Human–AI–Robot Teaming (HART)
A special issue of Robotics (ISSN 2218-6581). This special issue belongs to the section "AI in Robotics".
Deadline for manuscript submissions: 30 June 2025 | Viewed by 1577
Special Issue Editors
Interests: artificial intelligence; knowledge representation and (neuro-symbolic)reasoning; computational logic; software agents; cognitive robotics; AI trustworthiness
Interests: computational logic; agents and multi-agent systems; game AI; cognitive robotics
Interests: cognitive robotics; neuro-symbolic reasoning for robotics; computer vision; natural language processing
Special Issue Information
Dear Colleagues,
A recent focus in the fields of Artificial Intelligence (AI) and Robotics is the development of intelligent systems in which humans, AI systems, and possibly robots work together as teams. In fact, robots represent physically embedded AI agents. As AI systems and robots become more autonomous, their roles are shifting from being operated and controlled by humans to actively interacting with them.
Humans in the loop possibly team up with AI, robots, or both. The aim is to leverage the potentially beneficial relationships between humans and automation, resulting in “hybrid” systems where cooperation is necessary to tackle complex tasks. When working together, humans, AI, and robots can produce results that exceed what they can achieve alone as they can control and improve each other.
Effective team interaction, dynamics, and shared cognition are relevant in human–automation teaming. Agents and robots can thus be endowed with emotion recognition and be capable of empathy and of modelling aspects of the Theory of Mind (ToM), in the sense of being able to reconstruct what humans are thinking or feeling.
Human–automation interaction is a central theme in human-centered AI, encompassing considerations such as respect for human autonomy, harm prevention, fairness, and explainability. This topic is also pertinent to trustworthy AI, which emphasizes the need for AI systems to be reliable and ethical, and responsible AI, which advocates for the safe and ethical deployment of AI technology.
Topics of interest include but are not limited to the following:
- Knowledge representation and reasoning for human–AI interaction;
- Decision-making in human–AI teaming;
- Architectures and frameworks for human–AI teaming;
- Emphatic agents/robots;
- Affective computing in human–AI Interaction and teaming;
- Emotional intelligence and Theory of Mind in human–AI teaming;
- Managing human variability in human–AI teaming;
- Human–agent interaction with neurorobotics;
- Behavior trees in human–AI interaction and teaming;
- Prosociality in human-AI teaming;
- Evaluation of human-AI teams;
- Ethical aspects in human–AI–robot teaming;
- Human factors and environment awareness for cognitive robots;
- Relationship between humans, AI-enabled technologies, and the environment;
- Visualization-Empowered Human-AI teaming.
Dr. Stefania Costantini
Dr. Pierangelo Dell’Acqua
Dr. Giovanni De Gasperis
Dr. Francesco Gullo
Guest Editors
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Keywords
- human–AI interaction
- human–AI teaming
- cognitive robots
- neurorobotics
- human–agent interaction
- visualization-empowered human-AI interaction
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