Journal Articles
Ghose, D., Gitelson, O., Lewkowicz, M., Brawer, J., Roncone, A., Vazquez, M., and Scassellati, B. Robots influencing humans to reveal their goals during collaboration and competition. Autonomous Robots 50, 38 (2026). [PDF]
Ramnauth, R., Shic, F., & Scassellati, B. (2026, August). “Robots for autism therapy.” Autism Research e70338. [PDF]
Ramnauth, R., Brščić, D., & Scassellati, B. (2026). To Help or Not to Help?: An Expanded Framework for Deciding Socially Appropriate Robot Assistance. ACM Transactions on Human-Robot Interaction, 15(3), 1-32. [PDF]
J. F. Limprayoon, D. Ghose, K. Matheus, Enriquez, M. A. Lewkowicz, M. H. Kim, A. Narcomey, N. P. Ua-Arak, A. Cheng, C. Sarkar, J. K. Monin, and B. Scassellati (2026). Exploring robot-led activities between people living with dementia and family care partners. Front. Robot. AI. [HTML][PDF]
D. Ghose*, O. Gitelson*, R. Jin, G. Abawe, M. Vazquez, and B. Scassellati (2025). I’ve Changed My Mind: Robots Adapting to Changing Human Goals during Collaboration. IEEE Robotics and Automation Letters (November 2025). * authors contributed equally [PDF]
K. Matheus, M. Vázquez, and B. Scassellati (2024). Ommie: The Design and Development of a Social Robot for Anxiety Reduction. J. Hum.-Robot Interact. Just Accepted (December 2024). [HTML]
T. Flanagan, N. C. Georgiou, B. Scassellati, and T. Kushnir (2024). School-age children are more skeptical of inaccurate robots than adults. Cognition. Volume 249, 2024, 105814, ISSN 0010-0277. [HTML]
H. Erel, M. Vázquez, S. Sebo, N. Salomons, S. Gillet, and B. Scassellati (2024). RoSI: A Model for Predicting Robot Social Influence. J. Hum.-Robot Interact. Just Accepted. [HTML][PDF]
N. C. Georgiou, R. Ramnauth, E. Adeniran, M. Lee, L. Selin, and B. Scassellati (2023). Is Someone There or Is That the TV? Detecting Social Presence Using Sound. J. Hum.-Robot Interact. 12, 4, Article 47, 1-33. [HTML][PDF]
M. Qin, J. Brawer, & B. Scassellati (2023). Robot tool use: A survey. Frontiers in Robotics and AI, 9, 1009488. [HTML][PDF]
T. Williams, C. Matuszek, K. Jokinen, R. Korpan, J. Pustejovsky, & B. Scassellati (2023). Voice in the Machine: Ethical Considerations for Language-Capable Robots. Commun. ACM 66, 8 (August 2023), 20–23. [HTML][PDF]
O. Mangin, A. Roncone, & B. Scassellati (2022). How to be Helpful? Supportive Behaviors and Personalization for Human-Robot Collaboration. Frontiers in Robotics and AI, 8, 725780. [HTML][PDF]
M. R. Fraune, I. Leite, N. Karatas, A. Amirova, A. Legeleux, A. Sandygulova, A. Neerincx, G. D. Tikas, H. Gunes, M. Mohan, N. I. Abbasi, S. Shenoy, B. Scassellati, E. J. Visser, & T. Komatsu (2022). Lessons Learned About Designing and Conducting Studies From HRI Experts. Frontiers in Robotics and AI, 8, 772141. [HTML][PDF]
M. Qin, J. Brawer, & B. Scassellati (2021). Rapidly Learning Generalizable and Robot-Agnostic Tool-Use Skills for a Wide Range of Tasks. Frontiers in Robotics and AI, 8, 726463. [PDF]
N. Salomons, S. S. Sebo, M. Qin, & B. Scassellati. A Minority of One against a Majority of Robots: Robots Cause Normative and Informational Conformity. ACM Transactions on Human-Robot Interaction (THRI) 10, no. 2 (2021): 1-22. [PDF]
M. Kelley, J. A. Noah, X. Zhang, B. Scassellati, & J. Hirsch (2020). Comparison of human social brain activity during eye-contact with another human and a humanoid robot. Frontiers in Robotics and AI, 7, 209. [HTML][PDF]
S. Sebo., L. L. Dong, N. Chang, M. Lewkowicz, M. Schutzman & B. Scassellati (2020). The Influence of Robot Verbal Support on Human Team Members: Encouraging Outgroup Contributions and Suppressing Ingroup Supportive Behavior. Frontiers in Psychology, 11, 3584. [HTML][PDF]
B. Scassellati, & M Vázquez. (2020). The potential of socially assistive robots during infectious disease outbreaks. Science Robotics, 5(44). [HTML][PDF]
Scassellati, B., Boccanfuso, L., Huang, C. M., Mademtzi, M., Qin, M., Salomons, N., … & Shic, F. Improving social skills in children with ASD using a long-term, in-home social robot. Science Robotics, 3(21), eaat7544 (2018). [HTML][PDF]
G. Yang, J. Bellingham, P.E. DuPont, P. Fischer, L. Floridi, R. Full, N. Jacobstein, V. Kumar, M. McNutt, R. Merrifield, B.J. Nelson, B. Scassellati, M. Taddeo, R. Taylor, M. Veloso, Z. Lin Wang, & R. Wood. The grand challenges of Science Robotics. Science Robotics, Vol. 3, Issue 14 (31 January 2018) [PDF]
I. Leite, M. McCoy, M. Lohani, D. Ullman, N. Salomons, C. Stokes, S. Rivers, & B. Scassellati. Narratives with Robots: The Impact of Interaction Context and Individual Differences on Story Recall and Emotional Understanding. Frontiers in Robotics and AI, Vol 4, Article 29 (July 2017) [PDF]
H. Admoni & B. Scassellati. Social Eye Gaze in Human-Robot Interaction: A Review. International Journal of Humanoid Robotics, Vol 6, No 1 (May 2017) 25-63. [PDF]
A. Castro-González, H. Admoni, & B. Scassellati. Effects of form and motion on judgments of social robots’ animacy, likability, trustworthiness and unpleasantness. International Journal Human-Computer Studies, 90 (2016) 27-38. [PDF]
S. Rabbitt, A. Kazdin & B. Scassellati. Integrating Socially Assistive Robotics into Mental Healthcare Interventions: Applications and Recommendations for Expanded Use. Clinical Psychology Review, 2014. Accepted, in press. [PDF]
E. S. Kim, L. D. Berkovits, E. P. Bernier, D. Leyzberg, F. Shic, R. Paul, & B. Scassellati. Social Robots as Embedded Reinforcers of Social Behavior in Children with Autism. Journal of Autism and Developmental Disorders, 2012. [PDF]
E. S. Kim, R. Paul, F. Shic, & B. Scassellati. Bridging the Research Gap: Making HRI Useful to Individuals with Autism. Journal of Human-Robot Interaction, Volume 1. [PDF]
B. Scassellati, H. Admoni & M. Matarić. Robots For Use in Autism Research. Annual Review of Biomedical Engineering, Vol. 14. [PDF]
W. A. Bainbridge, J. W. Hart, E. S. Kim & B. Scassellati. The benefits of interactions with physically present robots over video-displayed agents. International Journal of Social Robotics, Vol. 3(1), p. 41-52. 2010. [PDF]
C. Crick & B. Scassellati. Controlling a robot with intention derived from motion. Topics in Cognitive Science, Vol. 2, p. 114-126. January 2010. [PDF]
K. Gold, M. Doniec, C. Crick & B. Scassellati. Robotic Vocabulary Building Using Extension Inference and Implicit Contrast. Artificial Intelligence Journal. Vol. 173(1), p. 145-166. 2009. [PDF]
K. Gold & B. Scassellati. Using Probabilistic Reasoning over Time to Self-Recognize. Robotics and Autonomous Systems. Vol. 57(5), p. 384-392. 2009. [PDF]
F. Shic & B. Scassellati. Pitfalls in the modeling of developmental systems. International Journal of Humanoid Robotics, Vol. 4(2), p. 435-454. 2007. [PDF]
A. Tapus, M. Mataric, & B. Scassellati. The grand challenges in socially assistive robotics. IEEE Robotics and Automation Magazine. Vol. 4, No. 1. p. 35-42, March 2007. [PDF]
F. Shic & B. Scassellati. A behavioral analysis of computational models of visual attention. International Journal of Computer Vision, Vol. 73(2), p. 159-177, 2007. [PDF]
K. Gold & B. Scassellati. Learning acceptable windows of contingency. Connection Science, special issue on developmental learning, Vol. 18(2), p. 217-228, June 2006. [PDF]
C. Crick, K. Gold, E. Kim, F. Shic, G. Sun & B. Scassellati. Social Development. IEEE Computational Intelligence Magazine, Vol. 1(3), p. 41-47, August 2006. [PDF]
G. Sun & B. Scassellati. A fast and efficient model for learning to reach. International Journal of Humanoid Robotics, Vol. 2, No. 4, p.391-413, 2005. [PDF]
C. Breazeal & B. Scassellati. Robots that imitate humans. Trends in Cognitive Science, vol. 6, pp. 481-487, 2002. [PDF]
C. Breazeal, A. Edsinger, P. Fitzpatrick & B. Scassellati. Active vision for sociable robots. IEEE Transactions on Systems, Man, and Cybernetics, Part A: Systems and Humans, Volume 31, Number 5, p. 443-453, 2002. [PDF]
B. Scassellati. Theory of mind for a humanoid robot. Autonomous Robots, vol. 12, p. 13-24, 2002. [PDF]
B. Adams, C. Breazeal, R. Brooks & B. Scassellati. Humanoid robots: A new kind of tool. IEEE Intelligent Systems, Vol. 15, No. 4, p. 25-31, July/August 2000. [PDF]
C. Breazeal, A. Edsinger, P. Fitzpatrick, B. Scassellati & P. Varchavskaia Social constraints on animate vision, with. IEEE Intelligent Systems, Vol. 15, No. 4, p. 32-37, July/August 2000. [PDF]
C. Breazeal & B. Scassellati. Infant-like social interactions between a robot and a human caretaker. Accepted for publication in Adaptive Behavior in 2000, but remained unpublished when the journal re-started in 2002. [PDF]