This paper summarizes findings on the growing field of role assignment policies for human–robot motor interaction. This topic has been investigated by researchers in the psychological theory of joint action, in human intention detection, force control, human–human physical interaction, as well as roboticists interested in developing robots with capabilities for efficient motor interaction with ...

Most of the robots are nowadays evolving and imitating human social skills to achieve sociable interaction with humans. Socially interactive robots require different characteristics rather than conventional robots. Likewise human-human interaction, human-robot interaction is also accompanied with emotional interaction. Therefore, the robot's emotional expression is very important for human, esp...

The goal of this article is to introduce the reader to the rich and vibrant field of robotics, in hopes of laying out an agenda for future research on human robot interaction. Robotics is a field in change; the meaning of the term “robot” today differs substantially from the term just a decade ago. The primary purpose of this article is to provide a comprehensive description of past and present...

This paper provides a comprehensive introduction to the design of the minimally expressive robot KASPAR, which is particularly suitable for human–robot interaction studies. A low-cost design with off-the-shelf components has been used in a novel design inspired from a multi-disciplinary viewpoint, including comics design and Japanese Noh theatre. The design rationale of the robot and its techni...