Social Robotics (Paperback)

Design Philosophies and Software Architectures for Robotics.- A Multimodal Human-Robot-Dialog Applying Emotional Feedbacks.- Pseudo Swarm Implementation Using Robotic Agents and Graphical Simulation.- User Identification for Healthcare Service Robots: Multidisciplinary Design for Implementation of Interactive Services.- Using a Social Robot as a Gaming Platform.- Robotic Platform: A XML-Based Extensible Robot Intelligence Architecture (XRIA).- Social Acceptance for Human-Robot Interaction I.- Socializing with Olivia, the Youngest Robot Receptionist Outside the Lab.- Minimal Set of Recognizable Gestures for a 10 DOF Anthropomorphic Robot.- STB: Intentional Stance Grounded Child-Dependent Robot.- Using the Interaction Rhythm as a Natural Reinforcement Signal for Social Robots: A Matter of Belief.- Case Study of a Multi-robot Healthcare System: Effects of Docking and Metaphor on Persuasion.- Learning, Adaptation and Evolution of Robot Intelligence.- State Representation with Perceptual Constancy Based on Active Motion.- Selection of Actions for an Autonomous Social Robot.- On Internal Knowledge Representation for Programming Mobile Robots by Demonstration.- A Software Framework for Multi Player Robot Games.- A Behavior Adaptation Method for an Elderly Companion Robot--Rui.- An Adaptive Information System for an Empathic Robot Using EEG Data.- Mechatronics and Intelligent Control.- Mind Robotic Rehabilitation Based on Motor Imagery Brain Computer Interface.- COSA Finger: A Coupled and Self-Adaptive Under-actuated Unit for Humanoid Robotic Hand.- A Humanoid Robot Upper Limb System with Anthropomorphic Robot Hand: GCUA Hand II.- Improving Positioning Accuracy of Robotic Systems by Using Environmental Support Constraints - A New Bionic Approach.- Nonlinear Control of a Robot Manipulator with Time-Varying Uncertainties.- Adaptive Motion Synchronization of Bilateral Teleoperation Systems with Time-Varying Communication Delays.- HRI in Assistive Technologies for People with Special Needs.- Design of Robot Assisted Observation System for Therapy and Education of Children with Autism.- Study on an Assistive Robot for Improving Imitation Skill of Children with Autism.- Developing Play Scenarios for Tactile Interaction with a Humanoid Robot: A Case Study Exploration with Children with Autism.- Development of PARO Interventions for Dementia Patients in Dutch Psycho-geriatric Care.- Short Term Effect Evaluation of IROMEC Involved Therapy for Children with Intellectual Disabilities.- Adaptive Robot Design with Hand and Face Tracking for Use in Autism Therapy.- Affective and Cognitive Sciences for Interactive Robots.- Selecting When Acting: How Human Perception Is Tuned to Action Goals and How Robotics Can Benefit from That.- The Evaluation of Empathy, Autonomy and Touch to Inform the Design of an Environmental Monitoring Robot.- Attention Determination for Social Robots Using Salient Region Detection.- Bimodal Emotion Recognition.- Objective Evaluation of Spatial Information Acquisition Using a Visuo-tactile Sensory Substitution Device.- Social Acceptance for Human-Robot Interaction II.- Can I Help You?.- A Persuasive Robotic Agent to Save Energy: The Influence of Social Feedback, Feedback Valence and Task Similarity on Energy Conservation Behavior.- Understanding Communication Patterns for Designing Robot Receptionist.- Do Social Robots Walk or Roll?.- Interaction and Collaboration.- Synthetic Skins with Humanlike Warmth.- Entrainment of Pointing Gestures by Robot Motion.- Emo-dramatic Robotic Stewards.- Fusion and Self-adaptation of Color and Gradient Based Models for Object Detection and Localization in Applications of Service Robots.- Development of Robotic Arm Rehabilitation Machine with Biofeedback That Addresses the Question on Filipino Elderly Patient Motivation.