The 7th ACM/IEEE International Conference on Human-Robot Interaction (HRI 2012) is dedicated to research in human-robot interaction including topics such as: Robot companions, Socially intelligent robots, Assistive (health & personal care) robotics, Lifelike robots, Mixed initiative interaction, Remote robots, Long term interaction with robots, Multi-modal interaction, Task allocation and coordination, Awareness and monitoring of humans, Robot-team learning, Autonomy and trust, Experiments on HRI collaboration, User studies of HRI, HRI software architectures, Ethnography and field studies, Metrics for teamwork, HRI foundations, Individual vs. group HRI, HRI group dynamics, Risks such as privacy or safety, Robot intermediaries, Organizational/society impact and Ethical issues of HRI.
