In social robotics, the behavior of humanoid robots is intended to be designed in a way that
they behave in a human-like manner and serve as natural interaction partners for human …

As robots enter the everyday physical world of people, it is important that they abide by
society's unspoken social rules such as respecting people's personal spaces. In this paper …

Robotics researchers foresee that robots will become ubiquitous in our natural
environments, such as our homes. For a successful diffusion of social robots, it is important …

Human-robot interaction (HRI) is a rapidly growing area of research and the important
factors of the relationship between robots and the people who use them are still being …

In this paper, we present a first step towards a typology of relevant signals and cues in
human-robot interaction (HRI). In human as well as in animal communication systems …

The design of socially acceptable behaviours is becoming one major issue for the
development of robots that are able to interact with humans in unconstrained environments …

A robot system that is designed to coexist with humans has to adapt its behavior and social
interaction parameters (for example, the interaction distances and the speed of movements) …

An objective of an autonomous sociable robot is to meet the needs and preferences of a
human user. However, this can sometimes be at the expense of the robot's own ability to …

This paper presents the results from two empirical exploratory studies of human-robot
interaction in the context of an initial encounter with a robot of mechanistic appearance. The …

This study focuses on differences and similarities of perception of a small humanoid robot
between Japanese and Australian participants. Two conditions were investigated …