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Socially Aware Mobile Robot Navigation
Human-Robot Interaction
A unified framework for socially aware robot navigation addressing human safety and psychological comfort.
The ability to autonomously navigate in unknown dynamic environments becomes crucial for mobile service robots when employed in human-robot shared workplaces such as shopping malls, airports, and offices.
This research program develops a unified framework of socially aware robot navigation enabling mobile service robots to guarantee:
- Human physical safety
- Psychological comfort
- Contextual awareness
- Cultural awareness in human-robot interactive environments
Mobile service robots equipped with such a unified framework will play the key role as human counterparts and caregivers for various complex tasks in either industrial or daily-life settings.