4 accepted papers
Service robots are gaining capabilities to be deployed in public environments for human assistance. While robot actively providing guidance has shown great success in field study, the communication strategy (the strategy to decide whom to initiate the service for and when), and hence the performance…
To enable robots to smoothly interact with humans during their travels together as a group, robots need the ability to adapt their motions under environmental changes and ensure all group members’ routes are feasible. To achieve this ability, robots require knowledge of the final destination and the…
It is becoming increasingly feasible for robots to share a workspace with humans. However, for them to do so safely while maintaining agile performance, they need the ability to smoothly handle the dynamics and uncertainty caused by human motions. Markov Decision Processes (MDPs) serve as a common f…
Mobile robots moving in crowded environments have to navigate among pedestrians safely. Ideally, the way the robot avoids the pedestrians should not only be physically safe but also perceived safe and comfortable. Despite the rich literature in collision-free crowd navigation, limited research has b…