Introduction to the Special Issue on Test Methods for Human-Robot Teaming Performance Evaluations

Introduction to the Special Issue on Human-Robot Interaction

Introduction to This Special Issue on Human-Robot Interaction

Human–computer interaction (HCI), as a field, has made great strides toward understanding and improving our interactions with computer-based technologies. From the early explorations of direct interaction with computers, we have reached the point where usability, usefulness, and an appreciation of technology’s social impact, including its risks, are widely accepted goals in computing. HCI resea...

Introduction to the Special Issue on Kernel Methods

This special issue arose from a workshop held at NIPS 2000 on New Directions in Kernel Methods, though not all the submissions received were from talks at the workshop. With the great help of around forty referees we selected the following ten papers from some 28 submissions, an acceptance rate of 36%. The high number of submissions we received illustrates the vitality and popularity of the fie...

1 Introduction to the Special Issue on Gaze in Human Robot Communication

Advancements in robot design and supporting technologies such as computer vision and speech recognition increasingly enable robots to interact with humans in a robust and natural manner. These interaction capabilities place new expectations on robots to correctly produce and interpret social behaviors that humans use in face-to-face communication. One of the most salient behaviors that this typ...

Introduction to the Special Issue on Psychological Benchmarks of Human–Robot Interaction

The idea for this special issue took shape during discussions on the prospects for using technology to simulate nature and, in particular, the human form. Could it be possible to devise an artificial human being? The computer scientist and robotic engineer, with such ambitions, can reply: “Sure, just give us major funding, say a half billion dollars, and 30 years, and we’ll show you how.” The s...