Papers

—Papers

  1. 2026-07

    Humour at the Edge of Ethics — Strategic Awkwardness: Embodying an LLM Refusal

    Ryoh Iwamoto, Michael Wong Kam, Hooman Samani, Saina Akhond, Chinthaka Premachandra

    Social Robotics + ART: 18th International Conference

    Conference paper1–4 July 2026London, UK

  2. 2026-05

    Laughing across cultures: culturally sensitive robotic stand-up comedian with multimodal expressiveness

    Michael Wong Kam, Hooman Samani, Saina Akhond, Chinthaka Premachandra, Vali Lalioti

    International Journal of Performance Arts and Digital Media

    Journal articledoi:10.1080/14794713.2026.2670859

  3. 2025-09

    Culturally Sensitive Stand-Up Comedian Robot

    Michael Wong Kam, Hooman Samani, Saina Akhond, Chinthaka Premachandra, Vali Lalioti

    Social Robotics + AI: 17th International Conference (ICSR 2025)

    Conference paper10–12 September 2025Naples, Italydoi:10.1007/978-981-95-2398-6_10