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ACM Transactions on Human-Robot Interaction
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We are pleased to announce the publication of Volume 10, Issue 3,
July 2021, which includes our Special Issue on Explainable Robot
Behavior
https://dl.acm.org/toc/thri/2021/10/3
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Issue Articles:
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On the Safety of Mobile Robots Serving in Public Spaces:
Identifying gaps in EN ISO 13482:2014 and calling for a new
standard
Pericle Salvini, Diego Paez-Granados, Aude Billard
Abstract: Since 2014, a specific standard has been dedicated for
the safety certification of personal care robots, which operate in
close proximity to humans. These robots serve as information
providers, object transporters, personal mobility carriers, and
...
DOI:
https://doi.org/10.1145/3442678.
Plant Robot for At-Home Behavioral Activation Therapy Reminders to
Young Adults with Depression
Ashwin Sadananda Bhat, Christiaan Boersma, Max Jan Meijer, Maaike
Dokter, Ernst Bohlmeijer, Jamy Li
Abstract: Adolescents with depression who participate in
behavioral activation therapy may find it hard to be motivated to
perform tasks at home that their therapists recommend. We describe
the initial design and usability evaluation of a home device
(“PlantBot”) ...
DOI:
https://doi.org/10.1145/3442680.
Generating Legible and Glanceable Swarm Robot Motion through
Trajectory, Collective Behavior, and Pre-attentive Processing
Features
Lawrence H. Kim, Sean Follmer
Abstract: As swarm robots begin to share the same space with
people, it is critical to design legible swarm robot motion that
clearly and rapidly communicates the intent of the robots to
nearby users. To address this, we apply concepts from
intent-expressive ...
DOI:
https://doi.org/10.1145/3442681.
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Special Issue on Explainable Robot Behavior
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Introduction to the Special Issue on Explainable Robotic Systems
Maartje M. A. De Graaf, Anca Dragan, Bertram F. Malle, Tom Ziemke
DOI:
https://doi.org/10.1145/3461597.
Back-off: Evaluation of Robot Motion Strategies to Facilitate
Human-Robot Spatial Interaction
Jakob Reinhardt, Lorenz Prasch, Klaus Bengler
Abstract: Standstill behavior by a robot is deemed to be
ineffective and inefficient to convey a robot’s intention to yield
priority to another party in spatial interaction. Instead, robots
could convey their intention and thus their next action via
motion. We ...
DOI:
https://doi.org/10.1145/3418303.
Design of Hesitation Gestures for Nonverbal Human-Robot
Negotiation of Conflicts
Ajung Moon, Maneezhay Hashmi, H. F. Machiel Van Der Loos,
Elizabeth A. Croft, Aude Billard
Abstract: When the question of who should get access to a communal
resource first is uncertain, people often negotiate via nonverbal
communication to resolve the conflict. What should a robot be
programmed to do when such conflicts arise in Human-Robot ...
DOI:
https://doi.org/10.1145/3418302.
Explaining in Time: Meeting Interactive Standards of Explanation
for Robotic Systems
Thomas Arnold, Daniel Kasenberg, Matthias Scheutz
Abstract: Explainability has emerged as a critical AI research
objective, but the breadth of proposed methods and application
domains suggest that criteria for explanation vary greatly. In
particular, what counts as a good explanation, and what kinds of
...
DOI:
https://doi.org/10.1145/3457183.
Building the Foundation of Robot Explanation Generation Using
Behavior Trees
Zhao Han, Daniel Giger, Jordan Allspaw, Michael S. Lee, Henny
Admoni, Holly A. Yanco
Abstract: As autonomous robots continue to be deployed near
people, robots need to be able to explain their actions. In this
article, we focus on organizing and representing complex tasks in
a way that makes them readily explainable. Many actions consist of
sub-...
DOI:
https://doi.org/10.1145/3457185.
Explainable Embodied Agents Through Social Cues: A Review
Sebastian Wallkötter, Silvia Tulli, Ginevra Castellano, Ana Paiva,
Mohamed Chetouani
Abstract: The issue of how to make embodied agents explainable has
experienced a surge of interest over the past 3 years, and there
are many terms that refer to this concept, such as transparency
and legibility. One reason for this high variance in terminology
is ...
DOI:
https://doi.org/10.1145/3457188.
“I See What You Did There”: Understanding People’s Social
Perception of a Robot and Its Predictability
Bob R. Schadenberg, Dennis Reidsma, Dirk K. J. Heylen, Vanessa
Evers
Abstract: Unpredictability in robot behaviour can cause
difficulties in interacting with robots. However, for social
interactions with robots, a degree of unpredictability in robot
behaviour may be desirable for facilitating engagement and
increasing the ...
DOI:
https://doi.org/10.1145/3461534.
The Perceptual Belief Problem: Why Explainability Is a Tough
Challenge in Social Robotics
Sam Thellman, Tom Ziemke
Abstract: The explainability of robotic systems depends on
people’s ability to reliably attribute perceptual beliefs to
robots, i.e., what robots know (or believe) about objects and
events in the world based on their perception. However, the
perceptual systems of ...
DOI:
https://doi.org/10.1145/3461781.
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ACM THRI welcomes contributions from across HRI and Robotics. For
details on the journal, information for authors, and upcoming
Special Issues, please visit the ACM THRI website:
http://thri.acm.org
Odest Chadwicke Jenkins
Selma Sabanovic
ACM THRI Editors-in-Chief
James Young, University of Manitoba
ACM THRI Managing Editor
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