Anouk van Maris – SOCRATES

Topic: Ethical robot interaction (ESR 14)

Supervisors: Sanja Dogramadzi, Praminda Caleb-Solly, Matthew Studley, Nancy Zook

Short bio:

Born and raised in the Netherlands, I received a BSc and MSc in Artificial Intelligence, with a specialization in Robot Cognition. For my master dissertation, I investigated how someone’s trust is influenced by the embodiment of the robot (being physically present in a room versus a virtual agent on a screen), taking into account that someone’s perception of the robot may change over time. During my studies I have always been very interested in user’s reactions on new technology and whether it meets/exceeds their expectations. Also possible negative effects of these new technologies have interested me. Therefore, my current research, where I aim to develop an ethical framework for future development of social robots for older adults suits me very well and I am loving every minute of it!

Publications:

Van Maris, A., Caleb-Solly, P., Studley, M., Winfield, A., Dogramadzi, S. (2020). Designing ethical social robots – a longitudinal field study with older adults. Frontiers in Robotics and AI. Volume 7, Issue 1.

Van Maris, A., Sutherland, A., Mazel, A., Dogramadzi, S., Zook, N., Studley, M., Winfield, A., Caleb-Solly, P. (2020). The impact of affective verbal expressions in social robots. In Companion of the 2020 ACM/IEEE International Conference on Human-Robot Interaction (pp. 508-510).

Van Maris, A., Dogramadzi, S., Zook, N., Studley, M., Winfield, A., Caleb-Solly, P. (2020). Speech related accessibility issues in social robots. In Companion of the 2020 ACM/IEEE International Conference on Human-Robot Interaction (pp. 505-507).

He, J., Van Maris, A., Caleb-Solly, P. (2020). Investigating the effectiveness of different interaction modalities for spatial human-robot interaction. In Companion of the 2020 ACM/IEEE International Conference on Human-Robot Interaction (pp. 239-241).

Bridgwater, T., Giuliani, M., Van Maris, A., Baker, G., Pipe, T., Winfield, A. (2020) Examining Profiles for Robotic Risk Assessment: Does A Robot’s Approach to Risk Affect User Trust? In Proceedings of the 2020 ACM/IEEE International Conference on Human-Robot Interaction (pp. 23-31).

Bishop, L., van Maris, A., Dogramadzi, S., & Zook, N. (2019). Social robots: The influence of human and robot characteristics on acceptance. Paladyn, Journal of Behavioral Robotics, 10(1), 346-358.

van Maris, A., Zook, N., Studley, M., Dogramadzi, S. (2019) The need for ethical principles and guidelines in social robots. In Tokhi M. O., Ferreira M. I. A., Govindarajuli N. s., Silva M., Virk G. S., Kadar, E. and Fletcher S.R. (Eds.) Artificial Intelligence, Robots and Ethics – Proceedings of the Fourth International Conference on Robot Ethics and Standards (ICRES 2019)

van Maris, A., Zook, N., Caleb-Solly, P., Studley, M., Winfield, A., & Dogramadzi, S. (2018). Ethical considerations of (contextually) affective robot behaviour. In Hybrid Worlds: Societal and Ethical Challenges-Proceedings of the International Conference on Robot Ethics and Standards (ICRES 2018). CLAWAR Association Ltd (pp. 13-19).

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