Journal Papers
A. Bacula and H. Knight, “MoTiS Parameters for Expressive Multi-Robot Systems: Relative Motion, Timing, and Spacing” International Journal of Social Robotics (SORO 2022). October 2022. Download PDF | Bibtex
Y. Tsai, C. Wadgaonkar, B. Chun, H. Knight, “How Service Robots Can Improve Workplace Experience: Camaraderie, Customization, and Humans-In-The-Loop.” International Journal of Social Robotics (SORO 2022). October 2022. Download PDF | Bibtex
A. Bacula, J. Mercer, J. Berger, J. Adams, and H. Knight, “Integrating Robot Manufacturer Perspectives into Legible Factory Robot Light Communications.” Transactions on Human Robot Interaction (THRI 2021). 2021. Download PDF | Bibtex
B. Chun and H. Knight, “The Robot Makers: An Ethnography of Anthropomorphism at a Robotics Company.” Transactions on Human-Robot Interaction (THRI 2020). 2020. Download PDF | Bibtex
H. Knight, “Eight Lessons Learned about Non-Verbal Interactions through Robot Theater.” Social Robotics, Springer Berlin-Heidelberg. 2011. Download PDF | Bibtex
Conference Papers
H. Knight, D. Flynn, T. Oo, and J. Hansen. “Iterative Robot Waiter Algorithm Design: Cocktail-Party Service Expectations and Social Factors." International Conference on Human-Robot Interaction (HRI ’24), Boulder, CO, USA, March 2024. Download PDF |
A. Bacula, E. Villalovoz, D. Flynn, A. Mehta, and H. Knight. “Social Triangles and Aggressive Lines: Multi-Robot Formations Impact Navigation and Approach." International Conference on Intelligent Robots and Systems (IROS ’23), Detroit, USA, October 2023. Download PDF | Bibtex
H. Knight. and S. Buchmeister. “The Video Game to Robot Driver Pipeline: Sociability with Humans in the Loop." Int'l Conference on Robot & Human Interactive Communication (RO-MAN 2023), Busan, Korea, August 2023. Download PDF |
Y. Tsai, P. Bana, S. Loiselle, and H. Knight. “SantizerBot: How Human-in-the-Loop Robots Can Playfully Support Humans." International Conference on Robotics and Automation (ICRA ’22), Kyoto, October 2022. Download PDF | Bibtex
A. Bacula, J. Berger, and H. Knight. "Incoherent Robot Groups: How Divergent Motions within a Robot Group Predict Functional and Social Interpretations." International Conference on Movement and Computing (MOCO 2022), Chicago, June 2022. Download PDF | Bibtex
B. Stoddard, Mark-Robin Giolando, and H. Knight. “Teleoperating Multi-Robot Furniture.” Proceedings of Int'l Conference of Social Robotics (ICSR 2021), Virtual Conference, November 2021. Download PDF | View Video | Bibtex
J. Berger, A. Bacula, and H. Knight. “Exploring Communicatory Gestures for Simple Multi-Robot Systems.” Proceedings of Int'l Conference of Social Robotics (ICSR 2021), Virtual Conference, November 2021. Download PDF | Bibtex
A. Fallatah, B. Stoddard, M. Burnett, and H. Knight. "Towards User-Centric Robot Furniture Arrangement." Int'l Conference on Robot & Human Interactive Communication (RO-MAN 2021), Virtual Conference , August 2021. Download PDF | Bibtex
J. Swaminathan, J. Akinotoye, M. Fraune and H. Knight. "Robots That Run their Own Human Experiments: Exploring Relational Humor with Multi-Robot Comedy." Int'l Conference on Robot & Human Interactive Communication (RO-MAN 2021), Virtual Event, August 2021. Download PDF | Bibtex
A. Fallatah, B. Chun and H. Knight. “"Would You Please Buy Me A Coffee?": How Microcultures Impact People's Helpful Actions Toward Robots.” Proceedings of Designing Interactive Systems (DIS 2020), virtual event, July 2020. Download PDF | Bibtex
A. Fallatah, J. Urann and H. Knight. “The Robot Show Must Go On: Effective Responses to Robot Failures on Stage.” Proceedings of International Conference on Intelligent Robots and Systems (IROS 2019), Macau, China, November 2019. Download PDF | Bibtex
A. Agnihotri and H. Knight. “Persuasive ChairBots: A (Mostly) Robot-Recruited Experiment.” Proceedings of International Conference on Robot and Human Communication (Ro-Man 2019), New Dehli, India, October 2019. Download PDF | Bibtex
J. Rond, A. Sanchez, J. Berger and H. Knight. “Improv with Robots: Creativity, Inspiration, and Co-Performance.” Proceedings of International Conference on Robot and Human Communication (Ro-Man 2019), New Dehli, India, October 2019. Download PDF | Bibtex
S. Hedaoo, A. Williams, C. Wadgaonkar and H. Knight. “A Robot Barista Comments on its Clients: Social Attitudes Toward Robot Data Use”. Proceedings of International Conference on Human-Robot Interaction (HRI 2019), Daegu, Korea, March 2019. Download PDF | Bibtex
H. Knight, T. Lee, B. Hallawell, and W. Ju. “I Get It Already! The Influence of ChairBot Motion Gestures on Bystander Response.” Proceedings of International Conference on Robot and Human Communication (Ro-Man 2017), Lisbon, Portugal, September 2017. Download PDF | Bibtex
H. Knight and R. Simmons. “An Intelligent Design Interface for Dancers to Teach Robots.” Proceedings of International Conference on Robot and Human Communication (Ro-Man 2017), Lisbon, Portugal, September 2017. Download PDF | Bibtex
R. Simmons and H. Knight. “Keep on Dancing: Effects of Expressive Motion Mimicry.” Proceedings of International Conference on Robot and Human Communication (Ro-Man 2017), Lisbon, Portugal, September 2017. Download PDF | Bibtex
H. Knight, M. Veloso and R. Simmons. “Expressive Path Shape (Swagger): Simple Features that Illustrate a Mobile Robot’s Attitude Toward its Goal” Proceedings of International Conference on Intelligent Robots and Systems (IROS 2017), Daejeong, Korea, October 2017. Download PDF | Bibtex
H. Knight and R. Simmons. “Laban Head-Motions Convey Robot State: A Call for Robot Body Language.” Proceedings of International Conference of Robotics and Automation (ICRA 2016), Stockholm, Sweden, May 2016. Download PDF | Bibtex
H. Knight, M. Veloso and R. Simmons. “Taking Candy from a Robot: Speed Features and Candy Accessibility Predict Human Response.” Proceedings of International Conference on Robot and Human Communication (Ro-Man 2015), Kobe, Japan, September 2015. Download PDF | Bibtex
H. Knight and R. Simmons. “Expressive Motion with X, Y and Theta: Laban Effort Features for Mobile Robots.” Proceedings of International Conference on Robot and Human Communication (Ro-Man 2014), Edinburgh, Scotland, August 2014. Download PDF | Bibtex
H. Knight and R. Simmons. “Estimating Human Interest and Attention via Gaze Analysis.” Proceedings of International Conference of Robotics and Automation (ICRA 2013), Karlsruhe, Germany, May 2013, pp. 4350-4355. Download PDF | Bibtex
H. Knight, R. Toscano, W. D. Steele, A. Chang, Y. Wang and Cynthia Breazeal. “Real-time Touch Gesture Recognition for a Sensate Robot.” Proceedings of International Conference on Intelligent Robots and Systems (IROS 2009) St. Louis, Missouri, October 2009, pp. 3715-3720. Download PDF | Bibtex
H. Knight, J. Lee, and H. Ma. “Chair Alarm for Patient Fall Prevention based on Gesture Recognition and Interactivity.” Proceedings of International Conference on Engineering in Medicine and Biology Society (EMBC 2008), Vancouver, Canada, August 2008. Download PDF | Bibtex
Workshop/ LBR/ Video
S. Patil, T. Mwe Oo, H. Knight. “Exploring the Utilities of LLM’s in Robot-Supported Mindfulness Practices.” Workshop on LLM Scarecrows in HRI at International Conference on Human-Robot Interaction, March 2024. Download PDF
B. Stoddard, T. Mwe Oo, H. Knight. “A User Interface for Multi-Robot Furniture.“ Workshop on Designerly HRI Knowledge at the International Conference on Human-Robot Interaction (HRI 2022), Virtual Event, March 2022. Download PDF | Bibtex
B. Stoddard, M. Cravetz, T. Player, H. Knight “A Haptic Multimodal Interface with Abstract Controls for Semi-Autonomous Manipulation.“ HRI Video Demo in Proceedings of the International Conference on Human-Robot Interaction (HRI 2022), Virtual Event. March 2022. Download PDF | View Video | Bibtex
B. Stoddard, A. Fallatah, and H. Knight. "A Web-based User Interface for HRI Studies on Multi-robot Furniture Arrangement." HRI Video Demo in Proceedings of the International Conference on Human-Robot Interaction (HRI 2021), Virtual Event. March 2021. Download PDF | View Video | Bibtex
Y. Tsai, P. Bana, H. Knight. "Can Service Robots Help Best Practices for COVID?." HRI Video in Proceedings of the International Conference on Human-Robot Interaction (HRI 2021), Virtual Event, March 2021. Download PDF | View Video | Bibtex
C. Wadgaonkar, J. Freischuetz, A. Agrawal, and H. Knight. “Exploring Behavioral Anthropomorphism with Robots in Virtual Reality.” Virtual and Augmented Reality Workshop at the International Conference of Human-Robot Interaction (VAM-HRI 2021), Virtual Event, March 2021. Download PDF | Bibtex
J. Swaminathan, S. Jujjuri, H. Knight. “Using Street-Performance Style Robot Comedians to Attract Audiences for HRI Studies” Workshop on Performing Art Robots & Technologies (PAR-T) at International Conference of Robots and Systems (RSS 2020), Virtual Event, July 2020. Download PDF
A. Bacula, H. Knight. “Dance Prototyping: Communicating Group Membership and Relational Attitudes via Multi-Robot Expressive Motion.” Workshop on Performing Art Robots & Technologies (PAR-T) at International Conference of Robots and Systems (RSS 2020), Virtual Event, July 2020. Download PDF | Bibtex
A. Bacula, J. Mercer, H. Knight. “Legible Light Communications for Factory Robots.” Late Breaking Report in Proceedings of International Conference on Human-Robot Interaction (HRI 2020), Virtual Event, March 2020. Download PDF | Bibtex
A. Agnihotri and H. Knight. “Distinguishing Personality through Motion.” Late Breaking Report in Proceedings of International Conference on Human-Robot Interaction (HRI 2020), Virtual Event, March 2020. Download PDF | Bibtex
A. Fallatah, B. Chun and H. Knight. “Semi-Ethnographic Study on Human Responses to a Help-Seeker Robot” HRI Video in Proceedings of International Conference on Human-Robot Interaction (HRI 2020), Virtual Event, March 2020. Download PDF | View Video | Bibtex
A. Bacula, H. Knight. “Excluded by the Jellyfish: Robot Group Expressive Motion.” ICRA-X Special Session in Proceedings of International Conference on Robotics and Automation (ICRA 2019). Montreal, Canada, May 2019. Download PDF | Bibtex
J. Urann, A. Fallatah and H. Knight. “Dancing with ChairBots.” HRI Video in Proceedings of International Conference on Human-Robot Interaction (HRI 2019). Daegu, Korea, March 2019. Download PDF | View Video | Bibtex
A. Agnihotri and H. Knight. “Persuasive Chairbots: A Robot Recruited Experiment.” HRI Pioneers Workshop @ International Conference on Human-Robot Interaction (HRI 2019), Daegu, Korea, March 2019. Download PDF | Bibtex
A. Agnihotri, A. Shutterly, A. Fallatah, B. Layng, and H. Knight. “ChairBot Café: Personality-Based Expressive Motion.” Social Robots in the Wild Workshop @ International Conference on Human-Robot Interaction (HRI 2018), Chicago, USA, March 2018. Download PDF | Bibtex
A. Shutterly, Y. Menguc and H. Knight. “Contextual Collision: The Social Consequences of Touch and Collision in Human Robot Interaction.” Pioneers Workshop @ Int'l Conference on Human-Robot Interaction (HRI 2018). Download PDF | Bibtex
A. Shutterly, Y. Menguc and H. Knight. “Foldable Emotive Robots.” Folding in Robotics Workshop @ International Conference on Intelligent Robots and Systems (IROS 2017), Vancouver, Canada, September 2017. Download PDF | Bibtex
H. Knight, H and R. Simmons. “Layering Laban Effort Features on Robot Task Motions.” Late Breaking Report at International Conference on Human Robot Interaction (HRI ‘15), Portland, Oregon, March 2015. Download PDF | Bibtex
H. Knight. “Acting Lesson with Robot: Emotional Gestures.” HRI Video in Proceedings of International Conference on Human-Robot Interaction, Boston, Massachusetts, March 2012. Download PDF | View Video | Bibtex
H. Knight and R. Simmons. “Tracking Aggregate vs. Individual Gaze Behaviors during a Robot-led Tour Simplifies Overall Engagement Estimates” Late Breaking Report for the International Conference on Human-Robot Interaction, Boston, Massachusetts, March 2012. Download PDF | Bibtex
H. Knight, S. Divvala, and S Satkin. “A Savvy Robot Standup Comic: Realtime Learning through Audience Tracking” Work-in-progress paper for the International Conference on Tangible and Embedded Interaction (TEI ’11), Funchal, Portugal, January 2011. Download PDF | Bibtex
H. Knight, A. Chang, W.D. Steele, R. Toscano, Y. Wang and C. Breazeal. “Robot Design Rubrics for Social Gesture Categorization and User Studies with Children.” HRI Workshop on How to Integrate Social Robots into Society at the International Conference on Human Robot Interaction (HRI ’09), Lausanne, Switzerland, March 2009. Download PDF | Bibtex