3 papers
cs.RO2026
RESONATE: a Real Social Navigation Testbed for Autonomous Service Robots
Stefano Trepella, Andrea Ostuni, Mauro Martini +2
Social navigation is essential for autonomous service robots operating in human environments, but progress remains constrained by the lack of extensive real-world benchmarks. This…
cs.RO2026
Navigating the Crowd: Non-linear MPC with Social Forces Dynamics for Human-Aware Robot Navigation
Stefano Trepella, Andrea Ostuni, Mauro Martini +5
Safe and socially compliant navigation remains a fundamental challenge for autonomous robots operating in human-populated environments. Beyond collision avoidance, robots must anti…
cs.RO2025
Metrics vs Surveys: An Analysis for Human-Aligned Benchmarking in Social Robot Navigation
Stefano Trepella, Mauro Martini, Noé Pérez-Higueras +4
Social, also called human-aware, navigation is a key challenge for integrating mobile robots into human environments. The evaluation of such systems is complex, as factors such as…