This letter reviews the source code published with the papers of a flagship robotics research
conference, 2017 International Conference on Robotics and Automation. The aim is to …

The generalizability of empirical research depends on the reproduction of findings across
settings and populations. Consequently, generalizations demand resources beyond that …

We present RoboBench, a novel platform for sharing robot full-system simulations for
benchmarking. The creation of this platform and benchmark suite is motivated by a need for …

Public perceptions of Robotics and Artificial Intelligence (RAI) are important in the
acceptance, uptake, government regulation and research funding of this technology. Recent …

In this paper, we investigate the effect of distractions and hesitations as a scaffolding
strategy. Recent research points to the potential beneficial effects of a speaker's hesitations …

The emergence of cognitive interaction technology offering intuitive and personalized
support for humans in daily routines is essential for the success of future smart …

Scaling up the software system on service robots increases the maintenance burden of
developers and the risk of resource contention of the computer embedded on robots. As a …

Even though research on autonomous robots and human-robot interaction accomplished
great progress in recent years, and reusable soft-and hardware components are available …

Due to the high complexity, the reproducibility of experiments is one of the fundamental
problems of robotics research. Although the problem has been identified by the community …

In this paper, we describe the joint effort of the Team of Bielefeld (ToBI) which won the
RoboCup@ Home competition in Leipzig 2016. RoboCup@ Home consists of a defined set …