoid interaction
(2018-04-02)
Article
Open AccessIn this paper, we report an experimental study designed to examine how participants interpret and perceive social hints from gaze exhibited by either a robot or a human tutor when carrying out a matching task. The underlying ... -
Diseño ergonómico de interfaz gráfica y uso de interfaz de manos libres en simulación de tareas domóticas
(2010)
Conference lecture
Open AccessEste trabajo muestra las experiencias en el ámbito del diseño de interfaces con el objetivo de acercar la ergonomía cognitiva y la ingeniería de la usabilidad a la interacción mediante webcam, en sustitución del ... -
Do we know enough about the factors of the TAM model to predict the information system’s acceptance?
(Springer, 2013)
Conference report
Restricted access - publisher's policyThe acquisition and use of information are key factors in successful executive performance. Recently, EIS have been analyzed through the Technology Acceptance Model (TAM) with significant results. In order to answer the ... -
EESO - 1r. Parcial (Curs 2014-2015)
(Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya, 2015-01-09)
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EESO - 2n Parcial (Curs 2014-2015)
(Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya, 2015-01-09)
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