Determining Shape and Size of Personal Space of a Human when Passed by a Robot

• Published in: International journal of social robotics Vol. 14; no. 2; pp. 561 - 572
• Main Authors: Neggers, Margot M. E., Cuijpers, Raymond H., Ruijten, Peter A. M., IJsselsteijn, Wijnand A.
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Dordrecht Springer Netherlands 01.03.2022; Springer Nature B.V
• Subjects: Algorithms; Autonomous navigation; Comfort; Control; Engineering; Humanoid; Mechatronics; Robotics; Robots; Personal Space; Human–Robot Proxemics; Human-Aware Navigation

Autonomous mobile robots that operate in environments with people are expected to be able to deal with human proxemics and social distances. Previous research investigated how robots can approach persons or how to implement human-aware navigation algorithms. However, experimental research on how rob...