Socially Aware Robot Obstacle Avoidance Considering Human Intention and PreferencesSpringer Science and Business Media LLC - Tập 15 - Trang 661-678 - 2021
Trevor Smith, Yuhao Chen, Nathan Hewitt, Boyi Hu, Yu Gu
In order to navigate safely and effectively with humans in close proximity, robots must be capable of predicting the future motions of humans. This study first consolidates human studies in motion, intention, and preference into a discretized human model that can readily be used in robotics decision making algorithms. Cooperative Markov Decision Process (Co-MDP), a novel framework that improves up...... hiện toàn bộ
Can Robots have Personal Identity?Springer Science and Business Media LLC - Tập 15 - Trang 211-220 - 2023
Marcos Alonso
This article attempts to answer the question of whether robots can have personal identity. In recent years, and due to the numerous and rapid technological advances, the discussion around the ethical implications of Artificial Intelligence, Artificial Agents or simply Robots, has gained great importance. However, this reflection has almost always focused on problems such as the moral status of the...... hiện toàn bộ
Replacement of Highly Educated Surgical Assistants by Robot Technology in Working Life: Paradigm Shift in the Service SectorSpringer Science and Business Media LLC - Tập 2 - Trang 431-438 - 2010
Kristian Wasen
This article highlights the thus far unexplained social and professional effects raised by robotization in surgical applications, and further develops an understanding of social acceptance among professional users of robots in the healthcare sector. It presents findings from ethnographic workplace research on human-robot interactions (HRI) in a population of twenty-three professionals. When consid...... hiện toàn bộ
Perceptions of Agent Loyalty with Ancillary UsersSpringer Science and Business Media LLC - Tập 13 - Trang 2039-2055 - 2021
Samantha Reig, Elizabeth Jeanne Carter, Xiang Zhi Tan, Aaron Steinfeld, Jodi Forlizzi
Intelligent agents are part of the smartphones, smart speakers, and home robots that millions of us own and interact with regularly. However, little is known about if or how these agents should be embodied. Additionally, as conversations with agents move from heavily structured and transactional to more flexible and, at times, social, embodiment may play a more nuanced and variable role. This pape...... hiện toàn bộ
PrefaceSpringer Science and Business Media LLC - Tập 9 - Trang 329-330 - 2017
Shuzhi Sam Ge, Oussama Khatib
Exploring University Students’ Preferences for Educational Robot Design by Means of a User-Centered Design ApproachSpringer Science and Business Media LLC - - 2019
Natalia Reich-Stiebert, Friederike Eyssel, Charlotte Hohnemann
User-centered design approaches have become more prominent in various domains and have slowly been adopted in robotics research. Previous research on user-centered design highlights the beneficial effects of actively involving end users into the design process. Results further imply that end users have different notions about ideal robot design, placing special demands on social robots depending o...... hiện toàn bộ
NeuroCERIL: Robotic Imitation Learning via Hierarchical Cause-Effect Reasoning in Programmable Attractor Neural NetworksSpringer Science and Business Media LLC - Tập 15 - Trang 1277-1295 - 2023
Gregory P. Davis, Garrett E. Katz, Rodolphe J. Gentili, James A. Reggia
Imitation learning allows social robots to learn new skills from human teachers without substantial manual programming, but it is difficult for robotic imitation learning systems to generalize demonstrated skills as well as human learners do. Contemporary neurocomputational approaches to imitation learning achieve limited generalization at the cost of data-intensive training, and often produce opa...... hiện toàn bộ
Safety of Interactive Robotics—Learning from AccidentsSpringer Science and Business Media LLC - Tập 2 - Trang 221-227 - 2010
Timo Malm, Juhani Viitaniemi, Jyrki Latokartano, Salla Lind, Outi Venho-Ahonen, Jari Schabel
Finland is ranked rather high in international robot density statistics. In Finland, robots are typically used in applications where they operate in close proximity to humans. The research described in this paper, sourced from Finnish databases, identified 25 severe accidents which can be attributed to robots. The current accident data can provide an insight into the type of accidents associated w...... hiện toàn bộ
Could Socially Interactive Architectural Robotics Promote Restorative Environments?Springer Science and Business Media LLC - - Trang 1-18 - 2023
Sharmayne Lim Zhiyu, Hong Pin Koh, Carlos Aguiar, Jacob Chen Shihang, Yixiao Wang
In a pandemic or post-pandemic world, numerous environments can be stress-inducing for individuals. Hospitals, for instance, can trigger anxiety in patients who feel a sense of helplessness over their health conditions. Similarly, home offices, where people spend extended hours meeting deadlines in isolation, can also contribute to mounting mental pressure. The situation may further deteriorate in...... hiện toàn bộ
Human–Robot Collaboration Acceptance Model: Development and Comparison for Germany, Japan, China and the USASpringer Science and Business Media LLC - Tập 11 - Trang 709-726 - 2019
Christina Bröhl, Jochen Nelles, Christopher Brandl, Alexander Mertens, Verena Nitsch
The use of robots in the national economy—especially in industrialized countries—is growing. At the same time, the interdependency between humans and robots is getting increasingly closer: they are engaging in direct contact with each other as more and more organizations let robots and humans work hand-in-hand. One factor that predicts successful human–robot interdependency is the acceptance of th...... hiện toàn bộ