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5 - Spatial Interaction

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  13 June 2024

Christoph Bartneck ,
Tony Belpaeme ,
Friederike Eyssel ,
Takayuki Kanda ,
Merel Keijsers  and
Selma Šabanović
Christoph Bartneck
Affiliation:
University of Canterbury, Christchurch, New Zealand
Tony Belpaeme
Affiliation:
Universiteit Gent, Belgium
Friederike Eyssel
Affiliation:
Universität Bielefeld, Germany
Takayuki Kanda
Affiliation:
Kyoto University, Japan
Merel Keijsers
Affiliation:
John Cabot University, Rome
Selma Šabanović
Affiliation:
Indiana University, Bloomington
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Summary

This chapter covers:

  1. • The importance of the spatial placement of agents in social interaction;

  2. • Basic human proxemics: how people manage space in relation to others;

  3. • How a robot manages the space around it, including interactions such as approaching, initiating interaction, maintaining distance, and navigating around people;

  4. • How the properties of spatial interaction can be used as cues for robots.

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Human-Robot Interaction
An Introduction
 , pp. 82 - 94
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Print publication year: 2024

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