4 papers
Exploring Human-Robot Collaboration: Analysis of Interaction Modalities in Challenging Tasks
Simone Arreghini, Cristina Iani, Alessandro Giusti +3
This work compares three interaction modalities for human-robot collaboration: passive, reactive, and proactive. We studied 18 participants assembling a seven-layer colored tower f…
Distributed Coverage Control for Time-Varying Spatial Processes
Federico Pratissoli, Mattia Mantovani, Amanda Prorok +1
Multi-robot systems are essential for environmental monitoring, particularly for tracking spatial phenomena like pollution, soil minerals, and water salinity, and more. This study…
Systematic analysis of requirements for socially acceptable service robots
Andrea Ruo, Simone Arreghini, Luca Capra +13
In modern society, service robots are increasingly recognized for their wide range of practical applications. In large and crowded social spaces, such as museums and hospitals, the…
Follow me: an architecture for user identification and social navigation with a mobile robot
Andrea Ruo, Lorenzo Sabattini, Valeria Villani
Over the past decade, a multitude of service robots have been developed to fulfill a wide range of practical purposes. Notably, roles such as reception and robotic guidance have ga…