"Advances in Human-Robot Interaction" provides a unique collection of recent research in human-robot interaction. It covers the basic important research areas ranging from multi-modal interfaces, interpretation, interaction, learning, or motion coordination to topics such as physical interaction, systems, and architectures. The book addresses key issues of human-robot interaction concerned with perception, modelling, control, planning and cognition, covering a wide spectrum of applications. This includes interaction and communication with robots in manufacturing environments and the collaboration and co-existence with assistive robots in domestic environments. Among the presented examples are a robotic bartender, a new programming paradigm for a cleaning robot, or an approach to interactive teaching of a robot assistant in manufacturing environment. This carefully edited book reports on contributions from leading German academic institutions and industrial companies brought together within MORPHA, a 4 year project on interaction and communication between humans and anthropomorphic robot assistants.

Thorough collection of articles in the field of human-robot interaction Includes the main results of the German Leitproject MORPHA over a period of 4 years, consisting of a total of 16 partners, amongst them industrial partners such as DaimlerChrysler and Siemens and five leading research institutes in the field of robotics and assistive robotics Includes supplementary material: sn.pub/extras

Inhalt
Multi-modal Robot Interfaces.- Perception, Interpretation and Interaction.- Learning, Programming and Instructing.- Co-existence: Physical Interaction and Coordinated Motion.- Safety and Dependability.- Architecture.- Systems and Applications.