Human-Robot Interaction and Communication
in Human Environments

Prof. Kazuhiro Kosuge
Tohoku University, Aoba-yama 01, Sendai 980-8579, JAPAN
kosuge@irs.mech.tohoku.ac.jp

Prof. Shigeki Sugano
Waseda University, 3-4-1 Ookubo Shinjuku Tokyo 169-8555, Japan
sugano@paradise.mech.waseda.ac.jp

Dr. Cecilia Laschi
Scuola Superiore Sant'Anna, 56127 Pisa, Italy
cecilia@arts.sssup.it

Prof. Raja Chatila
LAAS-CNRS, 31077 Toulouse Cedex 4 - France
Raja.Chatila@laas.fr

Drs. Kosuge, Sugano, and Lasci are the Co-Chairs of the IEEE-RAS Technical Committee on Human-Robot Interaction and Coordination.

Speakers

1. Shigeki Sugano, Waseda Univ., Tokyo, Japan
2. Eugenio Guglielmelli, Scuola Superiore Sant’Anna, Pisa, Italy
3. Kazuhiro Kosuge, Tohoku Univ., Sendai, Japan
4. Ruediger Dillman, Univ. Karlsruhe, Germany
5. Boris Kluge, FAW Stuttgart, Germany
6. Nobuto Matsuhira, Toshiba Corp., Japan
7. Cynthia Breazeal, MIT media lab, USA
8. Jim Crowley, IMAG, France
9. Rachid Alami, LAAS, France
10. Raja Chatila, LAAS, France

Abstract

Robotics research has focussed more and more intensively on applications oriented towards service to humans, medical assistance, and human-friendliness in general. This is also related to the growing development of intelligent environments, like smart homes, or domotic systems in general. Crucial aspects of robot design are therefore the modalities, mechanisms and tools of human-robot interaction, of communication with human beings, with the environment and possibly with other robots, and of interaction of the robotic systems with human environments, modelled on persons’ needs and habits, and nomore arranged according to the robot functions. The final goal of the proposed workshop is to provide audience and participants with a clearer view on critical factors and key issues for realizing effective, acceptable and reliable human-robot interaction and with indications and hints for further research and developments in this field, based on the current diverse experiences presented by the speakers.

Website
http://www-arts.sssup.it/WS_HRI_ICRA04

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