Human Robot Interaction

the mutual understading between human and robot enables proficient interaction

Perception of humans in HRI

Robot models of perception are tuned detect the presence, inner state, and the intentionality of human partners

Communicative Robot Actions

Control models that enable the robots to perform meaningful actions explicitly and non-explicitly directed to the human

Synchronization in HRI

The profound synchronization between human and robot is the result of deep mutual understanding

Trust and rapport in HRI

How robots build rapport and trust with human partners in realistic scenarios

Video: View Invariant Robot Adaptation to Human Action Timing

The humanoid robot iCub perceives auditory landscape with the use of microphones in the head. The iCub infers the location of the speakers and optimises the estimation with specific head motor actions.

View Invariant Robot Adaptation to Human Action Timing
View Invariant Robot Adaptation to Human Action Timing

Video: Can a Humanoid Robot Spot a Liar?

This work investigates the possibility to detect deception in a human-humanoid interaction, by monitoring behavioral cues proven to be significantly affected by telling lies in presence of a human interviewer.

Can a Humanoid Robot Spot a Liar?
Can a Humanoid Robot Spot a Liar?

Video: Do You See the Magic

Do You See the Magic
Do You See the Magic

Video: Biological movement detector enhances the attention skills of humanoid robot iCub

This work investigates the possibility to bias visual attention system with biolgical mark of human movements, in order to improve the attentive skills in Human-robot collaboration.

Biological movement detector enhances the attention skills of humanoid robot iCub
Biological movement detector enhances the attention skills of humanoid robot iCub

Publication Selection

Main publications in this research field resulting from state-of-the-art research and technological breakthroughs

2019 Can a Humanoid Robot Spot a Liar?

Aroyo A.M., Gonzalez-Billandon J., Tonelli A., Sciutti A., Gori M., Sandini G., Rea F. 2019, in IEEE-RAS International Conference on Humanoid Robots

2018 View-invariant robot adaptation to human action timing

Noceti N., Rea F., Sciutti A., Odone F., Sandini G. 2018, IEEE Technically Sponsored Intelligent Systems Conference (IntelliSys) (2018)

2016 Biological movement detector enhances the attentive skills of humanoid robot iCub

Alessia Vignolo A. , Rea F., Noceti N., Sciutti A., Odone F., Sandini S., In 2016 IEEE-RAS 16th International Conference on Humanoid Robots (Humanoids)

2020 Your Eyes Never Lie: a Robot Magician Can Tell if You Are Lying

Pasquali D., Aroyo A.M., Billandon-Gonzalez J., Rea F., Sandini G., Sciutti A., 15th Annual ACM/IEEE International Conference on Human Robot Interaction

Collaboration in the specific research

Collaboration activated thanks to the research carried on in the field

University of Leftbridge

The Department of Neuroscience / Canadian Centre for Behavioural Neuroscience (CCBN)

Osaka University

Symbiotic Intelligent Systems Research Center at the Institute for Open and Transdisciplinary Research Initiatives

Essex University

School of Computer Science and Electronic Engineering (CSEE)

Specific research activities in the topic

The progress beyond the state-of-the-art in the specific research activities carried on in this reseach topic.

Perception of Humans in HRI

95%

Communicative robot actions

90%

Synchronization in HRI

85%

Trust and rapport in HRI

80%

Personal Activities: Dissemination

Teaching

Human Robot Interaction Course

The course is aimed at providing a clear understanding of what are the good features and limitations of the robotic platforms currently available. The participants will learn how to design and implement robot perceptual, motor abilities structured in a cognitive framework for natural human-robot interaction.

Conferences

List of attended conferences where my current research has been communicated and disseminated.

Invited Talks

The list of invitations for which I have been asked to present my results and to give my overview as expert in the field.

Social Events

Social events where the results of my reseach have been disseminated to broad public audience.

Products and Draft Patents

AuditoryAI

The invention is an new process to register the existinance of sound objects,localize them, prioritize them, and direct the behaviour of an agent (e.g. a robot) towards them.

gazeTracking

The product endows intelligent system with one camera to infer the gaze direction by looking at the head orientation and the iris position.

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Testimonials

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Prof. Samia Nefti Meziani/Robotics and Automation, Salford University

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Prof. Davide Brugali/ Robotics, Universita degli Studi di Bergamo

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