Day 3 from HRI 2023

We are providing daily coverage from Human Robot Interaction 2023 ongoing at Stockholm, Sweden. If you are new to our notes, you might want to read a recap of Day 1 and Day 2 (which are available exclusively to paying members).

Day 3 had technical sessions focusing on some of the common topics discussed in this forum: human-robot communication, use of robots for learning and in health settings. As a reminder, while we attempt to summarize the research here, readers are encouraged to read the details in the individual papers and presentations linked.

Robot cafes in Japan

I was unaware about robot cafes in Japan… these are areas where people can meet, interact with robots, and participate in various tasks with a robot such as eat, drink coffee, sing, share jokes, or meditate with it. The author of this paper visited 6 robot cafes in Japan and researched on how such robot cafes can become avenues for: (i) becoming a training ground for humans to experiment with robots (ii) allowing robot d…