@inproceedings{0e8b688819fa43e7a5e1dfbb626052ee,
title = "How may i serve you? A robot companion approaching a seated person in a helping context",
abstract = "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 Robot Interaction (HRI) trials were performed involving a robot fetching an object that the human had requested, using different approach directions. Results of the trials indicated that most subjects disliked a frontal approach, except for a small minority of females, and most subjects preferred to be approached from either the left or right side, with a small overall preference for a right approach by the robot. Handedness and occupation were not related to these preferences. We discuss the results of the user studies in the context of developing a path planning system for a mobile robot.",
keywords = "Human-robot interaction, Live interactions, Personal spaces, Social robot, Social spaces, User trials",
author = "K. Dautenhahn and M. Walters and S. Woods and Koay, {K. L.} and Nehaniv, {C. L.} and Sisbot, {E. A.} and R. Alami and T. Sim{\'e}on",
year = "2006",
month = jul,
day = "17",
language = "English",
isbn = "1595932941",
series = "HRI 2006: Proceedings of the 2006 ACM Conference on Human-Robot Interaction",
pages = "172--179",
booktitle = "HRI 2006",
note = "HRI 2006: 2006 ACM Conference on Human-Robot Interaction ; Conference date: 02-03-2006 Through 04-03-2006",
}