Balancing Autonomy and Control in Interactive Social Agent Design

Modelling Visuo-Haptic Perception Change in Size Estimation Tasks

Jian Zhang, Wafa Johal, Jarrod Knibbe

2026-04-13

Tangible interactions involve multiple sensory cues, enabling the accurate perception of object properties, such as size. Research..

One Body, Many Minds: Exploring Design Frictions and Considerations for Multi-Agentic Systems in Human-Robot Interaction

Sarah Schömbs, Yan Zhang, Canghai Wang, Wafa Johal

2026-04-13

When multi-agentic systems are implemented in human-robot interaction, users interact with a single physical robot while multiple ..

Investigating the Impact of Robot Degree of Redundancy on Learning from Demonstration

M Bilal, DA Chacon, N Lipovetzky, D Oetomo, W Johal

2026-03-16

Learning from Demonstration allows robots to acquire skills from human demonstrations, making them more accessible to a wider rang..

Multi-Agentic Systems in HRI (MAgicS-HRI): Bridging Design and Real-World Challenges for End Users

Yan Zhang, Sarah Schömbs, Xiang Pan, Jan Leusmann, Sara Mongile, Mohammad Obaid, Wafa Johal

2026-03-16

Recent developments in large language models and multi-agentic systems present both opportunities and challenges for Human-Robot I..

From Conversation to Orchestration: HCI Challenges and Opportunities in Interactive Multi-Agentic Systems

S Schömbs, Y Zhang, J Goncalves, W Johal

2026-01-02

Recent advances in multi-agentic systems (e.g., AutoGen, OpenAI Agents) allow users to interact with a group of specialised AI age..

Editorial: Towards HRI of everyday life

K Zawieska, M Obaid, W Johal

2025-01-01