Authors: Mark Coeckelbergh
International Journal of Social Robotics, Volume 1, Number 3 / August, 2009
Link: SpringerLink – Journal Article.
Abstract:
The development of pet robots, toy robots, and sex robots suggests a near-future scenario of habitual living with ‘personal’ robots. How should we evaluate their potential impact on the quality of our lives and existence?

In this paper, I argue for an approach to ethics of personal robots that advocates a methodological turn from robots to humans, …

Authors: Jesse Butterfield · Odest Chadwicke Jenkins ·David M. Sobel · Jonas Schwertfeger
International Journal of Social Robotics
Link: SpringerLink – Journal Article.
Abstract
We propose Markov random fields (MRFs) as a probabilistic mathematical model for incorporating the internal states of other agents, both human and robotic, into robot decision making. By using estimates of Theory of Mind (ToM), the mental states of other agents can be incorporated into decision making through statistical inference, allowing robots …

Authors: Andrea Bauer · Klaas Klasing · Georgios Lidoris · Quirin Mühlbauer ·Florian Rohrmüller · Stefan Sosnowski · Tingting Xu ·Kolja Kühnlenz ·DirkWollherr · Martin Buss
International Journal of Social Robotics
Link: SpringerLink.
Abstract
The Autonomous City Explorer (ACE) project combines research from autonomous outdoor navigation and human-robot interaction. The ACE robot is capable of navigating unknown urban environments without the use of GPS data or prior map knowledge. It finds its way by interacting with pedestrians in a natural and intuitive way and building …

Authors: Julie Carpenter, Joan M. Davis, Norah Erwin-Stewart, Tiffany R. Lee, John D. Bransford and Nancy Vye
Link: Gender Representation and Humanoid Robots Designed for Domestic Use
International Journal of Social Robotics, Volume 1, Number 3 / August, 2009
Abstract
Humanoid robots’ appearance and behavior provide social cues about their purpose and abilities. However, little is known about how a robot’s gender representation will affect users in everyday home use scenarios. This paper presents the results of a …

Step towards building standardized measurement tools/questionnairs for human robot interaction

Authors: Christoph Bartneck · Takayuki Kanda · Omar Mubin · Abdullah Al Mahmud
International Journal of Social Robotics, Vol. 1, No. 2. (1 April 2009), pp. 195-204.
Link:http://www.citeulike.org/user/bartneck/article/5219053
Abstract
Robots exhibit life-like behavior by performing intelligent actions. To enhance human-robot interaction it is necessary to investigate and understand how end-users perceive such animate behavior. In this paper, we report an experiment to investigate how people perceived different designs of robot embodiments in terms of animacy and intelligence. iCat and Robovie II were used as the two embodiments in this experiment. We conducted a …