Social Robotics - 4th International Conference, ICSR 2012, Chengdu, China, October 29-31, 2012, Proceedings

This book constitutes the refereed proceedings of the 4th International Conference on Social Robotics, ICSR 2012, held in Chengdu, China, in October 2012.
The 66 revised full papers were carefully reviewed and selected from numerous submissions. The papers are organized in topical sections on affective and cognitive sciences for socially interactive robots, situated interaction and embodiment, robots to assist the elderly and persons with disabilities, social acceptance of robots and their impact to the society, artificial empathy, HRI through non-verbal communication and control, social telepresence robots, embodiments and networks, interaction and collaboration among robots, humans and environment, human augmentation, rehabilitation, and medical robots I and II.

List of contents

Affective and Cognitive Sciences for Socially Interactive Robots.- Situated Interaction and Embodiment.- Robots to Assist the Elderly and Persons with Disabilities.- Social Acceptance of Robots and Their Impact to the Society.- Artificial Empathy.- HRI through Non-verbal Communication and Control.- Social Telepresence Robots, Embodiments and Networks.- Interaction and Collaboration among Robots, Humans, and Environment.- Human Augmentation, Rehabilitation, and Medical Robots I.- Human Augmentation, Rehabilitation, and Medical Robots II.
Situated Interaction and Embodiment.- Robots to Assist the Elderly and Persons with Disabilities.- Social Acceptance of Robots and Their Impact to the Society.- Artificial Empathy.- HRI through Non-verbal Communication and Control.- Social Telepresence Robots, Embodiments and Networks.- Interaction and Collaboration among Robots, Humans, and Environment.- Human Augmentation, Rehabilitation, and Medical Robots I.- Human Augmentation,Rehabilitation, and Medical Robots II.

Summary

This book constitutes the refereed proceedings of the 4th International Conference on Social Robotics, ICSR 2012, held in Chengdu, China, in October 2012.
The 66 revised full papers were carefully reviewed and selected from numerous submissions. The papers are organized in topical sections on affective and cognitive sciences for socially interactive robots, situated interaction and embodiment, robots to assist the elderly and persons with disabilities, social acceptance of robots and their impact to the society, artificial empathy, HRI through non-verbal communication and control, social telepresence robots, embodiments and networks, interaction and collaboration among robots, humans and environment, human augmentation, rehabilitation, and medical robots I and II.

Product details

• Assisted by: John-John Cabibihan (Editor), John-John Cabibihan et al (Editor), Shuzhi Sam Ge (Editor), Oussam Khatib (Editor), Oussama Khatib (Editor), Reid Simmons (Editor), Mary Anne Williams (Editor)
• Publisher: Springer, Berlin
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 13.09.2012
• EAN: 9783642341021
• ISBN: 978-3-642-34102-1
• No. of pages: 663
• Illustrations: XVIII, 663 p. 332 illus.
• Series: Lecture Notes in Computer Science; Lecture Notes in Artificial Intelligence; Lecture Notes in Computer Science / Lecture Notes in Artificial Intelligence; Lecture Notes in Computer Science; Lecture Notes in Artificial Intelligence
• Subjects: Natural sciences, medicine, IT, technology > IT, data processing > IT; C, Rehabilitation, Artificial Intelligence, computer science, Computer Vision, Computers and Society, Computer Imaging, Vision, Pattern Recognition and Graphics, Computer and Information Systems Applications, Application software, Health Sciences, Ethical & social aspects of IT, Computers and civilization, Optical data processing, Image processing, Computer applications in the social & behavioural sciences, Human–computer interaction, User interface design & usability, User Interfaces and Human Computer Interaction, User interfaces (Computer systems), Computer Appl. in Social and Behavioral Sciences, Computer applications in the social and behavioural sciences