Robot navigation in crowded public spaces is a complex task that requires addressing a
variety of engineering and human factors challenges. These challenges have motivated a …

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 …

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 …

Intelligent systems are increasingly part of our everyday lives and have been integrated
seamlessly to the point where it is difficult to imagine a world without them. Physical …

A key skill for mobile robots is the ability to navigate efficiently through their environment. In
the case of social or assistive robots, this involves navigating through human crowds …

Safe and social navigation is the key to deploying a mobile service robot in a human-
centered environment. Widespread acceptability of mobile service robots in daily life is …

Trust has been identified as a key element for the successful cooperation between humans
and robots. However, little research has been directed at understanding trust development …

We present a systematic survey of computational research in humanrobot interaction (HRI)
over the past decade. Computational HRI is the subset of the field that is specifically …

With the robots tending to accumulate more and more capabilities beyond the level of acting
in a deterministic fashion, the idea of introducing them into our every day lives seems to be …

The human-robot interaction community has developed many methods for robots to navigate
safely and socially alongside humans. However, experimental procedures to evaluate these …