ROBEE: A homeostatic-based social behavior controller for robots in Human-Robot Interaction experiments

Hoang Long Cao, Pablo Gomez Esteban, Albert De Beir, Ramona Simut Vanderborght, Greet Van De Perre, Dirk Lefeber, Bram Vanderborght

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Abstract

An ongoing trend in Human-Robot Interaction (HRI) is social robot. A number of platforms have been developed with an ability to exhibit social behaviors. Unlike traditional robots, human expect a social robot to behave in a natural way i.e. making the decision itself and expressing emotions. This paper presents the development and implementation of ROBEE, a novel social behavior controller for robots with a focus on HRI studies. Using the homeostatic drive theory, ROBEE selects the behaviors in order to maintain the needs, mainly psychological and social, within an acceptable range. We propose a hybrid concept for the decision making process, which combines the hierarchical approach and Parallel-rooted, Ordered, Slip-stack Hierarchical (POSH)architecture. Emotions are mapped in a two-dimensional space consisting of valence and arousal. A joint attention HRI experiment with children and NAO robot has been conducted showing the usage of the controller. ROBEE is expected to be implemented in more robotic platforms.
Original languageEnglish
Title of host publicationProceedings of the 2014 IEEE International Conference on Robotics and Biomimetics (ROBIO 2014)
Pages516-521
Number of pages6
Publication statusPublished - 5 Dec 2014
EventThe 2014 IEEE International Conference on Robotics and Biomimetics - Bali, Indonesia
Duration: 5 Dec 201410 Apr 2015

Conference

ConferenceThe 2014 IEEE International Conference on Robotics and Biomimetics
Country/TerritoryIndonesia
CityBali
Period5/12/1410/04/15

Keywords

  • robot
  • RAT
  • autonomous
  • behavior controller
  • NAO

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