A Formal Model of Sharing Grounds for Human-Robot Interaction

Abstract

In human-robot interaction, interactivity is a critical issue in terms of how they understand each other and how they make other party understand efficiently. In this paper, this issue is approached formally with respect to the mental model and shared ground. A formal model of human-robot interaction based on the information theory is presented in order to explain the mechanism of human-robot interaction and the role of shared grounds and the mental model of human-robot interaction. It is expected that the presented model of H-R interaction will increase the understanding of human-robot interaction, and may be useful in classifying, describing and predicting this interaction process