Publications

2022

Refereed Conference Papers

  • B. J. Zhang, N. Sigafoos, R. Moffit, I. Syed, L. S. Adams, J. Fick, and N. T. Fitter, “SonifyIt: Towards Transformative Sound for All Robots,” IEEE Robotics and Automation Letters, vol. 7, no. 4, pp. 10566–10572, Oct. 2022, doi: 10.1109/LRA.2022.3193228. Presented at the IEEE International Conference on Intelligent Robotics and Systems in Kyoto, Japan.
  • B. J. Zhang, C. A. Sanchez, and N. T. Fitter, “Using the Price Sensitivity Meter to Measure the Value of Transformative Robot Sound,” in the Proceedings of the IEEE International Conference on Robot and Human Interactive Communication (RO-MAN), Naples, Italy, May 2022, doi: 10.1109/RO-MAN53752.2022.9900678.
  • I. Syed, J. Fick, B. J. Zhang, and N. T. Fitter, “Toward Generative Sound Cues for Robots Using Emotive Musification,” presented at the The International Conference on Auditory Display (ICAD), Virtual, Jun. 2022. doi: https://doi.org/10.21785/icad2022.029.

2021

Refereed Conference Papers

  • B. J. Zhang, K. Peterson, C. A. Sanchez, and N. T. Fitter, “Exploring Consequential Robot Sound: Should We Make Robots Quiet and Kawaii-et?,” in the Proceedings of the IEEE/RSJ International Conference on Intelligent Robots and Systems (IROS), Prague, Czech Republic, Oct. 2021, pp. 3056-3062. doi: 10.1109/IROS51168.2021.9636365. [Paper PDF] [Presentation Video] [Appendix]
  • B. J. Zhang, N. Stargu, S. Brimhall, L. Chan, J. Fick, and N. T. Fitter, “Bringing WALL-E out of the Silver Screen: Understanding How Transformative Robot Sound Affects Human Perception,” in the Proceedings of the IEEE International Conference on Robotics and Automation (ICRA), Xi’an, China, Jun. 2021, pp. 3801–3807. doi: 10.1109/ICRA48506.2021.9562082. [Paper PDF] [Presentation Video] [Appendix]
  • L. Chan, B. J. Zhang, and N. T. Fitter, “Designing and Validating Expressive Cozmo Behaviors for Accurately Conveying Emotions,” in Proceedings of the IEEE International Symposium on Robot and Human Interactive Communication (RO-MAN), Aug. 2021, pp. 1037–1044. doi: 10.1109/RO-MAN50785.2021.9515425. [Paper PDF] [Presentation Video] [Appendix]

Refereed Workshop Paper(s) (extended abstracts)

  • B. J. Zhang, C. A. Sanchez, and N. T. Fitter, “Consequential Robot Sound: Should Robots Be Quiet and High-Pitched?,” presented at the Workshop on Sound in Human-Robot Interaction at the 2021 ACM/IEEE International Conference on Human-Robot Interaction (HRI), Mar. 2021. [Paper PDF] [Presentation Video] [Appendix]

2020

Refereed Conference Paper

  • B. J. Zhang, R. Quick, A. Helmi, and N. T. Fitter, “Socially Assistive Robots at Work: Making Break-Taking Interventions More Pleasant, Enjoyable, and Engaging,” in the Proceedings of the IEEE/RSJ International Conference on Intelligent Robots and Systems (IROS), Las Vegas, NV, USA, Oct. 2020, pp. 11292–11299, doi: 10.1109/IROS45743.2020.9341291. [Paper PDF] [Presentation Video]

Refereed Workshop Paper (extended abstract)

  • C. Frazee, B. J. Zhang, and N. T. Fitter, “Enabling Intentional Sound for Construction Cobots,” presented at the Workshop on Building, Construction, and Architecture Robotics at the 2020 IEEE/RSJ International Conference on Intelligent Robots and Systems (IROS), Oct. 2020. [Paper PDF] [Poster PDF]

Co-first authors.