Call: Chapters for “Social Robots: An Interdisciplinary Compendium on Technological, Societal and Ethical Aspects”

Call for Springer Book on Social Robots

Social Robots. An Interdisciplinary Compendium on Technological, Societal and Ethical Aspects

Abstract submission deadline: August 15

Overview:

Social robots not only work with humans in collaborative workspaces – they start accompanying us into personal settings like home and health care. Does this imply that social robots should become more human, for example by enabling them to interpret and respond to human emotions? Should they even simulate emotions?

The book covers the phenomenon of social robots from the historic roots over today’s best practices to future perspectives. It is an interdisciplinary compendium: while focusing on aspects from computer science, it also covers disciplines like psychology, medicine, law, history, as well as arts and humanities. For developments like robots in health care and domestic areas, both technological and the ethical challenges are taken into account. Thus, the book creates both a compendium and a guideline, a design space for future developments in social robotics.

Benefits:

Thanks to the support of AGYA, there is a budget for professional scientific proof-reading of every accepted chapter. In addition, there is an author recognition award of € 200 per finalized chapter.

Topics:

Topics include, but are not limited to

  • Human-Robot-Interaction
  • Affective and Cognitive Sciences for Socially Interactive Robots
  • Context Awareness, Expectation, and Understanding of Intention
  • Social Robots in various Domains (e.g. Domestic, Education, Health, Medicine, Sales, Entertainment)
  • User Studies with Social Robots
  • Interaction and collaboration among robots, humans, and environments
  • Societal Acceptance (and Rejection) of Social Robots
  • Socially appealing design methodologies
  • Artificial Intelligence and Embodied Agents
  • Autonomous Navigation and Locomotion
  • Robotic Simulation‎, Artificial Emotion Simulation Techniques
  • Mathematical Modeling and Simulation of Human Affective Behavior
  • History of Robots and Automata
  • Legal Perspectives on Social Robots
  • Design Space for the Development of Social Robots
  • Ethical Guidelines for the Development of Social Robots
  • Lessons Learned from National or International Projects on Social Robots

Editor:

Oliver Korn, Affective & Cognitive Institute, Offenburg University, mailto:oliver.korn@acm.org

Submission:

In the first step, we invite researchers and practitioners to submit a 2-page abstract (max. 900 words) explaining the mission and concerns of their proposed chapter by August 15. We welcome extended versions of previously published papers. Author anonymity is not required in this step. Please use the Easy Chair submission system: https://easychair.org/conferences/?conf=socialrobotsspringer or send the abstract to: socialrobotsspringer19@easychair.org

Important Dates:

August 15: Abstract Submission (max. 900 words)
August 22: Notification of Abstract Acceptance
October 15: Full Chapter Submission
October 30: Review Results Returned
November 20: Final Chapter Submission
November 31: Scientific Proof Reading Completed
December 15: Final Chapter Clearance by authors and recognition awards

All submitted chapters are peer-reviewed on a single-blind review basis (so you do not need to anonymize the text). Contributors may also be asked to work as reviewers.

Best, Oliver Korn


Prof. Dr. Oliver Korn
Human Computer Interaction
Director ACI: Affective & Cognitive Institute
Offenburg University of Applied Sciences

Badstr. 24, 77652 Offenburg, Germany
Tel.  +49 (0) 781 / 205 – 4821  |  Fax: -45-4821

www.affective-lab.org
www.hs-offenburg.de
www.oliver-korn.de

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