Abstract:
Recently, there is a strong trend in both the research community and in the industry toward
the development of social robotics. These robots are designed to work together with people,
instead of being caged and replace humans to assist with complex and/or low volume tasks
that cannot be fully automated or in care processes. Combining the dexterity, flexibility and
problem-solving ability of humans, with the strength, endurance and precision of robots, the
quality of the services can be improved, as well the working conditions for humans. It defines
social robotics and provides examples of relevant initiatives, prototypes and products in the
Human-centric environment, including and up to ‘third generation’ social robots. It outlines
some of the challenges, human-robot relationships, acceptance and user-centered design, social
impacts and issues of autonomy and control, and points to concerns about the professional identity in the environment. In this talk, I will introduce several social robotic platforms including
the concept, design, and development.
