Human-Robot Interaction in Social Robotics

2

Field Tests—Observing People’s Reaction

2.1    Introduction

The fundamental issues of human–robot interaction are in the real world. The human–robot interaction is not for developing robots in a well-controlled situation like psychological studies. The purpose is to realize real services by the robot through the interactions. Therefore, it is quite important to have field tests and to design the interactive behaviors of the robot in the field test.

We researchers have mainly focused on the development of the general functions and behavior of the robot in laboratories. These would include moving to a destination and greeting. However, laboratories are not real environments, especially for service robots. The robot should have situated behaviors ...