Human-robot interaction in social robotics /

Social (interactive) robots are a frontier research area in robotics and human-computer interaction. This book summarizes the research of the ATR Intelligent Robotics Laboratory on the ROBOVIE project, a series of robots designed to interact with the elderly and disabled on a daily basis. This labor...

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Main Author:	Kanda, Takayuki
Corporate Author:	Taylor & Francis
Other Authors:	Ishiguro, Hiroshi, 1963-
Format:	eBook
Language:	English
Published:	Boca Raton, FL : CRC Press, ©2013.
Subjects:	Human-robot interaction. Robotics > Human factors. Robotics > Social aspects. Robots > Control systems. Interaction homme-robot. Robotique > Facteurs humains. Robotique > Aspect social. Robots > Systèmes de commande. TECHNOLOGY & ENGINEERING > Robotics. Human-robot interaction Robotics > Human factors Robotics > Social aspects Robots > Control systems Electronic books.
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Summary:	Social (interactive) robots are a frontier research area in robotics and human-computer interaction. This book summarizes the research of the ATR Intelligent Robotics Laboratory on the ROBOVIE project, a series of robots designed to interact with the elderly and disabled on a daily basis. This laboratory is one of the world's leaders in Humanoid Interactive Robotics. The text covers interdisciplinary topics related to interactive robots, including human behavior recognition and behavior based control. It also presents the results of long-term usability studies and discusses the implementation.
Physical Description:	1 online resource (xix, 343 pages) : illustrations
Bibliography:	Includes bibliographical references.
ISBN:	9781466506985 1466506989 9781315216522 1315216523