Balancing Autonomy and Control in Interactive Social Agent Design

Design and Evaluation of AR-Based Real-Time Feedback System for Kinesthetic Robot Teaching

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

2026-06-12

Learning from Demonstration (LfD) allows novice users to teach robots through demonstrations without coding; however, such demonst..

Ghost Arm: Aligning Human and Robot Kinematics through AR Overlays in MoCap-Based Teleoperation of Robot Arm

Q Zhou, DA Chacon, J Pan, W Johal

2026-05-08

Teleoperating a robot arm typically requires either positioning its end-effector directly or programming joint movements. The form..

Investigating Social Robot Proxies to Support Situationally Impaired Users in Hybrid Meetings

A Balaska, JES Grønbæk, C Zhang, S Schömbs, W Johal

2026-05-08

Hybrid videoconferencing often results in conversational dominance by physically present participants, particularly when remote me..

Modelling Visuo-Haptic Perception Change in Size Estimation Tasks

J Zhang, W Johal, J 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

S Schömbs, Y Zhang, C Wang, W Johal

2026-04-13

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

Oops, i Did It Again (But i Know It): Robot Failure Consistency and Awareness in Human-Robot Collaboration

R Tabatabaei, V Kostakos, W Johal

2026-04-13

In human-robot collaboration, repeated failures are inevitable and can undermine trust and perceptions of robot intelligence. Whil..

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

Y Zhang, S Schömbs, X Pan, J Leusmann, S Mongile, M Obaid, W 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