Jeff Allen
ABSTRACT
Robots have been physically interacting with people for many years, but almost exclusively people initiate physical contact. Robots able to initiate touch will enable a large new category of human interaction, for example collaboration in noisy environments; and can help bridge cultural and language barriers. In this paper, we outline a research plan with the goal of developing a framework for robot-initiated physical communication, towards enabling robots to work and collaborate safely with people in close proximity. Physical touch-based interaction that is acceptable and understandable to all people is a challenging goal. Instead, we aim to develop robots that start with a repertoire of general touch behaviours which are adapted to individual people's preferences as each person interacts with the robot.
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Digital Library
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- J. B. Van Erp and A. Toet. How to touch humans: Guidelines for social agents and robots that can touch. In Proceedings of the 2013 Humaine Association Conference on Affective Computing and Intelligent Interaction, pages 780--785. IEEE Computer Society, 2013. Google ScholarDigital Library
Index Terms
- Personal Space Invaders: Exploring Robot-initated Touch-based Gestures for Collaborative Robotics
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