Evaluation of experiments in social robotics: Insights from the MOnarCH project

The paper discusses the assessment of humanrobot interaction (HRI) experiments in social robotics. Some of the MOnarCH project experiments are analyzed, illustrating key ideas on performance indicators based in activation rates of micro-behaviors and environment models. The consistency of the results obtained indicates that the ideas are fully applicable to other experiments in social robotics.

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