Human-Robot Interaction: An Introduction

Bartneck, Christoph,Belpaeme, Tony,Eyssel, Friederike,Kanda, Takayuki,Keijsers, Merel,Åabanovic, Selma

ISBN 10: 1108735401 / ISBN 13: 9781108735407

Published by Cambridge University Press, 2020

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: Human-Robot Interaction: An Introduction
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press
• Publication Date: 2020
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 1108735401
• ISBN 13: 9781108735407
• Binding: paperback
• Condition: Very Good

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Synopsis

This broad overview for graduate students introduces multidisciplinary topics from robotics to sociology which are needed to understand the area.

About the Authors

Christoph Bartneck is Associate Professor and director of postgraduate studies at the HIT Lab NZ of the University of Canterbury. He has worked for several international organizations including the Technology Centre of Hannover, LEGO, Philips Research and ATR.

Tony Belpaeme is Professor at Ghent University and the University of Plymouth. He works on science and technology behind social robots, and worked on robots to support children in hospitals and robots that can act as therapists and tutors for young children.

Friederike Eyssel is Professor of Applied Social Psychology and Gender Research at Universität Bielefeld, Germany. She works on research topics ranging from social robotics, social agents, and ambient intelligence to attitude change, prejudice reduction, and sexual objectification of women.

Takayuki Kanda is Professor in Informatics at Kyoto University, Japan and a Visiting Group Leader at ATR Intelligent Robotics and Communication Laboratories. He is one of the founding members of the Communication Robots project at ATR and developed the Robovie communication robot.

Merel Keijsers is a Ph.D. student at the HIT Lab NZ, University of Canterbury. She has a research masters in Statistics, and in Social and Health Psychology from the University of Utrecht. She studies what conscious and subconscious psychological processes drive people to abuse and bully robots.