| Fundamental Interaction Components | • Auditory cognition: cognition/interpretation of voice, sound, or language • Visual sensing and cognition: gesture, posture, face, facial expressions • Novel interfaces and interaction modalities • Motion planning and navigation in the vicinity of humans • Haptic interaction • Robot software architecture and development tools |
| Intelligence and Emotion | • Motivations and emotions in robots • Machine learning and adaptation in human-robot interaction • Knowledge and inference processing • Context awareness and intention understanding |
| Social/Ethical /Aesthetic Issues | • Sociality/personality of robots or virtual characters • Innovative robot designs for human-robot interaction • Human factors and ergonomics in human-robot interaction • Evaluation methods and new methodologies |
| Case Studies and Applications | • Robotic companions and social robots • Assistive robotics for supporting the elderly or peple with special needs • Robots in art, education and entertainment • Virtual and augmented tele-presence applications • Androids and other applications |