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The ‘Research Repository’ is the open access institutional repository of Edinburgh Napier University. It contains examples of research outputs produced by staff and research students, as well as related information about the university's funded projects and staff research interests.

Whenever possible, refereed documents accepted for publication, or finished artistic compositions presented in public, will be made available here in full digital format, and hyperlinks to standard published versions will be provided. Any questions about submissions to the repository or problems with access to any of its content should be sent to the Repository Team at repository@napier.ac.uk

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General Embryology (2024)
Book Chapter
MacVicar, S. (2024). General Embryology. In J. Rankin (Ed.), Physiology in Childbearing With Anatomy and Related Biosciences. (5th). Elsevier

Double Trouble: The Effect of Eye Gaze on the Social Impression of Mobile Robotic Telepresence Operators (2020)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Wolf, E. D., & Li, J. (2020, November). Double Trouble: The Effect of Eye Gaze on the Social Impression of Mobile Robotic Telepresence Operators. Presented at International Conference on Social Robotics, Golden, CO, USA

Eye gaze is used to convey crucial information during interactions with humans and robots. Modern video conferencing systems, an aspect of mobile robotic telepresence (MRP) systems, have limited eye gaze functionality due to the Mona Lisa effect. Thi... Read More about Double Trouble: The Effect of Eye Gaze on the Social Impression of Mobile Robotic Telepresence Operators.

Design of a Social Media Voice Assistant for Older Adults (2023)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Li, J., Qu, N. Z., & Penaranda Valdivia, K. (2022, December). Design of a Social Media Voice Assistant for Older Adults. Presented at International Conference on Social Robotics 2022, Florence, Italy

Older adults can increase their social cohesion and belongingness by accessing social media content. Voice is a particularly suitable modality for older adults. While general voice design guidelines for social media content exist, past work has not i... Read More about Design of a Social Media Voice Assistant for Older Adults.

Emotions and messages in simple robot gestures (2009)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Li, J., Chignell, M., Mizobuchi, S., & Yasumura, M. (2009, July). Emotions and messages in simple robot gestures. Presented at International Conference on Human-Computer Interaction, San Diego, USA

Understanding how people interpret robot gestures will aid design of effective social robots. We examine the generation and interpretation of gestures in a simple social robot capable of head and arm movement using two studies. In the first study, fo... Read More about Emotions and messages in simple robot gestures.

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