Alexis Meneses

I'm a specially appointed assitant professor at Intelligent Robotics Laboratory (Ishiguro Lab) at the university of Osaka, Japan.

I received a bachelor's degree in electronic engineering from San Luis Gonzaga University, Peru. I received my Master of Engineering Degree and my Ph.D. in engineering from Osaka University, Japan. I have been conducting research on affective agents which synchronize with humans. I was part of ERATO project which wanted to develop a symbiotic Human-Robot Interaction and Society 5.0 which wanted to develop a method for avoiding the limitation of the body through teleoperation. Currently, I am part of MoonShoot Project to realize an avatar-symbiotic society in which Cybernetic agents allow everyone to perform active social roles without constraint through teleoperating multiple Cybernetic Agents.

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Research

I'm interested in affective computing, teleoperated agents and computing symbiosis. Most of my research focuses on understanding the human behavior after interacting with technological resources.

	Modulating Perceived Authority and Warmth of Mobile Social Robots through Bodily Openness and Vertical Movement in Gait Changzeng Fu , Songyang Wang, Zihan Li, Ayush Gupta, Alexis Meneses , Hiroshi Ishiguro, Yuichiro Yoshikawa IEEE Robotics and Automation Letters, 2024 We explore the influence of modulating vertical oscillation for influencing the perceived authority and warmth.
	Enhancing the Mobile Humanoid Robot's Emotional Expression with Affective Vertical-Oscillations Changzeng Fu , Alexis Meneses , Yuichiro Yoshikawa , Hiroshi Ishiguro Springer Netherlands, 1-18, 2024 We explored the affection of vertical oscillation for emotional expresison.
	Simultaneous Dialogue Services Using Multiple Semiautonomous Robots in Multiple Locations by a Single Operator: A Field Trial on Souvenir Recommendation Kazuki Sakai , Megumi Kawata , Alexis Meneses , Yuichiro Yoshikawa , Hiroshi Ishiguro IEEE Robotics and Automation Letters, 2024 We compared multiple robots for dialogue services.
	A Pilot Study to Evaluate the Effectiveness of Physical/Virtual Embodiment of Teleoperated Humanoid Agents in Learning Via Teaching for Individuals with Autism Spectrum Disorders Taiga Natori , Hirokazu Kumazaki , Yuko Yoshimura, Alexis Meneses , Nobukazu Kanchi , Yuichiro Yoshikawa , Hiroshi Ishiguro INSAR, 2024 We compare the effects of different agent types.
	Hospitable Guide Robot: Demonstrating the Impact of Vertical Oscillation and Looking Back Motion Masaya Iwasaki , Zihao Chi , Kazuki Masuda, Alexis Meneses , Megumi Kawata , Kazuki Sakai , Yuichiro Yoshikawa , Hiroshi Ishiguro Proceedings of the 11th International Conference on Human-Agent Interaction, pages 257-263, 2023 We prepared a mobile robot for guiding people.
	Improvement the sense of being listened to by using a video conferencing system to visualize focal words of user's speaking in a thought bubble Megumi Kawata , Yuta Nitada, Alexis Meneses , Yuichiro Yoshikawa , Hiroshi Ishiguro 2023 62nd Annual Conference of the Society of Instrument and Control Engineers (SICE), pages 1122-1126, 2023 We used a thought bubble in video conferencing system for enhancing sense of being listened.
	Multiple Groups of Agents for Increased Movement Interference and Synchronization Alexis Meneses, Hamed Mahzoon, Yuichiro Yoshikawa, Hiroshi Ishiguro Sensors 22(14), 5465, 2022 The synchronization of humans is higher when using a group of robots than when using no robots.
	Enhancing Sense of Attention from a Communication Robot by Drawing the User's Face on Its Thought Bubble in the Video Conferencing System Yuta Nitada, Yuichiro Yoshikawa , Alexis Meneses , Hiroshi Ishiguro HAI '21: Proceedings of the 9th International Conference on Human-Agent Interaction , pages 443 - 447, 2021 We used a thought bubble in video conferencing system for enhancing sense of attention.
	Effect of synchronous robot motion on human synchrony and enjoyment perception Alexis Meneses, Yuichiro Yoshikawa, Hiroshi Ishiguro Interaction Studies: Social Behaviour and Communication in Biological and Artificial Systems 22(1), 86-109, 2021 The synchronization of humans is higher when using a group of robots than when using no robots.