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Rachel Kirby
PhD Student

Email address: rgockley@andrew.cmu.edu

Mailing address:
Carnegie Mellon University
Robotics Institute
5000 Forbes Avenue
Pittsburgh, PA 15213

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I am interested in human-robot social interaction. In particular, I am interested in physical coordination in social situations, such as walking with a person or navigating a crowded area in a socially acceptable manner.

design, human-computer interaction, human-robot interaction, and mobile robots

• Human-Robot Interaction Group - We are interested in many aspects of human-robot interaction related to how humans and robots can work safely and effectively together.
• Reliable Autonomous Systems Lab - We are developing reliable, highly autonomous systems (especially mobile robots) that operate in rich, uncertain environments.

• Roboceptionist - In collaboration with the Drama Department, we are developing technology for long-term social interaction.

Note: This list may not be comprehensive. It contains only those publications in the RI publications database. Entries are listed in reverse chronological order.

• Natural Person-Following Behavior for Social Robots
  R. Kirby, J. Forlizzi, and R. Simmons
  Proceedings of Human-Robot Interaction, March, 2007, pp. 17-24. [Abstract]
  Download: pdf [378 KB] copyrighted

• Modeling Affect in Socially Interactive Robots
  R. Kirby, R. Simmons, and J. Forlizzi
  Proceedings of the 15th IEEE International Symposium on Robot and Human Interactive Communication (RO-MAN06), September, 2006, pp. 558-563. [Abstract]
  Download: pdf [289 KB] copyrighted

• Encouraging Physical Therapy Compliance with a Hands-Off Mobile Robot
  R. Kirby and M.J. Mataric'
  Proceedings of Human-Robot Interaction, Salt Lake City, Utah, March, 2006, pp. 150-155. [Abstract]
  Download: pdf [369 KB] copyrighted

• Interactions with a Moody Robot
  R. Kirby, J. Forlizzi, and R. Simmons
  Proceedings of Human-Robot Interaction, Salt Lake City, Utah, March, 2006, pp. 186-193. [Abstract]
  Download: pdf [458 KB] copyrighted

• Designing Robots for Long-Term Social Interaction
  R. Kirby, F. Broz, J. Forlizzi, M.P. Michalowski, A. Mundell, S. Rosenthal, B.P. Sellner, R. Simmons, K. Snipes, A. Schultz, and J. Wang
  Proceedings of the IEEE/RSJ International Conference on Intelligent Robots and Systems (IROS 2005), IEEE, August, 2005, pp. 2199 - 2204. [Abstract]
  Download: pdf [593 KB] copyrighted