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It is becoming increasingly clear that social and interactive skills are necessary requirements in many application areas where robots interact, communicate and collaborate with humans or other connected devices. The social aspects of human-computer interaction and the connection between humans and robots has recently received considerable attention in the fields of artificial intelligence, cognitive science, healthcare, companion technologies, and industrial/commercial robotics. This article addresses some dimensions of near-term future HRI, with focus on engagement detection for conversational efficiency. We present some findings from HRI research conducted at the Speech Communication Lab at Trinity College Dublin, report our experiences with a publicly exhibited conversational robot, and discuss some future research trends.
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This research is supported by Science Foundation Ireland under Grant No. 13/RC/2016, through the ADAPT Centre for Digital Content Technology at Trinity College, Dublin (www.adaptcentre.ie). We are grateful to the School of Computer Science and Statistics at Trinity College Dublin for their continuing support of the Speech Communication Lab.
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Cerrato, L., Campbell, N. (2017). Engagement in Dialogue with Social Robots. In: Jokinen, K., Wilcock, G. (eds) Dialogues with Social Robots. Lecture Notes in Electrical Engineering, vol 427. Springer, Singapore. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-10-2585-3_25
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