Human-Robot Interaction

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.

• 1. Introduction; 2. What is human–robot interaction?; 3. How a robot works; 4. Design; 5. Spatial interaction; 6. Nonverbal interaction; 7. Verbal interaction; 8. How people perceive robots; 9. Emotion; 10. Research methods; 11. Applications; 12. Robots in society; 13. The future; A. Answers; References; Index.

'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