Conversational Robots
A special issue of Applied Sciences (ISSN 2076-3417). This special issue belongs to the section "Robotics and Automation".
Deadline for manuscript submissions: closed (20 January 2024) | Viewed by 1173
Special Issue Editor
Special Issue Information
Dear Colleagues,
A long line of research has investigated conversational agents so far, both from a technical and social perspective. Providing a more humanized way to interact with machines, conversational agents can push the boundaries of the uncanny valley, improving the user experience of robots, regardless of the type of embodiment and level of anthropomorphism of the robot. Thanks to the advances in Natural Language Understanding and in language models, smart speakers are spreading to the masses and are paving the way to more advanced conversational robots, where smart assistants can not only speak with the users but also physically interact and engage with the users, assisting them in daily tasks.
This Special Issue aims at collecting contributions on the still open challenges for bringing conversational robots to the market, both from a technical and human factor perspective. The numerous applications of conversational robots, ranging from active assisted living, social companionship, computer-supported cooperative work to education, open new research questions that shall be addressed together with end-users and domain experts.
Dr. Leonardo Angelini
Guest Editor
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Keywords
- conversational robots
- conversational agents
- voice assistants
- chat bots
- chatterbots
- natural language understanding
- assistive robots
