Mixed Reality Agent (MiRA) Chameleons

Abstract

Human-Robot Interaction poses significant research challenges. Recent research suggests that rsonalisation and individualisation are key factors for establishing lifelong human-robot relationships. This raises difficulties as roboticists seek to incorporate robots into the digital society where an creasing amount of human activities relies on digital technologies and ubiquitous infrastructures. In essence, a robot may be perceived as either an embedded or mobile artefact in an arbitrary environment that must be interacted with in a seamless and intuitive fashion. This chapter explores some of the ternative ways and the design ssues to achieve these objectives. Specifically, it describes a new system, which we call Mixed Reality Agent (MiRA) Chameleon, that combines the latest advancements on agent-based ubiquitous architectures with mixed reality technology to deliver personalised and ubiquitous robot agents.