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Proactive Robotic Assistance via Theory of Mind
Maayan Shvo, Ruthrash Hari, Ziggy O'Reilly, Sophia Abolore, Sze-Yuh Nina Wang, Sheila A. McIlraith
Abstract
Advanced social cognitive skills enhance the effectiveness of human-robot interactions. Research shows that an important precursor to the development of these abilities in humans is Theory of Mind (ToM) - the ability to attribute mental states to oneself and to others. In this work, we endow robots with ToM abilities and propose a ToM-based approach to proactive robotic assistance by appealing to epistemic planning techniques. Our evaluation shows that robots implementing our approach and demonstrating ToM are measurably more helpful and perceived by humans as more socially intelligent compared to robots with a deficit in ToM.
BibTeX
@inproceedings{iros2022_proactiverobotic,
title = {Proactive Robotic Assistance via Theory of Mind},
author = {Maayan Shvo and Ruthrash Hari and Ziggy O'Reilly and Sophia Abolore and Sze-Yuh Nina Wang and Sheila A. McIlraith},
booktitle = {IROS 2022},
year = {2022}
}