Editorial: Special issue on social human–robot interaction for human-care robots

Artificial intelligence (AI) is an interdisciplinary subject in science and engineering that makes it possible for machines to learn from data. Artificial Intelligence applications include prediction, recommendation, classification and recognition, object detection, natural language processing, autonomous systems, among others. The topics of the articles in this special issue include deep learning applied to medicine [1, 3], support vector machine applied to ecosystems [2], human-robot interaction [4], clustering in the identification of anomalous patterns in communication networks [5], expert systems for the simulation of natural disaster scenarios [6], real-time algorithms of artificial intelligence [7] and big data analytics for natural disasters [8].

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Introduction to the Special Issue on the Mutual Shaping of Human–Robot Interaction

International Journal of Social Robotics ◽

10.1007/s12369-020-00681-6 ◽

2020 ◽

Vol 12 (4) ◽

pp. 843-845

Author(s):

Somaya Ben Allouch ◽

Maartje de Graaf ◽

Selma Šabanović

Keyword(s):

Human Robot Interaction ◽

Special Issue ◽

Robot Interaction

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Introduction to the Special Issue on Dialog with Robots

AI Magazine ◽

10.1609/aimag.v32i4.2375 ◽

2011 ◽

Vol 32 (4) ◽

pp. 15-16 ◽

Cited By ~ 1

Author(s):

Dan Bohus ◽

Eric Horvitz ◽

Takayuki Kanda ◽

Bilge Mutlu ◽

Antoine Raux

Keyword(s):

Spoken Language ◽

Human Robot Interaction ◽

Virtual Agents ◽

Special Issue ◽

Robot Interaction ◽

Dialog Systems ◽

Core Concepts

This special issue of AI Magazine on dialog with robots brings together a collection of articles on situated dialog. The contributing authors have been working in interrelated fields of human-robot interaction, dialog systems, virtual agents, and other related areas and address core concepts in spoken dialog with embodied robots or agents. Several of the contributors participated in the AAAI Fall Symposium on Dialog with Robots, held in November 2010, and several articles in this issue are extensions of work presented there. Others include invited contributions. The articles in this collection address diverse aspects of dialog with robots, but are unified in addressing opportunities with spoken language interaction, physical embodiment, and enriched representations of context.

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Special Issue on Human–Robot Interaction (HRI)

Robotica ◽

10.1017/s0263574720000946 ◽

2020 ◽

Vol 38 (10) ◽

pp. 1715-1716

Author(s):

Nikos Aspragathos ◽

Vassilis Moulianitis ◽

Panagiotis Koustoumpardis

Keyword(s):

Control Systems ◽

Human Robot Interaction ◽

Haptic Interfaces ◽

Special Issue ◽

Robot Interaction ◽

Research Fields ◽

Learning By Observation ◽

Advanced Control ◽

Significant Research ◽

The Given

Human–robot interaction (HRI) is one of the most rapidly growing research fields in robotics and promising for the future of robotics technology. Despite the fact that numerous significant research results in HRI have been presented during the last years, there are still challenges in several critical topics of HRI, which could be summarized as: (i) collision and safety, (ii) virtual guides, (iii) cooperative manipulation, (iv) teleoperation and haptic interfaces, and (v) learning by observation or demonstration. In physical HRI research, the complementarity of the human and the robot capabilities is carefully considered for the advancement of their cooperation in a safe manner. New advanced control systems should be developed so the robot will acquire the ability to adapt easily to the human intentions and to the given task. The possible applications requiring co-manipulation are cooperative transportation of bulky and heavy objects, manufacturing processes such as assembly and surgery.

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Special Issue on Human–Robot Interaction

Robotics and Autonomous Systems ◽

10.1016/s0921-8890(99)00102-5 ◽

2000 ◽

Vol 31 (3) ◽

pp. 129-130 ◽

Cited By ~ 2

Author(s):

Hisato Kobayashi

Keyword(s):

Human Robot Interaction ◽

Special Issue ◽

Robot Interaction

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Special Issue on Human-Robot Interaction in Close Distance

Journal of Robotics and Mechatronics ◽

10.20965/jrm.2020.p0007 ◽

2020 ◽

Vol 32 (1) ◽

pp. 7-7

Author(s):

Masahiro Shiomi ◽

Hidenobu Sumioka ◽

Hiroshi Ishiguro

Keyword(s):

Physical Distance ◽

Social Robots ◽

Human Robot Interaction ◽

Industrial Robots ◽

Physical Contact ◽

Special Issue ◽

Robot Interaction ◽

Behavior Design ◽

Physical Interactions ◽

Close Distance

As social robot research is advancing, the interaction distance between people and robots is decreasing. Indeed, although we were once required to maintain a certain physical distance from traditional industrial robots for safety, we can now interact with social robots in such a close distance that we can touch them. The physical existence of social robots will be essential to realize natural and acceptable interactions with people in daily environments. Because social robots function in our daily environments, we must design scenarios where robots interact closely with humans by considering various viewpoints. Interactions that involve touching robots influence the changes in the behavior of a person strongly. Therefore, robotics researchers and developers need to design such scenarios carefully. Based on these considerations, this special issue focuses on close human-robot interactions. This special issue on “Human-Robot Interaction in Close Distance” includes a review paper and 11 other interesting papers covering various topics such as social touch interactions, non-verbal behavior design for touch interactions, child-robot interactions including physical contact, conversations with physical interactions, motion copying systems, and mobile human-robot interactions. We thank all the authors and reviewers of the papers and hope this special issue will help readers better understand human-robot interaction in close distance.

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