2026
What's the Deal with Robot Comedy? Pinpointing the Impact of Post-Joke Repartee in a Robotic Comedian's Performance
ICRA 2026poster
The rise in prevalence of AI-enabled technologies (from voice assistants to social robots) has not yet been accompanied by an analogous mastery of computer-mediated humor. Although humans often use jokes to repair interactions and navigate uncomfortable scenarios, social robots in similar roles typi…