Course description

The interaction between humans and robots is the main goal of novel social robots that help humans at homes, hospitals and any other public places. The different design methodologies of this interaction are detailed.

The main perception mechanisms of the robot to understand the human’s state are analysed by taking into account the different types of sensors that are required. After this robot’s understanding, it should act by using different interfaces and organising its behaviours according to the human’s emotion and intentions. Finally, all these concepts are transferred to collaborative industrial robots for making them work next to humans.