A review on human–robot proxemics

SMBP Samarakoon, MAVJ Muthugala… - Electronics, 2022 - mdpi.com
An emerging trend in utilizing service robots in a vast range of application areas could be
seen nowadays as a promising effort to uplift the living standard. These service robots are …

Enabling Social Robots to Perceive and Join Socially Interacting Groups using F-formation: A Comprehensive Overview

HB Barua, TH Mg, P Pramanick, C Sarkar - ACM Transactions on Human …, 2024 - dl.acm.org
Social robots in our daily surroundings, like personal guides, waiter robots, home helpers,
assistive robots, and telepresence/teleoperation robots, are increasing day by day. Their …

Multiparty interaction between humans and socially interactive agents

S Gillet, M Vázquez, C Peters, F Yang… - The Handbook on Socially …, 2022 - dl.acm.org
While most research has focused on one-on-one interactions, Socially Interactive Agents
(SIAs) for multiparty interaction have received increasingly more atten tion in the past years …

Learning socially appropriate robot approaching behavior toward groups using deep reinforcement learning

Y Gao, F Yang, M Frisk, D Hemandez… - 2019 28th IEEE …, 2019 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
Deep reinforcement learning has recently been widely applied in robotics to study tasks
such as locomotion and gras**, but its application to social human-robot interaction (HRI) …

An exploratory study on proxemics preferences of humans in accordance with attributes of service robots

SM Bhagya, P Samarakoon, MA Viraj… - 2019 28th IEEE …, 2019 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
Service robots that possess social interactive capabilities are vital to cater to the demand in
emerging domains of robotic applications. A service robot frequently needs to interact with …

Proxemics and approach evaluation by service robot based on user behavior in domestic environment

SM Bhagya, P Samarakoon… - 2018 IEEE/RSJ …, 2018 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
Intelligent service robots are used at a significant level to uplift the living standards of
domestic users. These robots are expected to possess human-friendly interactive features …

Impact of trajectory generation methods on viewer perception of robot approaching group behaviors

F Yang, W Yin, M Björkman… - 2020 29th IEEE …, 2020 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
Mobile robots that approach free-standing conversational groups to join them should
behave in a safe and socially-acceptable way. Existing trajectory generation methods focus …

Social Group Human-Robot Interaction: A Sco** Review of Computational Challenges

M Nigro, E Akinrintoyo, N Salomons… - arxiv preprint arxiv …, 2024 - arxiv.org
Group interactions are a natural part of our daily life, and as robots become more integrated
into society, they must be able to socially interact with multiple people at the same time …

Adapting approaching proxemics of a service robot based on physical user behavior and user feedback

SMBP Samarakoon, MAVJ Muthugala… - User Modeling and User …, 2023 - Springer
Abstract Service robots with social interactive features are developed to cater to the demand
in various application domains. These robots often need to approach toward users to …

Efficiently approaching groups of people in a socially acceptable manner in environments with obstacles

AFF Silva, LE Almeida… - 2023 IEEE International …, 2023 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
Advancements in mobile robotics have allowed humans and robots to interact in different
environments and ways. A problem of great interest in Human-Robot Interaction is how to …