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HRI
2006
ACM
14 years 4 months ago
Common metrics for human-robot interaction
This paper describes an effort to identify common metrics for task-oriented human-robot interaction (HRI). We begin by discussing the need for a toolkit of HRI metrics. We then de...
Aaron Steinfeld, Terrence Fong, David B. Kaber, Mi...
HRI
2006
ACM
14 years 4 months ago
How may I serve you?: a robot companion approaching a seated person in a helping context
This paper presents the combined results of two studies that investigated how a robot should best approach and place itself relative to a seated human subject. Two live Human Robo...
Kerstin Dautenhahn, Michael L. Walters, Sarah Wood...
HRI
2006
ACM
14 years 4 months ago
Service robots in the domestic environment: a study of the roomba vacuum in the home
Domestic service robots have long been a staple of science fiction and commercial visions of the future. Until recently, we have only been able to speculate about what the experie...
Jodi Forlizzi, Carl F. DiSalvo
HRI
2006
ACM
14 years 4 months ago
Socially distributed perception
This paper presents a robot search task (social tag) that uses social interaction, in the form of asking for help, as an integral component of task completion. We define socially...
Marek P. Michalowski, Carl F. DiSalvo, Dída...
HRI
2006
ACM
14 years 4 months ago
How contingent should a communication robot be?
The purpose of our research is to develop lifelike behavior in a communication robot, which is expected to potentially make human-robot interaction more natural. Our previous rese...
Fumitaka Yamaoka, Takayuki Kanda, Hiroshi Ishiguro...
HRI
2006
ACM
14 years 4 months ago
Empirical results from using a comfort level device in human-robot interaction studies
This paper describes an extensive analysis of the comfort level data of 7 subjects with respect to 12 robot behaviours as part of a human-robot interaction trial. This includes ro...
Kheng Lee Koay, Kerstin Dautenhahn, Sarah Woods, M...
HRI
2006
ACM
14 years 4 months ago
A model for imitating human reaching movements
We present a model of human-like reaching movements. This model is then used to give a humanoid robot the ability to imitate human reaching motions. It illustrates that having a r...
Micha Hersch, Aude Billard
HRI
2006
ACM
14 years 4 months ago
Effects of adaptive robot dialogue on information exchange and social relations
Human-robot interaction could be improved by designing robots that engage in adaptive dialogue with users. An adaptive robot could estimate the information needs of individuals an...
Cristen Torrey, Aaron Powers, Matthew Marge, Susan...
HRI
2006
ACM
14 years 4 months ago
Effects of head movement on perceptions of humanoid robot behavior
This paper examines human perceptions of humanoid robot behavior, specifically how perception is affected by variations in head tracking behavior under constant gestural behavior....
Emily Wang, Constantine Lignos, Ashish Vatsal, Bri...