CR-HRI 2014 - 5th International Workshop on Collaborative Robots and Human Robot Interaction (CR-HRI 2014)

Applications of and research on robotic technologies are growing in both civilian and military contexts, including small unmanned ground sensors, socially assistive and companion robots, and multi-ton unmanned vehicles. In the near future, we anticipate that robots will be increasingly employed in collaborative interaction with humans and other robots, working together to achieve common goals. The study, design, and implementation of interaction among collaborative robots as well as between robots and their human operators is critical to the successful employment of robots, and, therefore, needs careful examination and further research.
This workshop on collaborative robots and human-robot interactions - to be held as part of the 2014 International Conference on Collaboration Technologies and Systems - will focus on the areas of human-robot interaction and human-robot collaborative technologies. We invite original contributions from researchers in academia, research laboratories, and the computer industry on these emerging and important areas of information technology. Our goals are to provide a dedicated refereed workshop that fosters closer interaction among researchers from multiple relevant disciplines, including robotics, human-robot interaction, design, cognitive science, psychology, computer science, anthropology, human-computer interaction, as well as user communities, and to provide a forum in which they can exchange their findings and ideas.
CR-HRI Topics of interest include (but are not limited to) the following:
Collaborative Robots and Unmanned Vehicles (CR & UV)
Multi-Robot Systems
Collaborative Robots Behavior
Collaborative Control of Robot Motion
Control of a Team of Robots in a Mission
Cooperating Autonomous Robots
Agent-based Distributed Robotic Systems
Adaptive and Learning System for Collaborative Robots
Biologically Inspired Robotics
Sensors and Sensor Integration in Autonomous Robots
Multi-sensor Fusion and Integration for Robotic Systems
Multiple Vehicle Systems and Networks of Autonomous Vehicles
Intelligent Autonomous Vehicles and Systems
Architectures for Intelligent Autonomous Systems
Control, Guidance, and Navigation of Autonomous Robots
Trajectory Tracking and Path Following
Cooperative Navigation, Control and Perception
Robots in Emergency and Crisis Management
Collaborative Robots for Infrastructure Security Applications
Companion and Assistive Robots
Human-Robot Interaction (HRI)
HRI Multi-modal Interfaces
User Interface Designs and Usability Evaluations
Interaction Control in Robotic Systems
Cognitive Modeling/Science in HRI
Adjustable/Adaptive Automation
Human-Robot Cooperation in Teamwork
HRI for Homogeneous and Heterogeneous Teams
Experiments on HRI Collaboration
Interaction Components
Knowledge Discovery and Learning in HRI
Metrics and Measurements for Collaborative HRI
Ethnography and Field Studies in Human-Robot Collaboration
Human Factors and Evaluation Methodologies
HRI Applications (Industrial, Home, Assistive and Rehabilitative, Medical, Entertainment and Sport, Agriculture, Mining, etc.)