Social Bots that Bring a Strong Presence to Remote Participants in Hybrid Meetings

We've designed a social robot called SNOTBOX. The bot indicates the participation status (marginalized or not) of the remote participant using "Buzzo" and the remote participant's desire to be heard through a "Eureka". We used both representations to attract the attention of local participants as a way to enhance the presence of remote participants in the conference. SNOTBOX is low cost, easy to manufacture and supports diy participants' personalities, as well as being able to support multiple participants in online discussions.