Most robots today are naked, and nobody seems to mind! We argue they should. Robot attire is not cosmetic: clothing systematically shapes social cognition, cueing role expectations, warmth and competence inferences, touch norms, and trust. We introduce the Robot Fashion Psychology Model (RFPM), a mid-level theory linking what robots wear to how people interact with them, moderated by morphology and context. Grounded in fashion-led research-through-design that triangulates in-the-wild exemplars, a capsule collection spanning humanoids to drones, and reflexive critique - we translate RFPM into morphology aware garment guidelines and ethical guardrails against "trust-washing" and capability deception. We then ask: What happens when robots dress for each other? When fashion becomes visible only to machines? Robot wardrobes are coming. With them come new forms of designed influence. We offer foundations for designing them with intention rather than improvisation, while norms are still forming.

Acoustic communication between humans and robots, via speech, relies on initially processing verbal utterances into text. In sophisticated scenarios the semantic meaning of the utterances is extracted so responses are given within context (e.g. conversational agents), in simpler scenarios these utterances can be mapped to direct responses or actionable tasks the agent can perform. On its basic form, speech are acoustic signals that encode linguistic messages, words, in correlation to a set of acoustic properties such as frequency range, harmonic-to-noise ratio and duration. Nonetheless, it is said that language is part of an individual's identity and an integral part of our social dynamics, thus developing and understanding a language has an intrinsic impact. We investigate a communication strategy in which unique, covert, tonal languages are dynamically generated for a given robot-human pair. We explore the application of such language in different scenarios - social and tactical, the learning efforts from the human, and discuss a near-distant future where robot agents can autonomously generate such tonal languages which may create stronger bonds and robot-human relationships.

Telepresence takes place when a user is afforded with the experience of being in a remote environment or virtual world, through the use of immersive technologies. A humanoid robot and a control apparatus that correlates the operator's movements whilst providing sufficient sensory feedback, encompass such immersive technologies. This paper considers the control mechanisms that afford telepresence, the requirements for continuous or extended telepresence control, and the health implications of engaging in complex time-constrained tasks. We present Telesuit - a full-body telepresence control system for operating a humanoid telepresence robot. The suit is part of a broader system that considers the constraints of controlling a dexterous bimanual robotic torso, and the need for modular hardware and software that allows for high-fidelity immersiveness. It incorporates a health-monitoring system that collects information such as respiratory effort, galvanic skin response, and heart rate. This information is consequently leveraged by the platform to adjust the telepresence experience and apply control modalities for autonomy. Furthermore, the design of the Telesuit garment considers both functionality and aesthetics.

Telepresence takes place when a user is afforded the experience of being in a remote environment or a virtual world, through the use of immersive technologies. The development of a humanoid robot and a control apparatus that correlates the operator's movements, and provides sufficient sensory feedback, encompass efforts to create such immersive technologies. This paper considers the control mechanisms that afford telepresence, the requirements for continuous or extended telepresence control, and the health implications of engaging in complex time-constrained tasks. We present the Telesuit - a full-body telepresence control system used to operate a humanoid telepresence robot. The suit is part of a larger system that considers the physical constraints of controlling a dexterous bimanual robotic torso, and the need for modular hardware and software that allow for high-fidelity immserviness. It incorporates a health-monitoring system that allows the robotic platform to leverage information such as respiratory effort, galvanic skin response, and heart rate, to adjust the telepresence experience and apply control modalities that automate manipulation tasks. Furthermore, the design of the garment considers both functionality and aesthetics, and sets preface for future implementations of wearable telepresence control systems that integrate into the Internet of Actions (IoA) - allowing operators to interchangeably transition between the physical world and mixed-reality or virtual worlds.

We introduce the end-to-end design of WRSTelebot, a semi-humanoid telepresence robot platform for disaster response. Its software design focuses on enabling highfidelity immersive telepresence control of its manipulators and proactive multilateral control enabled by anomaly detection of the operator's physical state. The robot's key mechanical design features include a transformable mobile base that allows the robot to switch between two drive systems: caterpillar-track and differential drive, depending on the encountered terrain. The upper body is composed of a retractable dynamically balanced 20-DoF humanoid torso, that can fold entirely, allowing the robot to navigate through space-constrained environments. We evaluateits performance during off-site tests to show its usability.

Teleoperation encompasses the use of software and hardware interfaces to remotely control mechanical devices. Ideally, a telepresence humanoid robotic system, which faithfully replicates the operator's motion and accurately relays sensory feedback to the operator, should achieve tele-embodiment and reciprocally enable an immersive sense of presence for the remote operator. However, current research does not consider that operators coexist in a virtual and real environment and need continuous, alternative interaction with both virtual ('engage') or real world tasks ('disengage'). In this paper, we propose and explore the feasibility of an EMG-based control interface for disengagement from a fully immersive humanoid telepresence robot or virtual avatar - where the operator is manually and verbally constrained by the avatar's replication of the operator's motions. Our system makes use of a support vector machine (SVM) classifier, with 92.8% ± 2.5 accuracy on average, to continuously classify tongue gestures that indicate an engage or disengage command.