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The picture above shows my personal outlook on how robot-human interactions has evolved and how it will evolve in the future. The traditional industrial robots are characteristic of what is believe is the 1st generation<\/em> of robot-human interactions. During this period, robots were large and strong and worked far away from human, and behind safety barriers so that humans do not approach too close to them. This is no longer the case.<\/span><\/p>\n

In terms of commercial robots, I believe we are now passing through the 2nd <\/em>generation<\/em> of robot\u2013human interactions. Robots of this generation are increasingly coming into our homes and offices in service applications where the robots work in close proximity to humans. From an estimated 1.3 million service robots in 2009, the number of service robots are expected to reach 31 million in 2019 [1] . However, while these robots work in close proximity to humans, they still make minimal and basic interactions with humans. In fact most of the service robots are used for independent daily chores like cleaning floors, mowing lawns, and cleaning swimming pools, a market that is expected to grow to about 13 billion US dollars by 2019 [1].<\/span><\/p>\n

While current commercial robots predominantly exhibit 2nd<\/span><\/em>\u00a0generation interaction behaviors, robot-human interaction research (including my work) is focusing on, what I believe is the 3rd generation<\/em> of interactions (third circle in figure). In this generation, robots will have the ability to interact cognitively, socially and physically with humans. Robots capable of physical assistance (for rehabilitation and elderly care), social assistance and security have been identified as key future requirements independently by the governments of Europe [2], US [3] as well as Japan [4,5]. This is especially required due to the problem of aging of population in these developed countries [6,7].<\/span><\/p>\n

We now see that the next, 4th<\/span>\u00a0generation<\/em> interaction will comprise of robots that are not just closer but in fact embodied<\/em> as part of the human body. The 4th<\/em>\u00a0generation interactions are fundamentally different from the other generations because of a crucial factor- before the 4th<\/em>\u00a0generation the human and robot in any interaction is clearly defined by the physical boundaries of their respective bodies, but this boundary is blurred in the 4th<\/em> generation interactions where the robots will effectively edit and extend the human body in terms of their motor\/functional and sensory abilities. The 4th<\/em>\u00a0generation devices will include devices for functional augmentation (like supernumerary robot limbs), avatars, and devices providing extra sensory perception to humans, for example providing additional third person vision.<\/span><\/p>\n

In my group, we integrate and neuroscience and engineering to improve 3rd<\/em>\u00a0generation robot-human interactions and develop new engineering and neuroscientific knowledge critical for the 4th<\/em> generation robot-human interactions. We are interested to –<\/span><\/p>\n

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Motor neuroscience<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n