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 …

Human communication is a traditional topic of research in many disciplines such as
psychology, linguistics and philosophy, all of which mainly focused on language, gestures …

The processes underwriting the acquisition of culture remain unclear. How are shared
habits, norms, and expectations learned and maintained with precision and reliability across …

Rapid advances in technology for highly automated vehicles (HAVs) have raised concerns
about coexistence of HAVs and human road users. Although there is a long tradition of …

Humans have a striking ability to coordinate their actions with each other to achieve joint
goals. The tight interpersonal coordination that characterizes joint actions is achieved …

In joint action, multiple people coordinate their actions to perform a task together. This often
requires precise temporal and spatial coordination. How do co-actors achieve this? How do …

Any account of “what is special about the human brain”(Passingham 2008) must specify the
neural basis of our unique ability to produce speech and delineate how these remarkable …

Most current decision-making research focuses on classical economic scenarios, where
choice offers are prespecified and where action dynamics play no role in the decision …

Early research on physical human–robot interaction (pHRI) has necessarily focused on
device design—the creation of compliant and sensorized hardware, such as exoskeletons …

In everyday interactions, humans naturally exhibit behavioral cues, such as gaze and head
movements, that signal their intentions while interpreting the behavioral cues of others to …