A bellboy robot: Study of the effects of robot behaviour on user engagement and comfort ?
A Bellboy, social robot interacting guests in a hotel is presented. Social robot design should take care of target user age that influences use distance. A robotic body encourages remarkably HCI (with respect to common computers). A two-step salutation can attract user attention while avoiding intimidation. Multimodal systems are highly recommended in real, noisy environment.
social/service robot hri proxemics