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In human-robot interaction (HRI), the beginning of an interaction is often complex. Whether the robot should communicate with the human is dependent on several situational factors (e.g., the current human's activity, urgency of the…

Human-Computer Interaction · Computer Science 2025-03-21 Kazuhiro Sasabuchi , Naoki Wake , Atsushi Kanehira , Jun Takamatsu , Katsushi Ikeuchi

In this paper we introduce a novel approach that enables users to interact with a mobile robot in a natural manner. The proposed interaction system does not require any specific infrastructure or device, but relies on commonly utilized…

Human-robot interaction (HRI) encompasses a wide range of collaborative tasks, with handover being one of the most fundamental. As robots become more integrated into human environments, the potential for service robots to assist in handing…

Robotics · Computer Science 2024-09-27 Jiangshan Liu , Wenlong Dong , Jiankun Wang , Max Q. -H. Meng

To evaluate the design and skills of a robot or an algorithm for robotics, human-robot interaction user studies need to be performed. Classically, these studies are conducted by human experimenters, requiring considerable effort, and…

Robotics · Computer Science 2023-11-27 Dan R. Suissa , Shikhar Kumar , Yael Edan

Interpreting human intent accurately is a central challenge in human-robot interaction (HRI) and a key requirement for achieving more natural and intuitive collaboration between humans and machines. This work presents a novel multimodal HRI…

Robotics · Computer Science 2026-02-25 Guanting Shen , Zi Tian

To achieve natural and intuitive interaction with people, HRI frameworks combine a wide array of methods for human perception, intention communication, human-aware navigation and collaborative action. In practice, when encountering…

Human-computer interaction (HCI) has been a widely researched area for many years, with continuous advancements in technology leading to the development of new techniques that change the way we interact with computers. With the recent…

Human-Computer Interaction · Computer Science 2024-11-08 Kaushik Ranade , Tanmay Khule , Riddhi More

Humans are able to convey different messages using only touch. Equipping robots with the ability to understand social touch adds another modality in which humans and robots can communicate. In this paper, we present a social gesture…

Robotics · Computer Science 2025-03-24 Dakarai Crowder , Kojo Vandyck , Xiping Sun , James McCann , Wenzhen Yuan

The operation of humanoid robotics is an essential field of research with many practical and competitive applications. Many of these systems, however, do not invest heavily in developing a non-expert-centered graphical user interface (GUI)…

Robotics · Computer Science 2025-10-16 Austin Barret , Meng Cheng Lau

Human-robot interaction (HRI) is essential to the widespread use of robots in daily life. Robots will eventually be able to carry out a variety of duties in human civilization through effective social interaction. Creating straightforward…

Physical Human-Human Interaction (pHHI) involves the use of multiple sensory modalities. Studies of communication through spoken utterances and gestures are well established, but communication through force signals is not well understood.…

Despite the advancement in robotic grasping and dexterity through haptic information, affective social touch, such as handshaking or reassuring stroking, remains a major challenge in Human-Robot-Interaction. This position paper examines…

Human-Computer Interaction · Computer Science 2026-05-05 Ali Askari , Jens Gerken

Emotion recognition and touch gesture decoding are crucial for advancing human-robot interaction (HRI), especially in social environments where emotional cues and tactile perception play important roles. However, many humanoid robots, such…

Human-Computer Interaction · Computer Science 2025-01-03 Yuanbo Hou , Qiaoqiao Ren , Wenwu Wang , Dick Botteldooren

For robots to seamlessly interact with humans, we first need to make sure that humans and robots understand one another. Diverse algorithms have been developed to enable robots to learn from humans (i.e., transferring information from…

Robotics · Computer Science 2023-12-05 Soheil Habibian , Antonio Alvarez Valdivia , Laura H. Blumenschein , Dylan P. Losey

Virtual reality (VR) has been increasingly utilised as a simulation tool for human-robot interaction (HRI) studies due to its ability to facilitate fast and flexible prototyping. Despite efforts to achieve high validity in VR studies,…

Human-Computer Interaction · Computer Science 2026-01-09 Xinyan Yu , Marius Hoggenmüller , Tram Thi Minh Tran , Martin Tomitsch

Hand gestures play a significant role in human interactions where non-verbal intentions, thoughts and commands are conveyed. In Human-Robot Interaction (HRI), hand gestures offer a similar and efficient medium for conveying clear and rapid…

Robotics · Computer Science 2024-04-11 Eran Bamani , Eden Nissinman , Inbar Meir , Lisa Koenigsberg , Avishai Sintov

To facilitate human--robot interaction (HRI) tasks in real-world scenarios, service robots must adapt to dynamic environments and understand the required tasks while effectively communicating with humans. To accomplish HRI in practice, we…

Robotics · Computer Science 2024-12-19 Yuga Yano , Akinobu Mizutani , Yukiya Fukuda , Daiju Kanaoka , Tomohiro Ono , Hakaru Tamukoh

This paper presents a planning algorithm designed to improve cooperative robot behavior concerning human comfort during forceful human-robot physical interaction. Particularly, we are interested in planning for object grasping and…

Robotics · Computer Science 2018-10-22 Lipeng Chen , Luis F C Figueredo , Mehmet R. Dogar

Human-robot interactions (HRI) can be modeled as dynamic or differential games with incomplete information, where each agent holds private reward parameters. Due to the open challenge in finding perfect Bayesian equilibria of such games,…

Robotics · Computer Science 2020-11-05 Yi Chen , Lei Zhang , Tanner Merry , Sunny Amatya , Wenlong Zhang , Yi Ren

Recent advancements in robotics have increased the possibilities for integrating robotic systems into human-involved workplaces, highlighting the need to examine and optimize human-robot coordination in collaborative settings. This study…

Robotics · Computer Science 2025-11-26 Róisín Keenan , Joost C. Dessing