Social Robotics

Social Robotics

Social Robotics is the study of robots that are able to interact with humans and with the environment, in a natural way. To ease the interaction, social robots possess the cognitive abilities to understand and produce social signals such as facial expressions and gestures.
In this context, the group "Applied Informatics" investigates the design and development of social robots (such as Flobi and BIRON), the production and perception of relevant social signals based on the expectations of the users, and the task-oriented evaluation of complex social robot systems.

Accordingly, robots with different appearances (human-like, animal-like, caricatured, and functional) and functions (assistance, entertainment, toy, ...) are studied and appropriate models of behavior are developed. A particular focus of the AI group is to iteratively develop social robots that are able to interact with lay persons in real-world scenarios, such as a home tour or mixed-initiative tutoring.

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