Robots are becoming increasingly weaved into the fabric of our society, from self-driving
cars on our streets to assistive manipulators in our homes. To act in the world, robots rely on …

Many people are familiar with the version of robots, namely humanoids and androids,
depicted on film or in print. As the realized versions of robots are becoming more …

Increasing robotic perception and action capabilities promise to bring us closer to agents
that are effective for automating complex operations in human-centered environments …

In this summa paper, I present the topic of relationships between humans and robots,
integrating my Computer Science major, Physics minor, and the liberal arts. I first present a …

A major challenge facing human–robot interaction is understanding how people will interact
and cope with increasingly agentic objects in their everyday lives. As more robotic …

Significant segments of the HRI literature rely on or promote the ability to reason about
human identity characteristics, including age, gender, and cultural background. However …

Human-robot interaction is limited in large part by the challenge of writing correct
specifications for robots. The research community wants alignment between humans' goals …

Social robotics aims at developing robots that are to assist humans in their daily lives. To
achieve this aim, robots must act in a comprehensible and intuitive manner for humans. That …

A humanoid robot is a particular form of embodied agent. The form that an agent takes has a
major impact on how that agent interacts with its environment and how it develops an …

To prepare for a future in which robots are more commonplace, it is important to know what
robot behaviors people find socially normative. Previous work suggests that for robots to be …