Professor Tony Belpaeme
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Professor Tony Belpaeme

Visiting Professor

School of Engineering, Computing and Mathematics (Faculty of Science and Engineering)

Biography

Biography

Qualifications

PhD, MSc, BSc

Professional membership

IEEE, ACM

Key publications

Kennedy J, Baxter P & Belpaeme T (2015) 'Comparing Robot Embodiments in a Guided Discovery Learning Interaction with Children' INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF SOCIAL ROBOTICS 7, (2) 293-308 , DOI
Marocco D, Cangelosi A, Fischer K & Belpaeme T (2010) 'Grounding Action Words in the Sensorimotor Interaction with the World: Experiments with a Simulated iCub Humanoid Robot' Front Neurorobot 4, Author Site , DOI Open access
Steels L & Belpaeme T (2005) 'Coordinating perceptually grounded categories through language: A case study for colour' Behavioral and Brain Sciences 28, (4) 469-+
Belpaeme T & Bleys J (2005) 'Explaining universal color categories through a constrained acquisition process' Adaptive Behavior 13, (4) 293-310
Colin TR, Belpaeme T, Cangelosi A & Hemion N (2016) 'Hierarchical reinforcement learning as creative problem solving' Robotics and Autonomous Systems 86, 196-206 , DOI Open access
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Publications

Publications

Key publications

Kennedy J, Baxter P & Belpaeme T (2015) 'Comparing Robot Embodiments in a Guided Discovery Learning Interaction with Children' INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF SOCIAL ROBOTICS 7, (2) 293-308 , DOI
Marocco D, Cangelosi A, Fischer K & Belpaeme T (2010) 'Grounding Action Words in the Sensorimotor Interaction with the World: Experiments with a Simulated iCub Humanoid Robot' Front Neurorobot 4, Author Site , DOI Open access
Steels L & Belpaeme T (2005) 'Coordinating perceptually grounded categories through language: A case study for colour' Behavioral and Brain Sciences 28, (4) 469-+
Belpaeme T & Bleys J (2005) 'Explaining universal color categories through a constrained acquisition process' Adaptive Behavior 13, (4) 293-310
Colin TR, Belpaeme T, Cangelosi A & Hemion N (2016) 'Hierarchical reinforcement learning as creative problem solving' Robotics and Autonomous Systems 86, 196-206 , DOI Open access

Key publications are highlighted

Journals
Articles
Wolfert P, Henter GE & Belpaeme T (2024) 'Exploring the Effectiveness of Evaluation Practices for Computer-Generated Nonverbal Behaviour' Applied Sciences 14, (4) 1460-1460 Publisher Site , DOI
Šabanovic S, Charisi V, Belpaeme T, Bethel CL, Mataric M, Murphy R & Levy-Tzedek S (2023) '“Robots for good”: Ten defining questions' Science Robotics 8, (84) , DOI
Ren Q, Hou Y, Botteldooren D & Belpaeme T (2023) 'Behavioural Models of Risk-Taking in Human–Robot Tactile Interactions' Sensors 23, (10) 4786-4786 , DOI
Pinto-Bernal MJ, Sierra M. SD, Munera M, Casas D, Villa-Moreno A, Frizera-Neto A, Stoelen MF, Belpaeme T & Cifuentes CA (2023) 'Do different robot appearances change emotion recognition in children with ASD?' Frontiers in Neurorobotics 17, , DOI
Johal W, Belpaeme T & Chetouani M (2022) 'Editorial: Robots for learning' Frontiers in Robotics and AI 9, , DOI
Irfan B, Céspedes N, Casas J, Senft E, Gutiérrez LF, Rincon-Roncancio M, Cifuentes CA, Belpaeme T & Múnera M (2022) 'Personalised socially assistive robot for cardiac rehabilitation: Critical reflections on long-term interactions in the real world' User Modeling and User-Adapted Interaction 33, (2) 497-544 , DOI
Wolfert P, Robinson N & Belpaeme T (2022) 'A Review of Evaluation Practices of Gesture Generation in Embodied Conversational Agents' IEEE Transactions on Human-Machine Systems 52, (3) 379-389 , DOI
Bartlett ME, Edmunds CER, Belpaeme T & Thill S (2022) 'Have I Got the Power? Analysing and Reporting Statistical Power in HRI' ACM Transactions on Human-Robot Interaction 11, (2) 1-16 , DOI
Irfan B, Ortiz MG, Lyubova N & Belpaeme T (2021) 'Multi-modal Open World User Identification' ACM Transactions on Human-Robot Interaction 11, (1) 1-50 , DOI
Wallbridge CD, Smith A, Giuliani M, Melhuish C, Belpaeme T & Lemaignan S (2021) 'The Effectiveness of Dynamically Processed Incremental Descriptions in Human Robot Interaction' ACM Transactions on Human-Robot Interaction 11, (1) 1-24 , DOI
Vasiliu L, Cortis K, McDermott R, Kerr A, Peters A, Hesse M, Hagemeyer J, Belpaeme T, McDonald J & Villing R (2021) 'CASIE – Computing affect and social intelligence for healthcare in an ethical and trustworthy manner' Paladyn, Journal of Behavioral Robotics 12, (1) 437-453 , DOI
Irfan B, Hellou M & Belpaeme T (2021) 'Coffee With a Hint of Data: Towards Using Data-Driven Approaches in Personalised Long-Term Interactions' Frontiers in Robotics and AI 8, , DOI
Céspedes N, Irfan B, Senft E, Cifuentes CA, Gutierrez LF, Rincon-Roncancio M, Belpaeme T & Múnera M (2021) 'A Socially Assistive Robot for Long-Term Cardiac Rehabilitation in the Real World' Frontiers in Neurorobotics 15, , DOI
Qbilat M, Iglesias A & Belpaeme T (2021) 'A Proposal of Accessibility Guidelines for Human-Robot Interaction' Electronics 10, (5) 561-561 , DOI
Hanoch Y, Arvizzigno F, Hernandez García D, Denham S, Belpaeme T & Gummerum M (2020) 'The Robot Made Me Do It: Human–Robot Interaction and Risk-Taking Behavior' Cyberpsychology, Behavior, and Social Networking 24, (5) 337-342 , DOI
Casas J, Senft E, Gutiérrez LF, Rincón-Rocancio M, Múnera M, Belpaeme T & Cifuentes CA (2020) 'Social Assistive Robots: Assessing the Impact of a Training Assistant Robot in Cardiac Rehabilitation' International Journal of Social Robotics 13, (6) 1189-1203 , DOI
Casas-Bocanegra D, Gomez-Vargas D, Pinto-Bernal MJ, Maldonado J, Munera M, Villa-Moreno A, Stoelen MF, Belpaeme T & Cifuentes CA (2020) 'An Open-Source Social Robot Based on Compliant Soft Robotics for Therapy with Children with ASD' Actuators 9, (3) 91-91 , DOI Open access
Billing E, Belpaeme T, Cai H, Cao H-L, Ciocan A, Costescu C, David D, Homewood R, Hernandez Garcia D & Gómez Esteban P (2020) 'The DREAM Dataset: Supporting a data-driven study of autism spectrum disorder and robot enhanced therapy' PLOS ONE 15, (8) e0236939-e0236939 , DOI Open access
Ramírez-Duque AA, Aycardi LF, Villa A, Munera M, Bastos T, Belpaeme T, Frizera-Neto A & Cifuentes CA (2020) 'Collaborative and Inclusive Process with the Autism Community: A Case Study in Colombia About Social Robot Design' International Journal of Social Robotics , DOI Open access
Ismail LI, Hanapiah FA, Belpaeme T, Dambre J & Wyffels F (2020) 'Analysis of Attention in Child–Robot Interaction Among Children Diagnosed with Cognitive Impairment' International Journal of Social Robotics , DOI Open access
Senft E, Lemaignan S, Baxter PE, Bartlett M & Belpaeme T (2019) 'Teaching robots social autonomy from in situ human guidance' Science Robotics 4, (35) 0-0 , DOI Open access
Wallbridge CD, Lemaignan S, Senft E & Belpaeme T (2019) 'Generating Spatial Referring Expressions in a Social Robot: Dynamic vs. Non-ambiguous' Frontiers in Robotics and AI 6, , DOI Open access
Bartlett ME, Edmunds CER, Belpaeme T, Thill S & Lemaignan S (2019) 'What Can You See? Identifying Cues on Internal States From the Movements of Natural Social Interactions' Frontiers in Robotics and AI 6, , DOI Open access
Cao H-L, Esteban PG, Bartlett M, Baxter P, Belpaeme T, Billing E, Cai H, Coeckelbergh M, Costescu C & David D (2019) 'Robot-Enhanced Therapy: Development and Validation of Supervised Autonomous Robotic System for Autism Spectrum Disorders Therapy' IEEE Robotics & Automation Magazine 26, (2) 49-58 , DOI Open access
Cai H, Fang Y, Jue Z, Costescu C, David D, Billing E, Ziemke T, Thill S, Belpaeme T & Vanderborght B (2018) 'Sensing-Enhanced Therapy System for Assessing Children With Autism Spectrum Disorders: A Feasibility Study' IEEE Sensors Journal 19, (4) 1508-1518 Author Site , DOI Open access
Lemaignan S, Edmunds CER, Senft E & Belpaeme T (2018) 'The PInSoRo dataset: Supporting the data- driven study of child-child and child-robot social dynamics' PLoS ONE 13, (10) Author Site , DOI Open access
Belpaeme T, Kennedy J, Ramachandran A, Scassellati B & Tanaka F (2018) 'Social robots for education: A review' Science Robotics 3, (21) Author Site , DOI Open access
Vollmer A-L, Read R, Trippas D & Belpaeme T (2018) 'Children conform, adults resist: A robot group induced peer pressure on normative social conformity' Science Robotics 0-0 , DOI Open access
Galvão Gomes da Silva J, Belpaeme T, Kavanagh DJ, Taylor L, Beeson K & Andrade J (2018) 'Experiences of a motivational interview delivered by a robot: qualitative study' Journal of Medical Internet Research Publisher Site , DOI Open access
Richardson K, Coeckelbergh M, Wakunuma K, Billing E, Ziemke T, Gomez P, Vanderborght B & Belpaeme T (2018) 'Robot Enhanced Therapy for Children with Autism (DREAM): A Social Model of Autism' IEEE Technology and Society Magazine 37, (1) 30-39 , DOI Open access
Belpaeme T, Vogt P, van den Berghe R, Bergmann K, Göksun T, de Haas M, Kanero J, Kennedy J, Küntay AC & Oudgenoeg-Paz O (2018) 'Guidelines for Designing Social Robots as Second Language Tutors' International Journal of Social Robotics 10, (3) 325-341 , DOI Open access
Belpaeme T (2018) 'A Personalized and Platform-Independent Behavior Control System for Social Robots in Therapy: Development and Applications' IEEE Transactions on Cognitive and Developmental Systems 11, (3) 334-346 , DOI Open access
Lemaignan S, Edmunds C, Senft E & Belpaeme T (2017) 'The Free-play Sandbox: a Methodology for the Evaluation of Social Robotics and a Dataset of Social Interactions' ArXiv Author Site Publisher Site Open access
Di Nuovo A, Broz F, Wang N, Belpaeme T, Cangelosi A, Jones R, Esposito R, Cavallo F & Dario P (2017) 'The multi-modal interface of Robot-Era multi-robot services tailored for the elderly' Intelligent Service Robotics 1-18 , DOI Open access
Baxter P, Ashurst E, Read R, Kennedy J & Belpaeme T (2017) 'Robot education peers in a situated primary school study: Personalisation promotes child learning' PLoS One 12, (5) Author Site , DOI Open access
Esteban PG, Baxter P, Belpaeme T, Billing E, Cai H, Cao H-L, Coeckelbergh M, Costescu C, David D & De Beir A (2017) 'How to Build a Supervised Autonomous System for Robot-Enhanced Therapy for Children with Autism Spectrum Disorder' Paladyn, Journal of Behavioral Robotics 8, (1) , DOI Open access
Kennedy J, Baxter P & Belpaeme T (2017) 'The Impact of Robot Tutor Nonverbal Social Behavior on Child Learning' Frontiers in ICT 4, (6) , DOI Open access
Senft E, Baxter P, Kennedy J, Lemaignan S & Belpaeme T (2017) 'Supervised autonomy for online learning in human-robot interaction' Pattern Recognition Letters , DOI Open access
Kennedy J, Baxter P & Belpaeme T (2016) 'Nonverbal Immediacy as a Characterisation of Social Behaviour for Human–Robot Interaction' International Journal of Social Robotics , DOI Open access
Colin TR, Belpaeme T, Cangelosi A & Hemion N (2016) 'Hierarchical reinforcement learning as creative problem solving' Robotics and Autonomous Systems 86, 196-206 , DOI Open access
(2016) 'Corrigendum' International Journal of Human–Computer Interaction 32, (9) 745-745 , DOI
Lyon C, Nehaniv CL, Saunders J, Belpaeme T, Bisio A, Fischer K, Förster F, Lehmann H, Metta G & Mohan V (2016) 'Embodied Language Learning and Cognitive Bootstrapping: Methods and Design Principles' International Journal of Advanced Robotic Systems 13, (3) 105-105 , DOI Open access
Read R & Belpaeme T (2015) 'People Interpret Robotic Non-linguistic Utterances Categorically' International Journal of Social Robotics 8, (1) 31-50 , DOI Open access
de Greeff J & Belpaeme T (2015) 'Why Robots Should Be Social: Enhancing Machine Learning through Social Human-Robot Interaction' PLOS ONE 10, (9) e0138061-e0138061 , DOI Open access
Broz F, Di Nuovo A, Belpaeme T & Cangelosi A (2015) 'Talking About Task Progress: Towards Integrating Task Planning and Dialog for Assistive Robotic Services' Paladyn, Journal of Behavioral Robotics 6, (1) , DOI
Kennedy J, Baxter P & Belpaeme T (2015) 'Comparing Robot Embodiments in a Guided Discovery Learning Interaction with Children' INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF SOCIAL ROBOTICS 7, (2) 293-308 , DOI
Morse AF, Benitez VL, Belpaeme T, Cangelosi A & Smith LB (2015) 'Posture affects how robots and infants map words to objects' PLoS One 10, (3) Author Site , DOI Open access
Di Nuovo A, Broz F, Belpaeme T, Cangelosi A, Cavallo F, Esposito R & Dario P (2015) 'Toward usable and acceptable robot interfaces for the elderly: The robot-era project experience' INTERNATIONAL PSYCHOGERIATRICS 27, S179-S179 Open access
Broz F, Nehaniv CL, Belpaeme T, Bisio A, Dautenhahn K, Fadiga L, Ferrauto T, Fischer K, Förster F & Gigliotta O (2014) 'The ITALK project: a developmental robotics approach to the study of individual, social, and linguistic learning' Top Cogn Sci 6, (3) 534-544 Author Site , DOI
Baxter PE, de Greeff J & Belpaeme T (2013) 'Cognitive architecture for human-robot interaction: Towards behavioural alignment' BIOLOGICALLY INSPIRED COGNITIVE ARCHITECTURES 6, 30-39 , DOI
Belpaeme T, Baxter P, Read R, Wood R, Cuayáhuitl H, Kiefer B, Racioppa S, Kruijff-Korbayová I, Athanasopoulos G & Enescu V (2013) 'Multimodal Child-Robot Interaction: Building Social Bonds' Journal of Human-Robot Interaction 1, (2) 33-53 Publisher Site , DOI
Belpaeme T & Morse A (2012) 'WORD AND CATEGORY LEARNING IN A CONTINUOUS SEMANTIC DOMAIN: COMPARING CROSS-SITUATIONAL AND INTERACTIVE LEARNING' ADVANCES IN COMPLEX SYSTEMS 15, (3-4) , DOI
Baxter P, de Greeff J, Wood R & Belpaeme T (2012) 'Modelling Concept Prototype Competencies using a Developmental Memory Model' Paladyn, Journal of Behavioral Robotics 3, (4) , DOI
Thill S, Pop C, Belpaeme T, Ziemke T & Vanderborght B (2012) 'Robot-assisted therapy for autism spectrum disorders with (partially) autonomous control: Challenges and outlook' Paladyn 3, 209-217 , DOI Open access
BELPAEME TONY & MORSE ANTHONY (2012) 'WORD AND CATEGORY LEARNING IN A CONTINUOUS SEMANTIC DOMAIN: COMPARING CROSS-SITUATIONAL AND INTERACTIVE LEARNING' Advances in Complex Systems 15, (03)
BELPAEME T & MORSE A (2012) 'WORD AND CATEGORY LEARNING IN A CONTINUOUS SEMANTIC DOMAIN: COMPARING CROSS-SITUATIONAL AND INTERACTIVE LEARNING' Advances in Complex Systems 15, (03n04) 1-13
Wood R, Baxter P & Belpaeme T (2011) 'A review of long-term memory in natural and synthetic systems' ADAPTIVE BEHAVIOR 20, (2) 81-103 Author Site , DOI
Harnad S, Steels L, Belpaeme T, Madden CJ, Lallée S, Dominey PF, Cowley SJ, Weng J, Greco A & Giolito B (2011) 'Research Commentaries on Cangelosi’s “Solutions and Open Challenges for the Symbol Grounding Problem”' International Journal of Signs and Semiotic Systems (IJSSS) 1, (1) 55-79 Open access
Morse AF, de Greeff J, Belpeame T & Cangelosi A (2010) 'Epigenetic Robotics Architecture (ERA)' Autonomous Mental Development, IEEE Transactions on 2, (4) 325-339 , DOI
Belpaeme T & Morse A (2010) 'Time will tell - why it is too early to worry' Interaction Studies 11, (2) 191-195 , DOI
Marocco D, Cangelosi A, Fischer K & Belpaeme T (2010) 'Grounding Action Words in the Sensorimotor Interaction with the World: Experiments with a Simulated iCub Humanoid Robot' Front Neurorobot 4, Author Site , DOI Open access
Belpaeme T (2008) 'Insights from the colour category controversy' Behavior and Brain Sciences 31, (1) 75-+ , DOI
Lopes LS & Belpaeme T (2008) 'Beyond the individual: new insights on language, cognition and robots' Connection Science 20, (4) 231-237 , DOI
Belpaeme T & Cowley SJ (2007) 'Extending symbol grounding' Interaction Studies 8, (1) 1-6
Belpaeme T (2007) 'Review of Niyogi (2006) The Computational Nature of Language Learning and Evolution' 33, (3)
Belpaeme T (2007) 'The computational nature of language learning and evolution' Computational Linguistics 33, (3) 429-431
Jansen B & Belpaeme T (2006) 'A computational model of intention reading in imitation' Robotics and Autonomous Systems 54 (5), 394-402 , DOI
steels L & belpaeme T (2005) 'the semiotic dynamics of colour' Behavioral and Brain Sciences 28, (4) 515-524 , DOI
Steels L & Belpaeme T (2005) 'Coordinating Perceptually Grounded Categories through Language. A Case Study for Colour' 24, (8) 469-529
Steels L & Belpaeme T (2005) 'Coordinating perceptually grounded categories through language: A case study for colour' Behavioral and Brain Sciences 28, (4) 469-+
Belpaeme T & Bleys J (2005) 'Does the world hand us colour categories. In preparation'
Belpaeme T & Bleys J (2005) 'Explaining universal color categories through a constrained acquisition process' Adaptive Behavior 13, (4) 293-310
Steels L & Belpaeme T (2005) 'The semiotic dynamics of colour - Authors' response' Behavioral and Brain Sciences 28, (4) 515-529
Belpaeme T & Birk A (2001) 'Hungry Robots' 8, (2)
Cangelosi A, Metta G, Sagerer G, Nolfi S, Nehaniv C, Fischer K, Tani J, Belpaeme T, Sandini G & Nori F 'Integration of Action and Language Knowledge: A Roadmap for Developmental Robotics' IEEE TRANSACTIONS ON AUTONOMOUS MENTAL DEVELOPMENT 2, {167-195}-{167-195} , DOI Open access
Books
Alnajjar F, Bartneck C, Baxter P, Belpaeme T, Cappuccio ML, Di Dio C, Eyssel F, Handke J, Mubin O & Obaid M (2021) Robots in Education. Routledge , DOI
Cowley SJ; MacDorman KF (2009) Symbol grounding. John Benjamins
Chapters
Wang N, Broz F, Di Nuovo A, Belpaeme T & Cangelosi A (2016) 'A User-Centric Design of Service Robots Speech Interface for the Elderly' Recent Advances in Nonlinear Speech Processing Springer International Publishing 275-283 , DOI
Belpaeme T, Adams S, de Greeff J, di Nuovo A, Morse A & Cangelosi A (2016) 'Social Development of Artificial Cognition' Toward Robotic Socially Believable Behaving Systems - Volume I Springer International Publishing 53-72 , DOI
Belpaeme T, de Boer B & Jansen B (2007) 'The dynamic emergence of categories through imitation' Imitation and Social Learning in Robots, Humans and Animals Cambridge University Press 179-194 , DOI
Belpaeme T & Bleys J (2007) 'Language, Perceptual Categories and their Interaction: Insights from Computational Modelling' Emergence of Communication and Language Springer London 339-353 , DOI
Belpaeme T & Bleys J (2006) 'The subtle interplay between language and category acquisition and how it explains the universality of colour categories' in Cangelosi A; Smith ADM; Smith K The Evolution of Language World Scientific 395-396
Belpaeme T & Looveren JV (2005) 'Klare taal: Wat kunnen computermodellen ons leren over taalevolutie?' in Mondt K Dynamisch Inter(en trans-)disciplinair Taal Onderzoek: De nieuwe taalwetenschappen Brussels, Belgium VUB Press
Belpaeme T, de Boer B & Jansen B (2005) 'The role of population dynamics in imitation' in Nehaniv CL Imitation and Social Learning in Robots, Humans and Animals: Behavioural, Social and Communicative Dimensions Cambridge, UK Cambridge University Press
Jansen B, de Boer B & Belpaeme T (2004) 'You did it on purpose! Towards intentional embodied agents' in Iida F; Pfeifer R; Steels L; Kuniyoshi Y Embodied Artificial Intelligence Berlin Springer 271-277
Conference Papers
Belpaeme T (2023) 'Is the autonomous social robot within reach?' HAI '23: International Conference on Human-Agent Interaction ACM Publisher Site , DOI
Wolfert P, Henter GE & Belpaeme T (2023) '“Am I listening?”, Evaluating the Quality of Generated Data-driven Listening Motion' ICMI '23: INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE ON MULTIMODAL INTERACTION ACM , DOI
Amioka S, Janssens R, Wolfert P, Ren Q, Pinto Bernal MJ & Belpaeme T (2023) 'Limitations of Audiovisual Speech on Robots for Second Language Pronunciation Learning' HRI '23: ACM/IEEE International Conference on Human-Robot Interaction ACM , DOI
Ren Q, Hou Y & Belpaeme T (2023) 'Low-latency Classification of Social Haptic Gestures Using Transformers' HRI '23: ACM/IEEE International Conference on Human-Robot Interaction ACM , DOI
Janssens R, Wolfert P, Demeester T & Belpaeme T (2022) '‘Cool glasses, where did you get them?” Generating Visually Grounded Conversation Starters for Human-Robot Dialogue' 2022 17th ACM/IEEE International Conference on Human-Robot Interaction (HRI) 3-/-0/20223-/-0/2022IEEE , DOI
Ren Q & Belpaeme T (2022) 'Tactile Interaction with a Robot Leads to Increased Risk-Taking' Springer Nature Switzerland 120-129 , DOI
Wolfert P, Girard JM, Kucherenko T & Belpaeme T (2021) 'To Rate or Not To Rate: Investigating Evaluation Methods for Generated Co-Speech Gestures' ICMI '21: INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE ON MULTIMODAL INTERACTION ACM , DOI
Oetringer D, Wolfert P, Deschuyteneer J, Thill S & Belpaeme T (2021) 'Communicative Function of Eye Blinks of Virtual Avatars May Not Translate onto Physical Platforms' HRI '21: ACM/IEEE International Conference on Human-Robot Interaction ACM , DOI
Irfan B, Gomez NC, Casas J, Senft E, Gutierrez LF, Rincon-Roncancio M, Munera M, Belpaeme T & Cifuentes CA (2020) 'Using a Personalised Socially Assistive Robot for Cardiac Rehabilitation: A Long-Term Case Study' 2020 29th IEEE International Conference on Robot and Human Interactive Communication (RO-MAN) 8-/-0/20209-/-0/2020IEEE , DOI Open access
Belpaeme T, Young J, Gunes H & Riek L (2020) 'Chairs' welcome' ACM/IEEE International Conference on Human-Robot Interaction iii-iv Open access
Irfan B, Hellou M, Mazel A & Belpaeme T (2020) 'Challenges of a Real-World HRI Study with Non-Native English Speakers' HRI '20: ACM/IEEE International Conference on Human-Robot Interaction ACM , DOI Open access
Wolfert P, Deschuyteneer J, Oetringer D, Robinson N & Belpaeme T (2020) 'Security Risks of Social Robots Used to Persuade and Manipulate' HRI '20: ACM/IEEE International Conference on Human-Robot Interaction ACM , DOI Open access
Vogt P, van den Berghe R, de Haas M, Hoffman L, Kanero J, Mamus E, Montanier J-M, Oranc C, Oudgenoeg-Paz O & Garcia DH (2019) 'Second Language Tutoring Using Social Robots: L2TOR - The Movie' 2019 14th ACM/IEEE International Conference on Human-Robot Interaction (HRI) 3-/-0/20193-/-0/2019IEEE , DOI
Wallbridge CD, Lemaignan S, Senft E & Belpaeme T (2019) 'Towards Generating Spatial Referring Expressions in a Social Robot: Dynamic vs Non-Ambiguous' 2019 14th ACM/IEEE International Conference on Human-Robot Interaction (HRI) 3-/-0/20193-/-0/2019IEEE , DOI Open access
Vogt P, van den Berghe R, de Haas M, Hoffman L, Kanero J, Mamus E, Montanier J-M, Oranc C, Oudgenoeg-Paz O & Garcia DH (2019) 'Second Language Tutoring Using Social Robots: A Large-Scale Study' 2019 14th ACM/IEEE International Conference on Human-Robot Interaction (HRI) 3-/-0/20193-/-0/2019IEEE , DOI Open access
Lemaignan S, Sallami Y, Wallhridge C, Clodic A, Belpaeme T & Alami R (2019) 'UNDERWORLDS: Cascading Situation Assessment for Robots' 2018 IEEE/RSJ International Conference on Intelligent Robots and Systems (IROS) 0-/-1/20180-/-1/2018IEEE , DOI Open access
Cai H, Liu B, Ju Z, Thill S, Belpaeme T, Vanderborght B & Liu H (2019) 'Accurate eye center localization via hierarchical adaptive convolution' Open access
Colin TR & Belpaeme T (2019) 'Reinforcement Learning and Insight in the Artificial Pigeon' 1533-1539
Wallbridge CD, van den Berghe R, Garcia Hernandez D, Kanero J, Lemaignan S, Edmunds C & Belpaeme T (2018) 'Using a Robot Peer to Encourage the Production of Spatial Concepts in a Second Language' Human-Agent Interaction (HAI 2018) , DOI Open access
Casas J, Gomez NC, Senft E, Irfan B, Gutierrez LF, Rincon M, Munera M, Belpaeme T & Cifuentes CA (2018) 'Architecture for a Social Assistive Robot in Cardiac Rehabilitation' 2018 IEEE 2nd Colombian Conference on Robotics and Automation (CCRA) 1-/-1/20181-/-1/2018IEEE , DOI Open access
Casas J, Irfan B, Senft E, Gutiérrez L, Rincon-Roncancio M, Munera M, Belpaeme T & Cifuentes CA (2018) 'Social Assistive Robot for Cardiac Rehabilitation: A Pilot Study with Patients with Angioplasty' 79-80 , DOI Open access
Irfan B, Kennedy J, Lemaignan S, Papadopoulos F, Senft E & Belpaeme T (2018) 'Social Psychology and Human-Robot Interaction: An Uneasy Marriage' 13-20 , DOI Open access
Wallbridge CD, Lemaignan S & Belpaeme T (2017) 'Qualitative Review of Object Recognition Techniques for Tabletop Manipulation' HAI '17: The Fifth International Conference on Human-Agent Interaction ACM , DOI Open access
Lara JS, Casas J, Aguirre A, Munera M, Rincon-Roncancio M, Irfan B, Senft E, Belpaeme T & Cifuentes CA (2017) 'Human-robot sensor interface for cardiac rehabilitation' 2017 International Conference on Rehabilitation Robotics (ICORR) 7-/-0/20177-/-0/2017IEEE , DOI Open access
Kennedy J, Lemaignan S, Montassier C, Lavalade P, Irfan B, Papadopoulos F, Senft E & Belpaeme T (2017) 'Child Speech Recognition in Human-Robot Interaction: Evaluations and Recommendations' , DOI Open access
Senft E, Lemaignan S, Baxter P & Belpaeme T (2017) 'Leveraging Human Inputs in Interactive Machine Learning for Human Robot Interaction' , DOI Open access
Baxter P, De Jong C, Aarts R, de Haas M & Vogt P (2017) 'The Effect of Age on Engagement in Preschoolers' Child-Robot Interactions' 2017 ACM/IEEE International Conference on Human-Robot Interaction , DOI Open access
Senft E, Lemaignan S, Baxter P & Belpaeme T (2017) 'Toward supervised reinforcement learning with partial states for social HRI' 109-113 Open access
Senft E, Baxter P, Kennedy J, Lemaignan S & Belpaeme T (2016) 'Providing a Robot with Learning Abilities Improves its Perception by Users' , DOI Open access
Kennedy J, Baxter P, Senft E & Belpaeme T (2016) 'Social robot tutoring for child second language learning' 2016 11th ACM/IEEE International Conference on Human-Robot Interaction (HRI) 3-/-0/20163-/-0/2016IEEE , DOI Open access
Wills P, Baxter P, Kennedy J, Senft E & Belpaeme T (2016) 'Socially contingent humanoid robot head behaviour results in increased charity donations' 2016 11th ACM/IEEE International Conference on Human-Robot Interaction (HRI) 3-/-0/20163-/-0/2016IEEE , DOI Open access
Di Nuovo A, Wang N, Broz F, Belpaeme T, Jones R & Cangelosi A (2016) 'Experimental Evaluation of a Multi-modal User Interface for a Robotic Service' Springer International Publishing 87-98 , DOI Open access
Kennedy J, Baxter P, Senft E & Belpaeme T (2016) 'Heart vs Hard Drive: Children Learn More From a Human Tutor Than a Social Robot' 451-452
Baxter P, Kennedy J, Senft E, Lemaignan S & Belpaeme T (2016) 'From Characterising Three Years of HRI to Methodology and Reporting Recommendations' , DOI Open access
Kennedy J, Baxter P & Belpaeme T (2015) 'Head Pose Estimation is an Inadequate Replacement for Eye Gaze in Child-Robot Interaction' HRI '15: ACM/IEEE International Conference on Human-Robot Interaction ACM , DOI
Senft E, Baxter P, Kennedy J & Belpaeme T (2015) 'When is it Better to Give Up?' HRI '15: ACM/IEEE International Conference on Human-Robot Interaction ACM , DOI
Kennedy J, Baxter P & Belpaeme T (2015) 'The Robot Who Tried Too Hard: Social Behaviour of a Robot Tutor Can Negatively Affect Child Learning' HRI '15: ACM/IEEE International Conference on Human-Robot Interaction ACM , DOI Open access
Kennedy J, Baxter P, Senft E & Belpaeme T (2015) 'Higher Nonverbal Immediacy Leads to Greater Learning Gains in Child-Robot Tutoring Interactions' Springer International Publishing 327-336 , DOI
Senft E, Baxter P, Kennedy J & Belpaeme T (2015) 'SPARC: Supervised Progressively Autonomous Robot Competencies' Springer International Publishing 603-612 , DOI
Kennedy J, Baxter P & Belpaeme T (2015) 'Can less be more? the impact of robot social behaviour on human learning'
Di Nuovo A, Broz F, Belpaeme T, Cangelosi A, Cavallo F, Esposito R & Dario P (2014) 'A web based Multi-Modal Interface for elderly users of the Robot-Era multi-robot services' 2014 IEEE International Conference on Systems, Man and Cybernetics - SMC 0-/-1/20140-/-1/2014IEEE , DOI
Meattini R, Scarcia U, Melchiorri C & Belpaeme T (2014) 'Gestural art: A Steady State Visual Evoked Potential (SSVEP) based Brain Computer Interface to express intentions through a robotic hand' 2014 RO-MAN: The 23rd IEEE International Symposium on Robot and Human Interactive Communication 8-/-0/20148-/-0/2014IEEE , DOI
Baroni I, Nalin M, Baxter P, Pozzi C, Oleari E, Sanna A & Belpaeme T (2014) 'What a robotic companion could do for a diabetic child' 2014 RO-MAN: The 23rd IEEE International Symposium on Robot and Human Interactive Communication 8-/-0/20148-/-0/2014IEEE , DOI
Kennedy J, Baxter P & Belpaeme T (2014) 'Children comply with a robot's indirect requests' HRI'14: ACM/IEEE International Conference on Human-Robot Interaction ACM , DOI
Read R & Belpaeme T (2014) 'Non-linguistic utterances should be used alongside language, rather than on their own or as a replacement' HRI'14: ACM/IEEE International Conference on Human-Robot Interaction ACM , DOI
Read R & Belpaeme T (2014) 'Situational context directs how people affectively interpret robotic non-linguistic utterances' HRI'14: ACM/IEEE International Conference on Human-Robot Interaction ACM , DOI
Kennedy J, de Greeff J, Read R, Baxter P & Belpaeme T (2014) 'The chatbot strikes back' HRI'14: ACM/IEEE International Conference on Human-Robot Interaction ACM , DOI
Baxter P, Kennedy J, Vollmer A-L, de Greeff J & Belpaeme T (2014) 'Tracking gaze over time in HRI as a proxy for engagement and attribution of social agency' HRI'14: ACM/IEEE International Conference on Human-Robot Interaction ACM , DOI
Sagerer G, Imai M, Belpaeme T & Thomaz A (2014) 'HRI 2014 chairs' welcome'
Baxter P & Belpaeme T (2014) 'Pervasive Memory: The future of long-term social HRI lies in the past'
Broz F, Di Nuovo A, Belpaeme T & Cangelosi A (2014) 'Towards integrating dialog, planning, and execution for service robots' 51-53
de Greeff J, Janssen JB, Looije R, Mioch T, Alpay L, Neerincx MA, Baxter P & Belpaeme T (2013) 'Activity Switching in Child-Robot Interaction: A Hospital Case Study' 585-+
Belpaeme T, Baxter P, De Greeff J, Kennedy J, Read R, Looije R, Neerincx M, Baroni I & Zelati MC (2013) 'Child-Robot Interaction: Perspectives and Challenges' 452-459
Kennedy J, Baxter P & Belpaeme T (2013) 'Constraining Content in Mediated Unstructured Social Interactions: Studies in the Wild' 728-733 , DOI
Baxter P, de Greeff J & Belpaeme T (2013) 'Do Children Behave Differently with a Social Robot If with Peers?' 567-568
Baxter P, Kennedy J, Belpaeme T, Wood R, Baroni I & Nalin M (2013) 'Emergence of Turn-taking in Unstructured Child-Robot Social Interactions' 77-+
Read R & Belpaeme T (2013) 'People Interpret Robotic Non-Linguistic Utterances Categorically' 209-210
Read R & Belpaeme T (2013) 'Using the AffectButton to Measure Affect in Child and Adult-Robot Interaction' 211-212
Baxter P, Wood R & Belpaeme T (2012) 'A touchscreen-based 'sandtray' to facilitate, mediate and contextualise human-robot social interaction' HRI'12: International Conference on Human-Robot Interaction ACM , DOI
Baxter P, de Greeff J, Wood R & Belpaeme T (2012) '"And what is a Seasnake?" Modelling the Acquisition of Concept Prototypes in a Developmental Framework'
de Greeff J, Delaunay F & Belpaeme T (2012) 'Active Robot Learning with Human Tutelage'
Read R & Belpaeme T (2012) 'How to use non-linguistic utterances to convey emotion in child-robot interaction' , DOI
Delaunay F & Belpaeme T (2012) 'Refined Human-Robot Interaction through retro-projected robotic heads' 106-107
Rucinski M, Cangelosi A & Belpaeme T (2012) 'Robotic Model of the Contribution of Gesture to Learning to Count'
Baxter P, Wood R, Belpaeme T & Nalin M (2011) 'On memory systems for companion robots: Implementation methodologies and legal implications' 30-34
Delaunay F, de Greeff J & Belpaeme T (2011) 'Lighthead robotic face' HRI'11: International Conference on Human-Robot Interaction ACM , DOI
Nalin M, Bergamini L, Giusti A, Baroni I & Sanna A (2011) 'Children’s perception of a robotic companion in a mildly constrained setting: How children within age 8-11 perceive a robotic companion' Lausanne, Switserland
Ros R, Nalin M, Wood R, Baxter P, Looije R, Demiris Y, Belpaeme T, Giusti A & Pozzi C (2011) 'Child-robot interaction in the wild: advice to the aspiring experimenter' Valencia, Spain ACM 335-342 Publisher Site , DOI
Baxter P, Wood R, Morse A & Belpaeme T (2011) 'Memory-Centred Architectures: Perspectives on Human-Level Cognitive Competencies' 26-33
de Greeff J & Belpaeme T (2011) 'The Development of Shared Meaning within Different Embodiments'
Morse AF, Baxter P, Belpaeme T, Smith LB & Cangelosi A (2011) 'The Power of Words'
Rucinski M, Cangelosi A & Belpaeme T (2011) 'An Embodied Developmental Robotic Model of Interactions between Numbers and Space' in Carlson L; Hoelscher C; Shipley TF 33rd Annual Meeting of the Cognitive Science Society Boston, MA 237-242
Morse AF, Belpaeme T, Cangelosi A & Floccia C (2011) 'Modeling U Shaped Performance Curves in Ongoing Development' 3034-3039
Cangelosi A, Belpaeme T, Morse A, Marocco D, Peniak M, Larcombe C, Metta G, Sandini G, Fadiga L & Nori F (2010) 'ITALK: Integration and transfer of action and language knowledge in robots'
Delaunay F, de Greeff J & Belpaeme T (2010) 'A study of a retro-projected robotic face and its effectiveness for gaze reading by humans' 5th ACM/IEEE International Conference Osaka 3-/-0/20103-/-0/201039-44 , DOI
de Greeff J, Delaunay F & Belpaeme T (2010) 'The influence of language on concept formation in artificial agents' in Smith ADM; Schouwstra M; DeBoer B; Smith K 8th International Conference on the Evolution of Language (EVOLANG 8) Utrecht, NETHERLANDS 4-/-0/20104-/-0/2010WORLD SCIENTIFIC PUBL CO PTE LTD 397-398
Read R & Belpaeme T (2010) 'Interpreting Non-Linguistic Utterances by Robots: Studying the Influence of Physical Appearance' Firenze, Italy
Delaunay F, de Greeff J & Belpaeme T (2010) 'A study of a retro-projected robotic face and its effectiveness for gaze reading by humans' Proceeding of the 5th ACM/IEEE international conference 3-/-0/20103-/-0/2010ACM Press , DOI
Morse AF, Belpaeme T, Cangelosi A & Smith LB (2010) 'Thinking With Your Body: Modelling Spatial Biases in Categorization Using a Real Humanoid Robot' 1362-1367
Delaunay F, de Greeff J & Belpaeme T (2009) 'Towards retro-projected robot faces: An alternative to mechatronic and android faces' RO-MAN 2009 - The 18th IEEE International Symposium on Robot and Human Interactive Communication 9-/-0/20090-/-1/2009IEEE , DOI
de Greeff J, Delaunay F & Belpaeme T (2009) 'Human-Robot Interaction in Concept Acquisition: a computational model' 168-173
Delaunay F, de Greeff J & Belpaeme T (2009) 'Towards Retro-projected Robot Faces: an Alternative to Mechatronic and Android Faces' 249-254
Jansen B & Belpaeme T (2006) 'A model for inferring the intention in imitation tasks' RO-MAN 2006: The 15th IEEE International Symposium on Robot and Human Interactive Communication 9-/-0/20069-/-0/2006IEEE , DOI
Bleys J & Belpaeme T (2005) 'Explaining universal colour categories through a constrained acquisition process' 317-318
Belpaeme T & Bleys J (2005) 'Colourful language and colour categories' in Nehaniv CL Proceedings of the Second International Symposium on the Emergence and Evolution of Linguistic Communication (EELC'05), Hertfordshire, UK The Society for the Study of Artificial Intelligence and the Simulation of Behaviour
Belpaeme T & Bleys J (2004) 'Does structure in the environment influence our conceptualization?' Proceedings of the Evolution of Language Conference 2004, Leipzig, Germany
De Vylder B, Jansen B & Belpaeme T (2004) 'Embodied cognition through cultural interaction' in Balkenius C Proceedings of the Fourth Conference on Epigenetic Robotics: Modelling Cognitive Development in Robotic Systems, Genova, Italy Lund University 141-142
Jansen B, ten Thij T, Belpaeme T, De Vylder B & de Boer B (2004) 'Imitation in embodied agents results in self-organization of behavior' 455-463
Jansen B, Vylder BD, Belpaeme T & Boer BD (2003) 'Emerging shared action categories in robotic agents through imitation' in Nehaniv CL Second International Symposium on Imitation in Animals and Artifacts 2003 The Society for the Study of Artificial Intelligence and the Simulation of Behavior 145-152
Belpaeme T, Boer BD, Vylder BD & Jansen B (2003) 'The role of population dynamics in imitation' in Nehaniv CL Second International Symposium on Imitation in Animals and Artifacts 2003 The Society for the Study of Artificial Intelligence and the Simulation of Behavior 171-175
Belpaeme (2001) 'Simulating the Formation of Color Categories' Proceedings of the International Joint Conference on Artificial Intelligence 2001 (IJCAI'01), Seattle, WA. Morgan Kauffman, San Francisco, CA. 393-398
Belpaeme T (2001) 'Reaching coherent color categories through communication' in Kröse B Proceedings of the 13th Belgium-Netherlands Conference on Artificial Intelligence (BNAIC01), Amsterdam, The Netherlands 41-48
Birk A, Walle T, Belpaeme T & Kenn H (2000) 'The VUB AI-lab RoboCup'99 small league team' 687-690
Belpaeme T (1999) 'Evolution of Visual Feature Detectors' Proceedings of the First European Workshop on Evolutionary Computation in Image Analysis and Signal Processing (EvoIASP99, Göteborg, Sweden) University of Birmingham School of Computer Science
Belpaeme T (1999) 'Evolving visual feature detectors' 266-270
Birk A, Walle T, Belpaeme T, Parent J, De Vlaminck T & Kenn H (1999) 'The small league RoboCup team of the VUB AI-Lab' 410-415
Birk A & Belpaeme T (1998) 'A multi agent system based on heterogeneous robots' in Fukuda Proceedings of the Collective Robotics Workshop Berlin Springer
Birk A & Belpaeme T (1998) 'An overview of the extended VUB ecosystem, a MAS of heterogeneous robots' 395-396 , DOI
Belpaeme T, Steels L & Van Looveren J (1998) 'The construction and acquisition of visual categories' 1-12 , DOI
Belpaeme T (1998) 'Tracking objects using an active camera' in Herik JVD Proceedings of the 10th Belgium-Netherlands Conference on Artificial Intelligence (BNAIC98), Amsterdam, The Netherlands
Belpaeme T & Birk A (1997) 'On the watch' Proceedings of the 30th International Symposium on Automotive Technology and Automation conference (ISATA 97), Florence, Italy ISATA Press
Reports
Bakker B, Kr\:ose B, Christensen H, Belpaeme T, Paquier W & Chatila R (2005) Cognitive models of space and objects. Pleinlaan 2, 1050 Brussels, Belgium Vrije Universiteit Brussel, Artificial Intelligence Lab
Belpaeme T (2002) Communicating colour embedded in a colour context: Report on experiments on communicating colour meaning between Flemish informants. Artificial Intelligence Lab, Vrije Universiteit Brussel
Belpaeme T & Birk A (1997) A Real-World Ecosystem featuring several Robot Species. Artificial Intelligence Lab, Vrije Universiteit Brussel
Presentations and posters
Johal W, Vogt P, Kennedy J, de Haas M, Paiva A, Castellano G, Okita S, Tanaka F, Belpaeme T & Dillenbourg P Johal W, Vogt P, Kennedy J, de Haas M, Paiva A, Castellano G, Okita S, Tanaka F, Belpaeme T & Dillenbourg P 'Workshop on Robots for Learning' , DOI Open access
Irfan B, Lyubova N, Garcia Ortiz M & Belpaeme T Irfan B, Lyubova N, Garcia Ortiz M & Belpaeme T 'Multi-modal Open-Set Person Identification in HRI' Open access
Lara JS, Casas J, Munera M, Senft E, Irfan B, Gutiérrez LF, Pinzón L, Belpaeme T, Rincon M & Cifuentes CA Lara JS, Casas J, Munera M, Senft E, Irfan B, Gutiérrez LF, Pinzón L, Belpaeme T, Rincon M & Cifuentes CA 'Sensor Interface for Cardiac Rehabilitation Monitoring: Pilot Clinical Study' Open access
Casas J, Irfan B, Senft E, Gutiérrez LF, Rincon-Roncancio M, Munera M, Belpaeme T & Cifuentes CA Casas J, Irfan B, Senft E, Gutiérrez LF, Rincon-Roncancio M, Munera M, Belpaeme T & Cifuentes CA 'Towards a SAR System for Personalized Cardiac Rehabilitation: A Patient with PCI' Open access
Other Publications
De Beule J, De Vylder B & Belpaeme T A cross-situational learning algorithm for damping homonymy in the guessing game. in Rocha LM; Bedau M; Floreano D; Goldstone R; Vespignani A; Yaeger L The MIT Press
Belpaeme T Are colour categories innate or learned? Insights from computational modelling.
De Greeff J & Belpaeme T Coordination of Meaning within Different Embodiments through Linguistic Interaction (Submitted to Cognitive Science 2011).
Belpaeme T, MacDorman K & Cowley SJ Extended Symbol Grounding. Amsterdam, The Netherlands John Benjamins
Belpaeme T Robots should not be Robinson Crusoes.
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