Human-Robot Interaction

The role of robots in society keeps expanding and diversifying, bringing with it a host of issues surrounding the relationship between robots and humans. This introduction to human–robot interaction (HRI) by leading researchers in this developing field is the first to provide a broad overview of the multidisciplinary topics central to modern HRI research. Written for students and researchers from robotics, artificial intelligence, psychology, sociology, and design, it presents the basics of how robots work, how to design them, and how to evaluate their performance. Self-contained chapters discuss a wide range of topics, including speech and language, nonverbal communication, and processing emotions, plus an array of applications and the ethical issues surrounding them. This revised and expanded second edition includes a new chapter on how people perceive robots, coverage of recent developments in robotic hardware, software, and artificial intelligence, and exercises for readers to test their knowledge.

'In the future, as AI and robotic technology further advance and become more prevalent in society, the relationship between humans and robots will deepen. This book is the first one you should read to understand the evolving relationship between humans and robots.' Hiroshi Ishiguro, Osaka University, Japan

Christoph Bartneck is an associate professor in the Department of Computer Science and Software Engineering at the University of Canterbury, New Zealand. Tony Belpaeme is a professor at Ghent University, Belgium and senior researcher at imec. Friederike Eyssel is a professor of applied social psychology and gender research at the Center for Cognitive Interaction Technology at Bielefeld University, Germany. Takayuki Kanda is a professor of informatics at Kyoto University, Japan. Merel Keijsers is an assistant professor of psychology at John Cabot University in Rome, Italy. Selma Šabanović is a professor of informatics and cognitive science at Indiana University Bloomington, USA.

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