A probabilistic framework for autonomous proxemic control in situated and mobile human-robot interaction

  • Authors:
  • Ross Mead;Maja J. Mataric

  • Affiliations:
  • University of Southern California, Los Angeles, CA, USA;University of Southern California, Los Angeles, CA, USA

  • Venue:
  • HRI '12 Proceedings of the seventh annual ACM/IEEE international conference on Human-Robot Interaction
  • Year:
  • 2012

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Abstract

In this paper, we draw upon insights gained in our previous work on human-human proxemic behavior analysis to develop a novel method for human-robot proxemic behavior production. A probabilistic framework for spatial interaction has been developed that considers the sensory experience of each agent (human or robot) in a co-present social encounter. In this preliminary work, a robot attempts to maintain a set of human body features in its camera field-of-view. This methodology addresses the functional aspects of proxemic behavior in human-robot interaction, and provides an elegant connection between previous approaches.