Introduction

This year, the IEEE International Symposium on Robot and Human Interactive Communication (RO-MAN) for 2016 will be held from August 26 - 31, 2016 at Columbia University, Teachers College in New York City! The conference will highlight productive working partnerships between human and robots by convening the theme of Human-Robot Collaboration that includes robotic use in research and design, and the development of robots that interact collaboratively with humans, as well as support human-human collaboration.

This coming year is the 25th anniversary of RO-MAN, and the organization committee would like to take this opportunity to acknowledge the progress that has been made in the robots/robotics field, as well as examine how the area of robotics is currently evolving in the areas of robot designs; interfaces and interaction modalities; robot autonomy and teleoperation; robot expressiveness; interaction kinesics; social/emotional learning and skill acquisition by robots; and design best practices when optimizing for human-robot interaction.

In addition, the conference will also like to explore further new broader definitions of robots/robotics: robotic devices that augment human performance (both physically and mentally); architecture/platforms for operating robots; role of robots in space; ubiquitous robots; crowdsourcing human-robot interaction based on interaction style, virtual robot apps and virtual humans for future robot applications in (education, healthcare service robots, human behavior, cognitive skills, mental models), and how robot collaboration with humans may evolve in the future.

RO-MAN 2016 will be held at Columbia University, Teachers College in New York City, New York, USA from August 26 - 31, 2016.

Please see the Topics of interest for the full list. Or visit our Facebook Page.

We hope to see you in New York City for RO-MAN in August 2016!

Call for paper

Important date

2016-02-12
Draft paper submission deadline
2016-04-18
Draft paper acceptance notification
2016-05-27
Final paper submission deadline

Submission Topics

Topics of Interest Include (but are not restricted to):

  •  Research, design and development, and use of robots that interact collaboratively

  •  Robots that support human collaboration

  •  Innovative robot designs for HRI research

  •  User‐centered design of social robots

  •  Novel interfaces and interaction modalities 

  •  Long‐term experience and longitudinal HRI studies

  •  Evaluation methods and new methodologies for HRI research

  •  Androids

  •  Degrees of autonomy and teleoperation

  •  Human factors and ergonomics in HRI research

  • Virtual and augmented tele‐presence environments 

  • Social, ethical and aesthetic issues in human‐robot interaction research

  • Robots in education, therapy and rehabilitation 

  • Medical and surgical applications of robots 

  • Robot companions and social robots in home environments

  • Assistive robotics for supporting the elderly or people with special needs

  • Applications of social robots in entertainment, service robotics, space travel and

  • others

  • Anthropomorphic robots and virtual humans

  • Interaction with believable characters

  • Non‐verbal cues and expressiveness in interactions: gesture, posture, social spaces

  • and facial expressions 

  • Interaction kinesics

  • Monitoring of behavior and internal states of human subjects

  • Robotic etiquette

  • Social intelligence for robots 

  • Social presence for robots and virtual humans

  • Creating relationships with robots and humanoids 

  • Personalities for robotic or virtual characters

  • Embodiment, empathy and intersubjectivity in interaction with robotic and virtual

  • characters 

  • Intelligence, motivations and emotions in robots 

  • Curiosity, intentionality and initiative in interaction 

  • Linguistic communication and dialogue with robots and intelligent interfaces 

  • Multimodal interaction and conversational skills 

  • Cognitive and sensori‐motor development in robots 

  • Cognitive skills and mental models for social robots

  • Social learning and skill acquisition via teaching and imitation

  • Programming by demonstration

  • Cooperation and collaboration in human‐robot teams

  • Human‐robot interaction and collaboration in manufacturing environments

  • Motion planning and navigation in the vicinity of humans

  • Machine learning and adaptation in human‐robot interaction

  • Multi‐modal situation awareness and spatial cognition

  • Computational architectures for human‐robot interaction 

  • Detecting and understanding human activity

  • Narrative and story‐telling in interaction

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Important Date

  • Conference Date

    Aug 26

    2016

    to

    Aug 31

    2016

  • Feb 12 2016

    Draft paper submission deadline

  • Apr 18 2016

    Draft Paper Acceptance Notification

  • May 27 2016

    Final Paper Deadline

  • Aug 31 2016

    Registration deadline

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