What: A robot named Simon solicits attention from people by waving or with other gestures and can tell when people nearby are ignoring it. In a controlled study, Simon was able to determine whether or not it successfully had captured someone's attention about 80 percent of the time.
Who: Georgia Tech's Socially Intelligent Machines lab worked to enable robots to interpret human behavior in the context of social interaction using only a camera which detected visual cues.
The Future: Research will continue, working to further develop robots' ability to behave appropriately in social situations.
-compiled by Haley Mckey
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