Guest Editorial: Special Issue on Human-Friendly Cognitive Robotics

Abstract

Recent developments in robotics and information technology have been applied to robots to improve their perception, cognition, learning, and control abilities to enhance the performance [items 1)–6) in the Appendix]. A challenging issue on robotics research is to make the robots working around with human more flexibly and safely. To address the challenge, this special issue focuses on the latest advances in the area of human-friendly cognitive robotics, particularly, the research concentrating on methodologies, computational models, and technologies to enhance the cognitive functionalities and intelligence of human–robot systems for better interaction performance. The development of these technologies aims to bring innovations into human–robot systems.