This article surveys the literature on human–robot object handovers. A handover is a
collaborative joint action, where an agent, the giver, gives an object to another agent, the …

The role of robots in society keeps expanding and diversifying, bringing with it a host of
issues surrounding the relationship between robots and humans. This introduction to human …

With the development of mobile robots, research on interpersonal distances grew by a new
body of research introducing new opportunities to environmental psychology. In this review …

Abstract Human–Robot Interaction challenges Artificial Intelligence in many regards:
dynamic, partially unknown environments that were not originally designed for robots; a …

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 …

In this paper we provide empirical evidence that using humanlike gaze cues during human-
robot handovers can improve the timing and perceived quality of the handover event …

Robots accompanying humans is one of the core capacities every service robot deployed in
urban settings should have. We present a novel robot companion approach based on the so …

Human–robot collaboration (HRC) is characterized by a spatiotemporal overlap between the
workspaces of the human and the robot and has become a viable option in manufacturing …

Handing over objects to humans is an essential capability for assistive robots. While there
are infinite ways to hand an object, robots should be able to choose the one that is best for …