As mobile robots are increasingly introduced into our daily lives, it grows ever more
imperative that these robots navigate with and among people in a safe and socially …

As the field of social robotics is growing, a consensus has been made on the design and
implementation of robotic systems that are capable of adapting based on the user actions …

Navigation is a basic skill for autonomous robots. In the last years human–robot interaction
has become an important research field that spans all of the robot capabilities including …

A handover is a complex collaboration, where actors coordinate in time and space to
transfer control of an object. This coordination comprises two processes: the physical …

Robot navigation in the presence of humans raises new issues for motion planning and
control when the humans must be taken explicitly into account. We claim that a human …

When people interact with communication robots in daily life, their attitudes and emotions
toward the robots affect their behavior. From the perspective of robotics design, we need to …

This paper proposes a model of approach behavior with which a robot can initiate
conversation with people who are walking. We developed the model by learning from the …

Telepresence robots can be thought of as embodied video conferencing on wheels.
Companies producing these robots imagine them being used in a wide variety of situations …

Human–Robot Interaction in Social Robotics explores important issues in designing a robot
system that works with people in everyday environments. Edited by leading figures in the …

Autonomous mobile robots that operate in environments with people are expected to be
able to deal with human proxemics and social distances. Previous research investigated …