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Researcher

Qiaoqiao Ren

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18 Results

2026

A tale of two tutors : Swahili-speaking robot tutoring after classroom math lessons in Tanzanian primary schools

Edger P. RutatolaQiaoqiao RenMaria Jose Pinto BernalKoenraad StroekenTony Belpaeme

A1 Journal Article in INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF SOCIAL ROBOTICS

2025

Child speech recognition in human-robot interaction : problem solved?

Ruben JanssensEva VerhelstGiulio Antonio AbboQiaoqiao RenMaria Jose Pinto BernalTony Belpaeme

Conveying emotions to robots through touch and sound

Qiaoqiao RenRemko ProesmansFrederick BossuytJan VanfleterenFrancis wyffelsTony Belpaeme

Situated haptic interaction : exploring the role of context in affective perception of robotic touch

Qiaoqiao RenTony Belpaeme

Sound-based recognition of touch gestures and emotions for enhanced human-robot interaction

Yuanbo HouQiaoqiao RenWenwu WangDick Botteldooren

The social and affective touch in human–robot interaction : multisensory, contextual, and embodied perspectives

Qiaoqiao RenTony BelpaemeFrancis wyffels

Touched by ChatGPT : using an LLM to drive affective tactile interaction

Qiaoqiao RenTony Belpaeme

2024

Child speech recognition in human-robot interaction : problem solved?

Ruben JanssensEva VerhelstGiulio Antonio AbboQiaoqiao RenMaria Jose Pinto BernalTony Belpaeme

Multi-level graph learning for audio event classification and human-perceived annoyance rating prediction

Yuanbo HouQiaoqiao RenSiyang SongYuxin SongWenwu WangDick Botteldooren

No more mumbles : enhancing robot intelligibility through speech adaptation

Qiaoqiao RenYuanbo HouDick BotteldoorenTony Belpaeme

A1 Journal Article in IEEE ROBOTICS AND AUTOMATION LETTERS

Tactile interaction with social robots influences attitudes and behaviour

Qiaoqiao RenTony Belpaeme

A1 Journal Article in INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF SOCIAL ROBOTICS

2023

AI-based soundscape analysis : jointly identifying sound sources and predicting annoyance

Yuanbo HouQiaoqiao RenHuizhong ZhangAndrew MitchellFrancesco AlettaJian KangDick Botteldooren

A1 Journal Article in JOURNAL OF THE ACOUSTICAL SOCIETY OF AMERICA

Behavioural models of risk-taking in human-robot tactile interactions

Qiaoqiao RenYuanbo HouDick BotteldoorenTony Belpaeme

A1 Journal Article in SENSORS

Exploring annoyance in a soundscape context by joint prediction of sound source and annoyance

Yuanbo HouAndrew MitchellQiaoqiao RenFrancesco AlettaJian KangDick Botteldooren

Joint prediction of audio event and annoyance rating in an urban soundscape by hierarchical graph representation learning

Yuanbo HouSiyang SongCheng LuoAndrew MitchellQiaoqiao RenWeicheng XieJian KangWenwu WangDick Botteldooren[missing] Int Speech Commun Assoc

Limitations of audiovisual speech on robots for second language pronunciation learning

Saya AmiokaRuben JanssensPieter WolfertQiaoqiao RenMaria Jose Pinto BernalTony Belpaeme

Low-latency classification of social haptic gestures using transformers

Qiaoqiao RenYuanbo HouTony Belpaeme

2022

Tactile interaction with a robot leads to increased risk-taking

Qiaoqiao RenTony Belpaeme