Theme and Topics

Interaction Design based on Robotics for Our Society

Fundamental Interaction Components

• Auditory cognition: cognition/interpretation of voice, sound, or language
• Haptic interaction
• Motion planning and navigation in the vicinity of humans
• Novel interfaces and interaction modalities
• Robot software architecture and development tool
• Visual sensing and cognition: gesture, posture, face, facial expression

Intelligence and Emotion

• Context awareness and intention understanding
• Knowledge and inference processing
• Machine learning and adaptation in human-robot interaction
• Motivations and emotions in robots|

Social/Ethical/Aesthetic Issues

• Evaluation methods and new methodologies
• Human factors and ergonomics in human-robot interaction
• Innovative robot designs for human-robot interaction
• Sociality/personality of robots or virtual characters

Case Studies and Applications

• Androids and other applications
• Assistive robotics for supporting the elderly or people with special needs
• Robotic companions and social robots
• Robots in art, education and entertainment
• Virtual and augmented tele-presence applications