ABSTRACT

While research and development related to robotics has been going on for decades, the past decade in particular has seen a marked increase in related efforts, in part due to technological advances, increased technological accessibility and reliability, and increased commercial availability. What have come to be known as social robots are now being used to explore novel forms of human-robot interaction, to understand social norms, and to test expectations and human responses. To capture the contributions of these research efforts, identify the current trends, and future directions, we systematically review 10 years of research in the field of social robotics between 2008 and 2018, which includes 86 publications with 70 user studies. We classify the past work based on the research topics and application areas, and provide information about the publications, their user studies, and the capabilities of the social robots utilized. We also discuss selected papers in detail and outline overall trends. Based on these findings, we identify some areas of potential future research.

摘要

尽管与机器人技术相关的研究和开发已经进行了数十年，但特别是在过去的十年中，相关努力已显着增加，部分原因是技术进步，技术可及性和可靠性提高以及商业可用性提高。所谓的社交机器人现已用于探索人机交互的新颖形式，理解社会规范以及测试期望和人类反应。为了掌握这些研究成果，确定当前趋势和未来方向，我们系统地回顾了2008年至2018年间在社交机器人领域的10年研究，其中包括86项出版物和70项用户研究。我们根据研究主题和应用领域对过去的工作进行分类，并提供有关出版物，他们的用户研究以及所使用的社交机器人功能的信息。我们还将详细讨论选定的论文并概述总体趋势。基于这些发现，我们确定了一些潜在的未来研究领域。