Reinforcement Learning Approaches in Social Robotics [PDF]
Sensors, 2021 This article surveys reinforcement learning approaches in social robotics. Reinforcement learning is a framework for decision-making problems in which an agent interacts through trial-and-error with its environment to discover an optimal behavior.
Neziha Akalin, Amy Loutfi
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Deep Q-network for social robotics using emotional social signals [PDF]
Frontiers in Robotics and AI, 2022 Social robotics represents a branch of human-robot interaction dedicated to developing systems to control the robots to operate in unstructured environments with the presence of human beings. Social robots must interact with human beings by understanding
José Pedro R. Belo +3 more
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A Survey on Recent Advances in Social Robotics
Robotics, 2022 Over decades, social robotics has evolved as a concept that presently covers different areas of application, and interacts with different domains in technology, education, medicine and others. Today, it is possible to envision social robots in tasks that
Karim Youssef +3 more
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The AMIRO Social Robotics Framework: Deployment and Evaluation on the Pepper Robot [PDF]
Sensors, 2020 Recent studies in social robotics show that it can provide economic efficiency and growth in domains such as retail, entertainment, and active and assisted living (AAL).
Alexandra Ștefania Ghiță +7 more
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Transforming customer experience in social robotics through explainable and interpretable artificial intelligence over a decade [PDF]
Frontiers in Robotics and AIOver the past decade, the field of social robotics has witnessed significant advancements in enhancing user experience (UX) and customer experience (CX) through the integration of Explainable Artificial Intelligence (XAI) and Interpretable Artificial ...
Anshu S. Arora +2 more
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Bibliometric Analysis of Social Robotics Research: Identifying Research Trends and Knowledgebase
Applied Sciences, 2017 As robotics becomes ubiquitous, there is increasing interest in understanding how to develop robots that better respond to social needs, as well as how robotics impacts society. This is evidenced by the growing rate of publications on social robotics. In
Cristian Mejia, Yuya Kajikawa
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Exploring Barriers and Enablers for the Intention to Use Assistive Robotics Among People With Spinal Cord Injury and Those Involved in Their Care: Qualitative Study [PDF]
JMIR Rehabilitation and Assistive TechnologiesBackgroundSpinal cord injury (SCI) may, and often does, profoundly reshape daily life, altering physical abilities, social roles, and personal identities.
Susanne Frennert +5 more
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Pursuing Social Justice in Educational Robotics
Education Sciences, 2022 In educational systems that make their first attempt to incorporate STEAM concepts in their teaching, educational robotics is typically the place to start; robotics kits are purchased, and a small group of pupils is typically selected to develop a ...
Manolis Wallace, Vassilis Poulopoulos
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“Does cinema form the future of robotics?”: a survey on fictional robots in sci-fi movies
SN Applied Sciences, 2021 Robotics and Artificial Intelligence (AI) have always been among the most popular topics in science fiction (sci-fi) movies. This paper endeavors to review popular movies containing Fictional Robots (FR) to extract the most common characteristics and ...
Ehsan Saffari +3 more
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Critical geographies of social robotics
Digital Geography and Society, 2021 This short commentary calls for further geographic engagement with emerging trends in social robotics and human-robot interaction. While the proliferation of social robots in the spaces of everyday life raises numerous empirical, ethical, and political ...
Casey R. Lynch
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