Demographic developments have challenged our research on how to assist elderly people
by using robots. The KSERA (Knowledgeable SErvice Robots for Aging) project integrates …

Each person has their personal area which they do not want to share with others during
social interactions. The size of this area usually depends on various factors such as their …

This paper reports our research on developing a robot that distributes flyers to pedestrians.
The difficulty is that since the potential receivers are pedestrians who are not necessarily …

The design of socially acceptable behaviours is becoming one major issue for the
development of robots that are able to interact with humans in unconstrained environments …

Communication among team members is important for efficient teamwork, to coordinate
behavior and ensure that all team members have the information they need to complete the …

This work proposes a conceptual model of personal space that can be used within symbolic
knowledge-based robot architectures. The robot represents personal spaces in terms of …

This paper describes an exploratory study on group interaction with a robot guide in an open
large-scale busy environment. For an entire week, a humanoid robot was deployed in the …

When a robot approaches a person, the chosen trajectory ideally informs the person not only
about the robot's intended target location, but also its intended orientation. However …

Each person has their private physical and/or psychological area where they do not want to
share with others during social interactions. This area gives them comfort about interactions …

This paper models the concept of the" territory" of shops. First, we interviewed three
shopkeepers and found that they perceived the space near their shop as their territory and …