When a robot has to execute a shared plan with a human, a number of unexpected
situations and contingencies can happen due, essentially, to human initiative. For instance …

As robots become more and more capable and autonomous, there is an increasing need for
humans to understand what the robots do and think. In this paper, we investigate what such …

In this paper, we propose a robust multi-layer background subtraction technique which takes
advantages of local texture features represented by local binary patterns (LBP) and …

What makes teamwork tick? Cooperation matters, in daily life and in complex applications.
After all, many tasks need more than a single agent to be effectively performed. Therefore …

This chapter surveys the use of logic and computational complexity theory in cognitive
science. We emphasize in particular the role played by logic in bridging the gaps between …

Many social situations require a mental model of the knowledge, beliefs, goals, and
intentions of others: a Theory of Mind (ToM). If a person can reason about other people's …

This article takes off from Johan van Benthem's ruminations on the interface between logic
and cognitive science in his position paper “Logic and reasoning: Do the facts matter?” …

Games that feature multiple players, limited communication, and partial information are
particularly challenging for AI agents. In the cooperative card game Hanabi, which …

Conversation is often cast as a cooperative effort, and some aspects of it, such as
implicatures, have been claimed to depend on an assumption of cooperation (Grice, 1989) …

The current study investigated children's intention-based sociomoral judgments and
distribution behavior from a third-party stance. An actor puppet showed either positive or …