A survey on socially aware robot navigation: Taxonomy and future challenges

PT Singamaneni, P Bachiller-Burgos… - … Journal of Robotics …, 2024 - journals.sagepub.com
Socially aware robot navigation is gaining popularity with the increase in delivery and
assistive robots. The research is further fueled by a need for socially aware navigation skills …

Principles and guidelines for evaluating social robot navigation algorithms

A Francis, C Pérez-d'Arpino, C Li, F Xia, A Alahi… - arXiv preprint arXiv …, 2023 - arxiv.org
A major challenge to deploying robots widely is navigation in human-populated
environments, commonly referred to as social robot navigation. While the field of social …

My eyes speak: Improving perceived sociability of autonomous vehicles in shared spaces through emotional robotic eyes

Y Wang, S Wijenayake, M Hoggenmüller… - Proceedings of the …, 2023 - dl.acm.org
The ability of autonomous vehicles (AVs) to interact socially with pedestrians poses a
significant impact on their integration with urban traffic. This is particularly important for …

Bridging Requirements, Planning, and Evaluation: A Review of Social Robot Navigation

J Karwowski, W Szynkiewicz… - Sensors, 2024 - mdpi.com
Navigation lies at the core of social robotics, enabling robots to navigate and interact
seamlessly in human environments. The primary focus of human-aware robot navigation is …

Should I Just Stick to the Wall? Evaluating the Social Acceptance and Preferred Driving Side of Wall Following

N Robinson, CTH Yeung, A Cosgun - International Journal of Social …, 2024 - Springer
The need for safe, predictable, and reliable robot navigation is fundamental for mobile
robots to move around in home and office environments. Shortest-path navigation is a …

An interpretable monitoring framework for virtual physics-based non-interfering robot social planning

R Peddi, N Bezzo - IEEE Robotics and Automation Letters, 2022 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
A majority of collision avoidance and motion planning algorithms deployed on autonomous
mobile robots tend to be reactive to the presence and motion of nearby dynamic actors …