Physicality in Human-Robot Interaction: Form, Movement, Proxemics and Touch

在不久的将来，机器人将变得越来越普遍，在我们的家中和日常工作中提供服务和帮助。人机交互（HRI）的基本问题是，只有当机器人被社会接受时，与机器人的交互才是有效的：功能本身是不够的。因此，我的长期研究目标是设计，实施和评估社会上可接受的机器人接口的基础上，深入了解人与机器人的关系。为了实现这一目标，我的直接研究重点是探索机器人与其他计算机的本质区别，特别是研究：（i）它们的物理性和（ii）它们与人的动态空间关系（或“社会学术语”）。

Robots are expected to become more common in the near future, providing services and assisting us in our homes and in everyday tasks. The fundamental human-robot interaction (HRI) problem is that interaction with robots will be effective only if they are socially acceptable to people: function alone is not enough. Consequently my long term research goal is to design, implement and evaluate socially acceptable robotic interfaces based on deep understanding of people's relationships with robots. To achieve this, my immediate research focus is exploring how robots inherently differ from other computers, particularly studying: (i) their physicality and (ii) their dynamic spatial relationships with people (or 'proxemics', in Sociology terms).