A Review of Verbal and Non-Verbal Human-Robot Interactive Communication

TL;DR

This paper reviews the current state and future directions of human-robot interactive communication, emphasizing verbal and non-verbal aspects, and proposing ten key desiderata to guide research.

Contribution

It offers a comprehensive overview of human-robot communication, introduces ten desiderata for future research, and unifies existing approaches within this framework.

Findings

Identification of ten key desiderata for human-robot communication

Historical overview of verbal and non-verbal interaction research

Future research directions outlined

Abstract

In this paper, an overview of human-robot interactive communication is presented, covering verbal as well as non-verbal aspects of human-robot interaction. Following a historical introduction, and motivation towards fluid human-robot communication, ten desiderata are proposed, which provide an organizational axis both of recent as well as of future research on human-robot communication. Then, the ten desiderata are examined in detail, culminating to a unifying discussion, and a forward-looking conclusion.