Learning about natural human-robot interaction styles

Tamie Salter, Kerstin Dautenhahn, René Te Boekhorst

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Abstract

If we are to achieve natural human-robot interaction, we may need to complement current vision and speech interfaces. Touch may provide us with an extra tool in this quest. In this paper we demonstrate the role of touch in interaction between a robot and a human. We show how infrared sensors located on robots can be easily used to detect and distinguish human interaction, in this case interaction with individual children. This application of infrared sensors potentially has many uses; for example, in entertainment or service robotics. This system could also benefit therapy or rehabilitation, where the observation and recording of movement and interaction is important. In the long term, this technique might enable robots to adapt to individuals or individual types of user.

Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)127-134
Number of pages8
JournalRobotics and Autonomous Systems
Volume54
Issue number2
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - 28 Feb 2006
EventIntelligent Autonomous systems -
Duration: 10 Apr 200513 Apr 2005

Keywords

  • Adaptation
  • Natural human-robot interaction
  • Patterns of behaviour
  • Touch

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