Robin Bretin
Research title: Beyond Boundaries: Unveiling Human-Drone Proxemic Dynamics Using Virtual Reality
Publications
2024
Macdonald, S. , Bretin, R. and ElSayed, S. (2024) Evaluating Transferable Emotion Expressions for Zoomorphic Social Robots using VR Prototyping. In: 23rd IEEE International Symposium on Mixed and Augmented Reality (ISMAR), Seattle, WA, USA, 21-25 Oct 2024, (Accepted for Publication)
Fiani, C., Bretin, R. , Macdonald, S. , Khamis, M. and McGill, M. (2024) “Pikachu would electrocute people who are misbehaving”: Expert, Guardian and Child Perspectives on Automated Embodied Moderators for Safeguarding Children in Social Virtual Reality. In: ACM CHI Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems (CHI 2024), Oʻahu, Hawaiʻi, USA, 11-16 May 2024, (doi: 10.1145/3613904.3642144)
Bretin, R. , Cross, E. and Khamis, M. (2024) Co-existing with drones: a virtual exploration of proxemic behaviours and users’ insights on social drones. International Journal of Social Robotics, 16(3), pp. 547-567. (doi: 10.1007/s12369-024-01111-7)
2023
Bretin, R. , Khamis, M. and Cross, E. (2023) “Do I Run Away?”: Proximity, Stress and Discomfort in Human-Drone Interaction in Real and Virtual Environments. In: INTERACT 2023: 19th International Conference of Technical Committee 13 (Human- Computer Interaction) of IFIP, York, UK, 28 Aug - 01 Sep 2023, ISBN 9783031422836 (doi: 10.1007/978-3-031-42283-6_29)
Fiani, C., Bretin, R. , McGill, M. and Khamis, M. (2023) Big Buddy: Exploring Child Reactions and Parental Perceptions towards a Simulated Embodied Moderating System for Social Virtual Reality. In: Interaction Design and Children (IDC ’23), Chicago, IL, USA, 19–23 June 2023, ISBN 9798400701313 (doi: 10.1145/3585088.3589374)
Fiani, C., Bretin, R. , McGill, M. and Khamis, M. (2023) Big Buddy: A Simulated Embodied Moderating System to Mitigate Children’s Reaction to Provocative Situations within Social Virtual Reality. In: 2023 CHI Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems (CHI '23), Hamburg, Germany, 23-28 Apr 2023, p. 53. ISBN 9781450394222 (doi: 10.1145/3544549.3585840)
2022
Bretin, R. , Cross, E. and Khamis, M. (2022) Co-existing With a Drone: Using Virtual Reality to Investigate the Effect of the Drone’s Height and Cover Story on Proxemic Behaviours. In: 2022 CHI Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems (CHI '22), New Orleans, LA, USA, 30 Apr - 05 May 2022, p. 377. ISBN 9781450391566 (doi: 10.1145/3491101.3519750)
Watson, K., Bretin, R. , Khamis, M. and Mathis, F. (2022) The Feet in Human-Centred Security: Investigating Foot-Based User Authentication for Public Displays. In: 2022 CHI Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems (CHI '22), New Orleans, LA, USA, 30 Apr - 05 May 2022, p. 441. ISBN 9781450391566 (doi: 10.1145/3491101.3519838)
Articles
Bretin, R. , Cross, E. and Khamis, M. (2024) Co-existing with drones: a virtual exploration of proxemic behaviours and users’ insights on social drones. International Journal of Social Robotics, 16(3), pp. 547-567. (doi: 10.1007/s12369-024-01111-7)
Conference Proceedings
Macdonald, S. , Bretin, R. and ElSayed, S. (2024) Evaluating Transferable Emotion Expressions for Zoomorphic Social Robots using VR Prototyping. In: 23rd IEEE International Symposium on Mixed and Augmented Reality (ISMAR), Seattle, WA, USA, 21-25 Oct 2024, (Accepted for Publication)
Fiani, C., Bretin, R. , Macdonald, S. , Khamis, M. and McGill, M. (2024) “Pikachu would electrocute people who are misbehaving”: Expert, Guardian and Child Perspectives on Automated Embodied Moderators for Safeguarding Children in Social Virtual Reality. In: ACM CHI Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems (CHI 2024), Oʻahu, Hawaiʻi, USA, 11-16 May 2024, (doi: 10.1145/3613904.3642144)
Bretin, R. , Khamis, M. and Cross, E. (2023) “Do I Run Away?”: Proximity, Stress and Discomfort in Human-Drone Interaction in Real and Virtual Environments. In: INTERACT 2023: 19th International Conference of Technical Committee 13 (Human- Computer Interaction) of IFIP, York, UK, 28 Aug - 01 Sep 2023, ISBN 9783031422836 (doi: 10.1007/978-3-031-42283-6_29)
Fiani, C., Bretin, R. , McGill, M. and Khamis, M. (2023) Big Buddy: Exploring Child Reactions and Parental Perceptions towards a Simulated Embodied Moderating System for Social Virtual Reality. In: Interaction Design and Children (IDC ’23), Chicago, IL, USA, 19–23 June 2023, ISBN 9798400701313 (doi: 10.1145/3585088.3589374)
Fiani, C., Bretin, R. , McGill, M. and Khamis, M. (2023) Big Buddy: A Simulated Embodied Moderating System to Mitigate Children’s Reaction to Provocative Situations within Social Virtual Reality. In: 2023 CHI Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems (CHI '23), Hamburg, Germany, 23-28 Apr 2023, p. 53. ISBN 9781450394222 (doi: 10.1145/3544549.3585840)
Bretin, R. , Cross, E. and Khamis, M. (2022) Co-existing With a Drone: Using Virtual Reality to Investigate the Effect of the Drone’s Height and Cover Story on Proxemic Behaviours. In: 2022 CHI Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems (CHI '22), New Orleans, LA, USA, 30 Apr - 05 May 2022, p. 377. ISBN 9781450391566 (doi: 10.1145/3491101.3519750)
Watson, K., Bretin, R. , Khamis, M. and Mathis, F. (2022) The Feet in Human-Centred Security: Investigating Foot-Based User Authentication for Public Displays. In: 2022 CHI Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems (CHI '22), New Orleans, LA, USA, 30 Apr - 05 May 2022, p. 441. ISBN 9781450391566 (doi: 10.1145/3491101.3519838)