There is a growing interest in using social robots in public spaces for indoor and outdoor
applications. The threat landscape is an important research area being investigated and …

Safety in human-robot interaction can be divided into physical safety and perceived safety,
where the latter is still under-addressed in the literature. Investigating perceived safety in …

Sidewalk delivery robots are being deployed as a form of last-mile delivery. While many
such robots have been deployed on college campuses, fewer have been piloted on public …

Safety is a fundamental prerequisite that must be addressed before any interaction of robots
with humans. Safety has been generally understood and studied as the physical safety of …

Science has started highlighting the importance of integrating diversity considerations in
medicine and healthcare. However, there is little research into how these considerations …

In recent years, the ability of intelligent systems to be understood by developers and users
has received growing attention. This holds in particular for social robots, which are …

As an increasing number of mobile robots are envisioned to work and interact with humans
in construction workspaces, it becomes critical that robots' spatial behaviors align with the …

As the amount and complexity of software for automating heavy-duty mobile machinery is
increasing, software engineering in this domain is becoming more important. To …

Standardisation has become imperative to retaining order and development in modern
society. The simplest actions, such as train timings and the width of the railroad, would be …

Autonomous mobility devices such as transport, cleaning, and delivery robots, hold a
massive economic and social benefit. However, their deployment should not endanger …