We are facilitating software development for mobile social robots that operatein the wild': that
is, in real daily environments such as shopping malls. One fundamental difficulty in …

We studied the programming and debugging processes of an autonomous mobile social
robot with a focus on the programmers. This process is time-consuming in a populated …

Robot designers commonly emphasize humanlikeness as an important design feature to
make robots social or userfriendly. To understand how users make sense of the design …

There has been a recent trend to test robots and intelligent virtual agents as social
interaction partners in public domains. Commercial solutions such as Pepper or Cruz are …

Social robots are often ignored in public places. What can such a robot do to attract more
people to achieve its goals? In this study, we investigate what a social robot needs to do to …

The future robots are expected to work in a shared physical space with humans [1]; however,
the presence of humans leads to a dynamic environment that is challenging for mobile …

The market for service robot is rapidly growing nowadays to interact in a direct manner with
humans. In the future we expect that robots will be able to provide a variety of services for …

One of the biggest obstacles to broader adoption of robotics is that only experienced
roboticists can develop robotics applications. If we aim to have robots in our homes and …

This paper presents a computational model for side-by-side walking for human-robot
interaction (HRI). In this work we address the importance of future motion utility (motion …

For a social robot to be used in society, it should incorporate feedback from stakeholders,
including users. In addition, stakeholders explore the best use of the robot and may change …