Affective Computing and Emotion Recognition of Robots
A special issue of Robotics (ISSN 2218-6581). This special issue belongs to the section "Intelligent Robots and Mechatronics".
Deadline for manuscript submissions: 31 July 2025 | Viewed by 274
Special Issue Editor
Interests: human-machine interaction; machine perception; sensor fusion; interactive autonomous systems; affective computing; extended reality, immersive 3D virtual environment with interactivity; 3D dynamic visualization; 3D parametric and physiological modeling; 3D serious game development; computer graphics and animation
Special Issue Information
Dear Colleagues,
Incorporating robots into daily life and work can promote efficiency, convenience, and productivity. The robot's ability to interact with humans is crucial in determining how broadly robotic technologies can be integrated into our society. Among the various intelligent technologies utilized in robotics, affective computing and emotion recognition enable robots to understand human emotions and simulate artificial emotions. The use of these technologies can further foster a user-friendly, especially non-expert user-friendly, interaction and communication process between humans and robots. The advancement of these technologies also enables complex human factors (emotions) to be considered in the development of robotic systems and further facilitates the progress of human-centered robotics technologies.
This Special Issue welcomes the submission of high-quality papers that address questions related to the design, development and application of affective computing and emotion recognition in robots. The scope of this Special Issue includes, but is not limited to, emotion-based human–robot interaction, the computational modeling of human emotions, sensor technologies for human emotions, emotion analysis, machine perception for human emotions, intelligent robotics systems, robotic companions, and social studies of robot applications.
Dr. Rui Li
Guest Editor
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Keywords
- human–robot interaction
- human–robot collaboration
- computational models
- affective computing
- emotion recognition
- emotional factors
- machine perception
- sensor technologies
- machine learning
- data analysis
- psychology studies on human emotions
- robot companion
- robot control
- social robots
- emotion analysis
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