Emotionally Specific Backchanneling in Social Human-Robot Interaction and Human-Human Interaction
Pourya Shahverdi,Katelyn Rousso,Justin Klotz,Iman Bakhoda,Malek Zribi,Wing-Yue Geoffrey Louie,Pourya Shahverdi,Katelyn Rousso,Justin Klotz,Iman Bakhoda,Malek Zribi,Wing-Yue Geoffrey Louie
Backchanneling models, designed to enhance the interactive capabilities of robots, have primarily been trained on human-human interaction data. However, applying such data directly to social robots raises concerns due to dissimilarities in the way humans and robots exhibit verbal and nonverbal behaviors, particularly in the domain of emotional backchannels. This research aims to address this gap b...
