Proceedings of the AI-HRI Symposium at AAAI-FSS 2022

TL;DR

The AI-HRI Symposium at AAAI-FSS 2022 reviewed a decade of progress in AI for Human-Robot Interaction, introduced a Blue Sky Ideas track to explore future research directions, and aimed to foster collaboration among global researchers.

Contribution

This paper introduces a visionary theme and new track focusing on future AI-HRI research, expanding the community's scope and fostering innovative ideas.

Findings

Fostered international collaboration among AI-HRI researchers.

Identified future research directions through Blue Sky Ideas.

Accelerated AI-HRI research and technology transfer.

Abstract

The Artificial Intelligence (AI) for Human-Robot Interaction (HRI) Symposium has been a successful venue of discussion and collaboration on AI theory and methods aimed at HRI since 2014. This year, after a review of the achievements of the AI-HRI community over the last decade in 2021, we are focusing on a visionary theme: exploring the future of AI-HRI. Accordingly, we added a Blue Sky Ideas track to foster a forward-thinking discussion on future research at the intersection of AI and HRI. As always, we appreciate all contributions related to any topic on AI/HRI and welcome new researchers who wish to take part in this growing community. With the success of past symposia, AI-HRI impacts a variety of communities and problems, and has pioneered the discussions in recent trends and interests. This year's AI-HRI Fall Symposium aims to bring together researchers and practitioners from around the globe, representing a number of university, government, and industry laboratories. In doing so, we hope to accelerate research in the field, support technology transition and user adoption, and determine future directions for our group and our research.