Human-Robot Interaction David Feil-Seifer Maja J Matari´ c Contents 1 Definition of the Subject and Initial Use 1 2 Introduction 2 3 Major HRI Influences in Popular Culture 2 4 Prominent Research Challenges 3 4.1 Multi-Modal Perception ............................................ 3 4.2 Design and Human Factors .......................................... 4 4.3 Developmental/Epigenetic Robotics ..................................... 5 4.4 Social, Service, and Assistive Robotics .................................... 6 4.5 Educational Robotics .............................................. 7 5 Benchmarks and Ethical Issues for HRI 7 5.1 General Benchmarks and Ethical Theory ................................... 8 5.2 Robot Evaluation ................................................ 8 5.3 Social Interaction Evaluation ......................................... 9 5.4 Task-Oriented Benchmarks .......................................... 9 5.5 Assistive Evaluation .............................................. 10 6 Notable Conferences 12 6.1 Human-Robot Interaction-Specific Conferences ............................... 12 6.2 General Robotics and AI Conferences .................................... 12 Glossary and Acronyms Anthropomorphic: Resembling, or having the attributes of human form. AR: Assistive Robotics Autonomy: The ability to exert independent control, to self-direct. Benchmarks: A standard used to measure performance. Embodied: Having a physical form. Form exists in real-world. GSR: Galvanic Skin Response HCI: Human-Computer Interaction HRI: Human-Robot Interaction SAR: Socially Assistive Robotics SIR: Socially Interactive Robotics Robot: A mechanical system that takes inputs from sensors, processes them, and acts on its environment to perform tasks. Tele-Operation: The act of controlling a device (such as a robot) remotely. 1 Definition of the Subject and Initial Use Human-robot interaction (HRI) is the interdisciplinary study of interaction dynamics between humans and robots. Researchers and practitioners specializing in HRI come from a variety of fields, including engineering (electrical, 1