In their study "How Perceived Fit Affects Customers’ Satisfaction of In-Store Social Robot Advice", Stephanie van de Sanden, Tibert Verhagen, Ewout Nas, Jacqueline Arnoldy, and Koen Hindriks explore how various dimensions of perceived fit influence customer attitudes and satisfaction toward social robots …

In this paper, we explore the design of web-based advice robots to enhance users' confidence in acting upon the provided advice. Drawing from research on algorithm acceptance and explainable AI, we hypothesise four design principles that may encourage interactivity and exploration, thus fostering users' …

In this paper, we explore the design of web-based advice robots to enhance users' confidence in acting upon the provided advice. Drawing from research on algorithm acceptance and explainable AI, we hypothesise four design principles that may encourage interactivity and exploration, thus fostering users' …

"Is een AI-gestuurde sociale robot de juiste keuze voor je winkel?" (Verhagen et al., 2024) presenteren Tibert Verhagen, Stephanie van de Sanden, Jacqueline Arnoldy, Ewout Nas en Koen Hindriks inzichten uit een praktijkonderzoek naar de inzet van sociale robots in twintig Nederlandse winkels, waaronder …

Werken sociale robots echt op de winkelvloer? Maken klanten er gebruik van en wat vinden zij van de robot? En hoe kijken winkelmedewerkers tegen de robot aan? Ewout Nas, Tibert Verhagen, Jacqueline Arnoldy, Stephanie van de Sanden (HvA) en Koen Hindriks (VU Amsterdam) zochten het uit. Het is voor winkeliers …

The HARMONY project supports and enables several metropolitan areas to lead a sustainable transition to a low-carbon new mobility era. For city logistics, innovative services and developments can serve as promising solutions to reduce greenhouse gas emissions and energy consumption in metropolitan areas. …

Binnen de ouderenzorg in Nederland speelt zorginnovatie en technologische vooruitgang een cruciale rol om de uitdagingen van de krimpende arbeidsmarkt aan te pakken en de zorgkwaliteit te handhaven of te verbeteren. In het project 'Regionale inventarisatie en infrastructuur zorgtechnologie', gefinancierd …

Maintaining the child-robot relationship after a significant break, such as a holiday, is an important step for developing sustainable social robots for education. We ran a four-session user study (n = 113 children) that included a nine-month break between the third and fourth session. During the study, …

Bedrijven worden in toenemende mate geconfronteerd met de opkomst van innovatieve en steeds intelligenter wordende digitale technologieën zoals sociale robots, wearables, interactieve schermen, augmented reality (AR), virtual reality (VR), hologrammen, slimme sensoren, en internet of things. Deze technologieën …

Accurate localization in autonomous robots enables effective decision-making within their operating environment. Various methods have been developed to address this challenge, encompassing traditional techniques, fiducial marker utilization, and machine learning approaches. This work proposes a deep-learning …