The use of speech-based solutions is an appealing alternative to communicate in human-
robot interaction (HRI). An important challenge in this area is processing distant speech …

This paper proposes a novel approach to reducing the word error rate (WER) of an
automatic speech recognition (ASR) system in a noisy reverberant room. This research …

Building effective voice interfaces for the instruction of service robots in specialised
environments is difficult due to the local knowledge of workers, such as specific terminology …

Speech recognition from a distance, also known as far-field automatic speech recognition,
uses machine learning for processing. However, environmental conditions often corrupt …

This paper presents a unified model for combining beamforming and blind source
separation (BSS). The validity of the model's assumptions is confirmed by recovering target …

A respiratory distress estimation technique for telephony previously proposed by the authors
is adapted and evaluated in real static and dynamic HRI scenarios. The system is evaluated …

Social robotics and human-robot partnership are becoming very relevant topics defining
many challenges for state-of-the-art speech technology. This paper presents the first …

Human–robot collaboration will play an important role in the fourth industrial revolution in
applications related to hostile environments, mining, industry, forestry, education, natural …

Within the human-robot interaction (HRI) community, many researchers have focused on the
careful design of human-subjects studies. However, other parts of the community, eg, the …

The prolificacy of human-robot interaction not only depends on a robot's ability to
understand the intent and content of the human utterance but also gets impacted by the …