articleACM Transactions on Human-Robot InteractionFeb 17, 2023BRONZE OA

Core Challenges of Social Robot Navigation: A Survey

CMChristoforos MavrogiannisFBFrancesca BaldiniAWAllan WangDZDapeng ZhaoPTPete Trautman

University of Washington · California Institute of Technology · +2 more institutions

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Abstract

Robot navigation in crowded public spaces is a complex task that requires addressing a variety of engineering and human factors challenges. These challenges have motivated a great amount of research resulting in important developments for the fields of robotics and human-robot interaction over the past three decades. Despite the significant progress and the massive recent interest, we observe a number of significant remaining challenges that prohibit the seamless deployment of autonomous robots in crowded environments. In this survey article, we organize existing challenges into a set of categories related to broader open problems in robot planning, behavior design, and evaluation methodologies. Within these…

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  • Robot
  • Software deployment
  • Field (mathematics)
  • Constructive
  • Variety (cybernetics)
  • Robotics
  • Set (abstract data type)
  • Task (project management)
UN Sustainable Development Goals
  • Sustainable cities and communities
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