Recent Advances in Human-Robot Collaboration Towards Joint Action

• DOI: 10.48550/arxiv.2001.00411
• Publication Date: 2020-01-01
• Authors: Tirupachuri, Yesh...; Nava, Gabriele; Rapetti, Lorenzo; Latella, Claudia; Darvish, Kourosh; Pucci, Daniele
• Keywords: FOS: Computer and information sciences; Computer Science - Robotics; 0209 industrial biotechnology; 02 engineering and technology; Robotics (cs.RO)

Robots existed as separate entities till now, but the horizons of a symbiotic human-robot partnership are impending. Despite all the recent technical advances in terms of hardware, robots are still not endowed with desirable relational skills that ensure a social component in their existence. This article draws from our experience as roboticists in Human-Robot Collaboration (HRC) with humanoid robots and presents some of the recent advances made towards realizing intuitive robot behaviors and partner-aware control involving physical interactions.<br/>Extended Abstract Accepted and Presented at The Communication Challenges in Joint Action for Human-Robot Interaction Workshop, International Conference on Social Robotics (ICSR) 2019, Madrid, Spain<br/>