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Dr Eduardo Benitez Sandoval

Dr Eduardo Benitez Sandoval

Scientia Fellow (Level B)
  • PhD in Human Interface Technology, University of Canterbury, New Zealand, 2016,
  • FrontierLab Internship, Intelligent Robotics Lab, University of Osaka, 2012.
  • Masters in Industrial Design (specialised in ergonomics), UNAM, 2012. 
  • Teaching Update Diploma, IPN 2005.
  • BEng Bionics, IPN, 2004.

 

 

Arts, Design & Architecture (ADA)
School of Art & Design

Dr. Eduardo B. Sandoval is a social robotics researcher, his work spans different aspects of social robotics, such as Reciprocity in Human-Robot Interaction (HRI), robots and education, robots and healthcare, and addiction to robots among other topics. Mainly, He is interested in how people make decisions when they interact with robots and other interactive devices. Beyond traditional robotics, there is a growing interest in the idea of designing machines that are capable of meaningful social interactions with humans. His work incorporates insights from behavioural economics and social psychology in order to explore different approaches in social robotics. About his own work, Dr. Sandoval claims:  "I can say as a result of working in social robotics I have a better understanding of the human condition".
Phone
0289360753
E-mail
e.sandoval@unsw.edu.au
Location
G Block Room G109 UNSW Paddington Campus
  • Book Chapters | 2024
    Benitez Sandoval E; Cappuccio M; Billinghurst M, 2024, 'Robot Natives: Future Design and Regulations for Baby Robot Interaction', in Barfield W; Weng Y-H; Pagallo U (ed.), The Cambridge Handbook on the Law, Policy, and Regulation of Human-Robot Interaction, Cambridge University PRess, Cambridge, UK, pp. 232 - 251, https://www.cambridge.org/core/books/cambridge-handbook-on-the-law-policy-and-regulation-of-humanrobot-interaction/5740D8AEA42968E6A195BEDF5CBD0E5C
  • Journal articles | 2022
    Cappuccio ML; Galliott JC; Sandoval EB, 2022, 'Saving Private Robot: Risks and Advantages of Anthropomorphism in Agent-Soldier Teams', International Journal of Social Robotics, 14, pp. 2135 - 2148, http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s12369-021-00755-z
    Journal articles | 2022
    Sandoval EB; Sosa R; Cappuccio M; Bednarz T; Benitez Sandoval E, 2022, 'Human–robot creative interactions: Exploring creativity in artificial agents using a storytelling game', Frontiers in Robotics and AI, 9, pp. 695162, http://dx.doi.org/10.3389/frobt.2022.695162
    Journal articles | 2021
    Cappuccio ML; Sandoval EB; Mubin O; Obaid M; Velonaki M; Benitez Sandoval E, 2021, 'Robotics Aids for Character Building: More than Just Another Enabling Condition', International Journal of Social Robotics, 13, pp. 1 - 5, http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s12369-021-00756-y
    Journal articles | 2020
    Benitez Sandoval E; Brandstatter J; Yalcin U; Bartneck C, 2020, 'Robot Likeability and Reciprocity in Human Robot Interaction: Using Ultimatum Game to determinate Reciprocal Likeable Robot Strategies', International Journal of Social Robotics, http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s12369-020-00658
    Journal articles | 2020
    Cappuccio ML; Sandoval EB; Mubin O; Obaid M; Velonaki M; Benitez Sandoval E, 2020, 'Can Robots Make Us Better Humans?', International Journal of Social Robotics, 13, pp. 7 - 22, http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s12369-020-00700-6
    Journal articles | 2020
    Li B; Zhao K; Sandoval EB, 2020, 'A UWB-Based Indoor Positioning System Employing Neural Networks', Journal of Geovisualization and Spatial Analysis, 4, http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s41651-020-00059-2
    Journal articles | 2016
    Sandoval EB; Brandstetter J; Obaid M; Bartneck C, 2016, 'Reciprocity in Human-Robot Interaction: A Quantitative Approach Through the Prisoner’s Dilemma and the Ultimatum Game', International Journal of Social Robotics, 8, pp. 303 - 317, http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s12369-015-0323-x
  • Conference Papers | 2024
    Andres J; Danta C; Bianchi A; Hong S; Li Z; Sandoval EB; Martin CP; Cooper N, 2024, 'Understanding and Shaping Human-Technology Assemblages in the Age of Generative AI', in DIS 2024 - Proceedings of the 2024 ACM Designing Interactive Systems Conference, pp. 413 - 416, http://dx.doi.org/10.1145/3656156.3658403
    Conference Papers | 2023
    Tong Z; Ayala A; Sandoval EB; Cruz F, 2023, 'Urban Autonomous Driving of Emergency Vehicles with Reinforcement Learning', in 2023 IEEE Latin American Conference on Computational Intelligence, LA-CCI 2023, http://dx.doi.org/10.1109/LA-CCI58595.2023.10409469
    Conference Papers | 2022
    Akmal HA; Sandoval EB; Benitez Sandoval E, 2022, 'Proposing a Post-anthropocentric HAI through the Perception of Sentient Entities as Trans-objects', in HAI 2022 - Proceedings of the 10th Conference on Human-Agent Interaction, Association for Computing Machinery (ACM), Christchurch, New Zealand, pp. 263 - 265, presented at The 10th International Conference on Human-Agent Interaction, Christchurch, New Zealand, 05 December 2022 - 08 December 2022, http://dx.doi.org/10.1145/3527188.3563928
    Conference Papers | 2022
    Akmal HA; Shaw J; Sandoval EB; Benitez Sandoval E, 2022, 'Interactive Perceptual Companion: Prototyping a Digital Perception for HAI', in HAI 2022 - Proceedings of the 10th Conference on Human-Agent Interaction, Association for Computing Machinery (ACM), Christchurch, New Zealand, pp. 266 - 268, presented at The 10th International Conference on Human-Agent Interaction, Christchurch, New Zealand, 05 December 2022 - 08 December 2022, http://dx.doi.org/10.1145/3527188.3563938
    Conference Papers | 2022
    Gonzalez-Jimenez S; Gallo D; Sosa R; Sandoval EB; Colombino T; Grasso MA, 2022, 'A Decision Support Design Framework for Selecting a Robotic Interface', in HAI 2022 - Proceedings of the 10th Conference on Human-Agent Interaction, pp. 104 - 113, http://dx.doi.org/10.1145/3527188.3561913
    Preprints | 2022
    Jimenez SG; Gallo D; Sosa R; Sandoval EB; Colombino T; Grasso A, 2022, A Decision Support Design Framework for Selecting a Robotic Interface, , http://arxiv.org/abs/2202.03689v1
    Conference Papers | 2022
    Sandoval EB; Rojas DV; Cereceres CAP; Rios AA; Barde A; Billinghurst M; Benitez Sandoval E, 2022, 'Prototyping a Virtual Agent for Pre-school English Teaching', in Proceedings - 2022 IEEE Conference on Virtual Reality and 3D User Interfaces Abstracts and Workshops, VRW 2022, Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE), ELECTR NETWORK, pp. 658 - 659, presented at 2022 IEEE Conference on Virtual Reality and 3D User Interfaces Abstracts and Workshops (VRW), ELECTR NETWORK, 12 March 2022 - 16 March 2022, http://dx.doi.org/10.1109/VRW55335.2022.00180
    Preprints | 2022
    Sandoval EB; Rojas DV; Cereceres CAP; Rios AA; Barde A; Billinghurst M, 2022, Prototyping a Virtual Agent for Pre-school English Teaching, , http://arxiv.org/abs/2202.06946v1
    Preprints | 2022
    Sandoval EB; Sosa R; Cappuccio M; Bednarz T, 2022, Human-Robot Creative Interactions (HRCI): Exploring Creativity in Artificial Agents Using a Story-Telling Game, , http://arxiv.org/abs/2202.03702v1
    Reports | 2021
    Benitez Sandoval E; Vazquez Rojas D; Parada C; Anzueto Rios A, 2021, Virtual Characters versus Social Robots: A Future Comparative Study of Social Agents for English Language Teaching, https://robot4learning.github.io/, https://robot4learning.github.io/, https://robot4learning.github.io/
    Conference Papers | 2021
    Sandoval EB; Shi J; Cruz-Sandoval D; Li B; Cappuccio M; Rosenbaum S; Benitez Sandoval E, 2021, 'A prototype of a robot memory game: Exploring the technical limitations of human-robot interaction in a playful context', in ACM/IEEE International Conference on Human-Robot Interaction, Association for Computing Machinery (ACM), ELECTR NETWORK, pp. 195 - 199, presented at Companion of the 2021 ACM/IEEE International Conference on Human-Robot Interaction, ELECTR NETWORK, 08 August 2021 - 11 August 2021, http://dx.doi.org/10.1145/3434074.3447158
    Conference Papers | 2020
    Benitez Sandoval E; Cruz Sandoval D; Favela J, 2020, 'Functional Aesthetic Design of Therapy robots:Towards Strong Concepts for HRI.', in Luppeti M; ZAGA C; CILA N (eds.), NAPLES, ITALY, presented at Workshop at the 29th IEEE International Conference on Robot and Human Interactive Communication (RO-MAN 2020, NAPLES, ITALY, 31 August 2020 - 31 August 2020, http://hridesign.eu/assets/pdf/Sandoval%20et%20al.pdf
    Designs / Architecture | 2020
    Benitez Sandoval E; Cruz-Sandoval D, 2020, 3D printed Social Robot Prototype., UNSW Repository, publication category: Designs / Architecture
    Conference Papers | 2020
    Benitez Sandoval E; Li B; Diakite A; Zhao K; Oliver N; Bednarz T; Zlatanova S, 2020, 'A Visually Impaired User Experience using a 3D-Enhanced Facility Management System for Indoors Navigation', in ICMI, Association for Computing Machinery (ACM), Ultrech, Netherlands (online), pp. 92 - 96, presented at International Conference of Multimodal Interaction, Ultrech, Netherlands (online), 25 October 2020 - 29 October 2020, http://dx.doi.org/10.1145/3395035.3425247
    Conference Papers | 2020
    Cruz-Sandoval D; Morales-Tellez A; Sandoval EB; Favela J, 2020, 'A social robot as therapy facilitator in interventions to deal with dementia-related behavioral symptoms', in ACM/IEEE International Conference on Human-Robot Interaction, pp. 161 - 169, http://dx.doi.org/10.1145/3319502.3374840
    Conference Papers | 2019
    Al-Badry M; Sandoval EB; Benitez Sandoval E, 2019, 'Possibilities in Robot Stop-Motion', in ACM/IEEE International Conference on Human-Robot Interaction, Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE), Daegu, pp. 576 - 577, presented at ACM/IEEE International Conference on Human-Robot Interaction, Daegu, 12 March 2019 - 14 March 2019, http://dx.doi.org/10.1109/hri.2019.8673129
    Conference Papers | 2019
    Beiboer J; Sandoval EB; Benitez Sandoval E, 2019, 'Validating the Accuracy of Imaged-Based Research into the Uncanny Valley: An Experimental Proposal', in ACM/IEEE International Conference on Human-Robot Interaction, Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE), Daegu, pp. 608 - 609, presented at ACM/IEEE International Conference on Human-Robot Interaction, Daegu, 11 March 2019 - 14 March 2019, http://dx.doi.org/10.1109/hri.2019.8673261
    Reports | 2019
    Benitez Sandoval E; Castillo H; Tellez S; Teran E; Pelaez de la Huerta CS; Nava Casiano M; Carrillo J; Corella M; Peñaloza C; Chouza C; Palacios G; Flores K; Quijada D; Bahena E; Mendoza Gutierrez LE, 2019, Robot Nurse for Patient's Lifting, Internal Report of Libersalus SA. de CV. for INADEM, Mexico, Mexico City, No applicable
    Patents | 2019
    Benitez Sandoval E; Tellez Leon S; Castillo Elizalde HA, 2019, Industrial Model of Social Interfaz for Service Robot, Mexico, Patent No. MX/f/2017/002789, Patent Agent:Mexican Institute of Intelectual Property, https://vidoc.impi.gob.mx/visor?d=MX/2019/5763
    Conference Presentations | 2019
    Benitez Sandoval E, 2019, 'Addiction to Robots: From Science Fiction Representation to Real Addiction', presented at THE 4TH JOINT UAE SYMPOSIUM ON SOCIAL ROBOTICS, Abu Dabhi, UAE, 03 February 2019 - 06 February 2019, https://wp.nyu.edu/jssr/program/
    Conference Papers | 2019
    Caudwell C; Lacey C; Sandoval EB, 2019, 'The (Ir)relevance of robot cuteness: An exploratory study of emotionally durable robot design.', in ACM International Conference Proceeding Series, ACM, pp. 64 - 72, presented at OZCHI'19: 31ST AUSTRALIAN CONFERENCE ON HUMAN-COMPUTER-INTERACTION, http://dx.doi.org/10.1145/3369457.3369463
    Conference Papers | 2019
    Sandoval EB, 2019, 'Addiction to Social Robots: A Research Proposal', in ACM/IEEE International Conference on Human-Robot Interaction, Daegu, South Korea, pp. 526 - 527, presented at ACM/IEEE International Conference on Human-Robot Interaction, Daegu, South Korea, 11 March 2019 - 14 March 2019, http://dx.doi.org/10.1109/HRI.2019.8673143
    Conference Papers | 2018
    Benitez Sandoval E; Brown SA; Velonaki M, 2018, 'How the inclusion of design principles contribute to the development of social robots', in Buchanan G; Stevenson D (ed.), Proceedings of the 30th Australian Conference on Computer-Human Interaction, ACM, Melbourne, Australia, pp. 535 - 538, presented at OzCHI 2018, Melbourne, Australia, 05 December 2018 - 07 December 2018, http://dx.doi.org/10.1145/3292147.3292239
    Conference Presentations | 2018
    Benitez Sandoval E, 2018, 'Data visualization of Human-Robot Interaction variables in realistic scenarios.', presented at OzViz 2018, Sydney, Australia, 22 November 2018 - 23 November 2018, https://sites.google.com/site/ozvizworkshop/ozviz-2018/program
    Conference Presentations | 2018
    Benitez Sandoval E, 2018, 'Robot addiction: From science fiction representation to real addiction.', presented at ROBOTS & AI IN SOCIETY: Socio-psychological, cultural-economic, and ethico-political aspects of living with artificial autonomous agents, Parramata, NSW, Australia, 08 November 2018 - 22 February 2019, https://dhrg.uws.edu.au/robots-ai-confr/program/
    Conference Papers | 2018
    Cruz-Sandoval D; Favela J; Sandoval EB; Benitez Sandoval E; Cruz Sandoval D, 2018, 'Strategies to Facilitate the Acceptance of a Social Robot by People with Dementia', in ACM/IEEE International Conference on Human-Robot Interaction, Association for Computing Machinery (ACM), IL, Chicago, pp. 95 - 96, presented at Companion of the 2018 ACM/IEEE International Conference on Human-Robot Interaction, IL, Chicago, 05 March 2018 - 08 March 2018, http://dx.doi.org/10.1145/3173386.3177081
    Conference Papers | 2018
    Sandoval EB; Brown S; Velonaki M; Benitez Sandoval E, 2018, 'How the inclusion of design principles contribute to the development of social robots', in McKay D; Waycott J; Morrison A; Choi JHJ; Lugmayr A; Billinghurst M; Kelly R; Buchanan G; Stevenson D (eds.), ACM International Conference Proceeding Series, Association for Computing Machinery (ACM), AUSTRALIA, Melbourne, pp. 535 - 538, presented at Proceedings of the 30th Australian Conference on Computer-Human Interaction, AUSTRALIA, Melbourne, 04 December 2018 - 07 December 2018, http://dx.doi.org/10.1145/3292147.3292239
    Conference Papers | 2018
    Sandoval EB; Sosa R; Montiel M; Benitez Sandoval E, 2018, 'Robot-Ergonomics: A Proposal for a Framework in HRI', in ACM/IEEE International Conference on Human-Robot Interaction, Association for Computing Machinery (ACM), IL, Chicago, pp. 233 - 234, presented at Companion of the 2018 ACM/IEEE International Conference on Human-Robot Interaction, IL, Chicago, 05 March 2018 - 08 March 2018, http://dx.doi.org/10.1145/3173386.3177056
    Conference Papers | 2018
    Sosa R; Montiel M; Sandoval EB; Mohan RE; Benitez Sandoval E, 2018, 'Robot ergonomics: Towards human-centred and robot-inclusive design', in Proceedings of International Design Conference, DESIGN, Faculty of Mechanical Engineering and Naval Architecture, Univ. of Zagreb, pp. 2323 - 2334, presented at Proceedings of the DESIGN 2018 15th International Design Conference, http://dx.doi.org/10.21278/idc.2018.0137
    Conference Papers | 2017
    Brandstetter J; Beckner C; Sandoval EB; Bartneck C, 2017, 'Persistent Lexical Entrainment in HRI', in ACM/IEEE International Conference on Human-Robot Interaction, Vienna, Austria, pp. 63 - 72, presented at 2017 ACM/IEEE International Conference on Human-Robot Interaction, Vienna, Austria, 06 March 2017 - 09 March 2017, http://dx.doi.org/10.1145/2909824.3020257
    Conference Papers | 2017
    Cruz-Sandoval D; Eyssel F; Favela J; Sandoval EB, 2017, 'Towards a conversational corpus for human-robot conversations', in ACM/IEEE International Conference on Human-Robot Interaction, Vienna, Austria, pp. 99 - 100, presented at 2017 ACM/IEEE International Conference, Vienna, Austria, 06 March 2017 - 09 March 2017, http://dx.doi.org/10.1145/3029798.3038344
    Conference Papers | 2016
    Obaid M; Sandoval EB; Zlotowski J; Moltchanova E; Basedow CA; Bartneck C, 2016, 'Stop! That is close enough. How body postures influence human-robot proximity', in 25th IEEE International Symposium on Robot and Human Interactive Communication, RO-MAN 2016, pp. 354 - 361, http://dx.doi.org/10.1109/ROMAN.2016.7745155
    Conference Papers | 2016
    Rudhru O; Ser QM; Sandoval E, 2016, 'Robot maori haka: Robots as cultural preservationists', in ACM/IEEE International Conference on Human-Robot Interaction, pp. 569, http://dx.doi.org/10.1109/HRI.2016.7451860
    Conference Papers | 2016
    Sandoval EB; Brandstetter J; Bartneck C, 2016, 'Can a robot bribe a human? The measurement of the negative side of reciprocity in human robot interaction', in ACM/IEEE International Conference on Human-Robot Interaction, pp. 117 - 124, http://dx.doi.org/10.1109/HRI.2016.7451742
    Conference Papers | 2016
    Sandoval EB; Rudhru O; Ser QM, 2016, 'The birth of a new discipline: Robotology. A first robotologist study over a robot Maori Haka', in ACM/IEEE International Conference on Human-Robot Interaction, pp. 511 - 512, http://dx.doi.org/10.1109/HRI.2016.7451831
    Conference Papers | 2016
    Ser QM; Rudhru O; Sandoval EB, 2016, 'Robot maori haka', in ACM/IEEE International Conference on Human-Robot Interaction, pp. 549, http://dx.doi.org/10.1109/HRI.2016.7451850
    Conference Papers | 2015
    Bartneck C; Soucy M; Fleuret K; Sandoval EB, 2015, 'The robot engine - Making the unity 3D game engine work for HRI', in Proceedings - IEEE International Workshop on Robot and Human Interactive Communication, pp. 431 - 437, http://dx.doi.org/10.1109/ROMAN.2015.7333561
    Conference Papers | 2015
    Mubin O; Obaid M; Fjeld M; Sandoval E, 2015, 'Using video preferences to understand the human perception of real and fictional robots', in HAI 2015 - Proceedings of the 3rd International Conference on Human-Agent Interaction, pp. 33 - 39, http://dx.doi.org/10.1145/2814940.2814958
    Conference Papers | 2015
    Sandoval EB; Mubin O, 2015, 'Making HRI accessible to everyone through online videos: A proposal for a μmOOC in human robot interaction', in Proceedings - IEEE International Workshop on Robot and Human Interactive Communication, pp. 60 - 64, http://dx.doi.org/10.1109/ROMAN.2015.7333679
    Conference Papers | 2014
    Brandstetter J; Rácz P; Beckner C; Sandoval EB; Hay J; Bartneck C, 2014, 'A peer pressure experiment: Recreation of the Asch conformity experiment with robots', in IEEE International Conference on Intelligent Robots and Systems, pp. 1335 - 1340, http://dx.doi.org/10.1109/IROS.2014.6942730
    Conference Papers | 2014
    Sandoval EB; Mubin O; Obaid M, 2014, 'Human robot interaction and fiction: A contradiction', in Lecture Notes in Computer Science (including subseries Lecture Notes in Artificial Intelligence and Lecture Notes in Bioinformatics), pp. 54 - 63, http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-11973-1_6
    Conference Papers | 2012
    Benítez Sandoval E; Penaloza C, 2012, 'Children's knowledge and expectations about robots: A survey for future user-centered design of social robots', in HRI'12 - Proceedings of the 7th Annual ACM/IEEE International Conference on Human-Robot Interaction, pp. 107 - 108, http://dx.doi.org/10.1145/2157689.2157708
    Conference Papers | 2011
    Benitez Sandoval E; Reyes Castillo M; Rey Galindo JA, 2011, 'Perceptions and knowledge about robots in children of 11 years old in México City.', in Billard A; Kahn P; Adams JA; Trafton G (eds.), HRI '11 Proceedings of the 6th international conference on Human-robot interaction, ACM, Lausanne, Switzerland, pp. 113 - 114, presented at international conference on Human-robot interaction, Lausanne, Switzerland, 06 March 2011 - 09 March 2011, http://dx.doi.org/10.1145/1957656.1957687
    Conference Papers | 2011
    Sandoval EB; Reyes M; Rey JA, 2011, 'Perceptions and knowledge about robots in children of 11 years old in México City', in HRI 2011 - Proceedings of the 6th ACM/IEEE International Conference on Human-Robot Interaction, pp. 113 - 114, http://dx.doi.org/10.1145/1957656.1957687

1st Place Video HRI Award, Human-Robot Interaction (HRI), 2016 11th ACM/IEEE International Conference on, 2016, Christchurch, New Zealand, 2016.
30 promising young mexicans, CNN  Expansion Magazine , Mexico, 2015.
Medal Alfonso Caso 2012, National Autonomous University of Mexico, best student graduated in 2012 of the Master of Industrial Design, 128 awards for a total population of  28,000 graduate students, Mexico,  September, 2014.
Honorific Mention, Startup Weekend Christchurch,  project FoodFlow, March 2014.
Audience Award for the Model of Reciprocity in HRI, Showcase 2012,  University of Canterbury Postgraduate Student Association, 2012.
NEC NZ Ltd Scholarship, 2012-2015.
UC Doctoral Scholarship, 2013-2016.
Conacyt  International PhD Scholarship, 2013-2016.
Conacyt National Scholarship, 2011.
Conacyt  Master National scholarship, 2009-2011.
IPN-PIFI scholarship, 1998-1999.
Several awards in high school, and primary school.

I am exploring new areas of research related to social robotics and human robot interaction. For instance, the use of robots as conflict mediators, addiction to robots, utilitarian social robots, and explorations to the uncanny valley in avatars, robots and artificial agents. 

My approach is focus in put robots "into the wild" evaluating quantitative and qualitative aspects of human-robot interaction. 

Feel free to contact me if you are looking for some collaboration in these areas with a multidisciplinary approach. 

Apart of my interest in research, I am really passionated about robots in media and robot design.

My Research Supervision

Available to supervise two Ph.D. students in the area of HRI, Social Robotics, IxD, and similar! Already I am supervising two masters students at the UNSW School of Computer Science.

If you are interested in developing social robotics and HRI expertise, please contact me! :D

My Teaching

Research Foundations

 

Human Centred Design