The Receptionist Robot

In this demonstration, a humanoid robot interacts with an interlocutor through speech and gestures in order to give directions on a map. The interaction is specifically designed to provide an enhanced user experience by being aware of non-verbal social signals. Therefore, we take spatial communicative cues into account and to react to them accordingly. Categories and Subject Descriptors I.2.9 [Artificial Intelligence]: Robotics— human-robot interaction General Terms Design, Human Factors