ABSTRACT
roboticists, behavioral and social scientists, and designers is important, we believe, to advancing the field of human-robot interaction. Roboticists understand the technology and its applications; behavioral scientists and others can provide theory and methods. However, there are plenty of opportunities even for those far from a robotics laboratory. For instance, research on computer agents; avatars; and other ways of representing autonomous, computer-based assistance will contribute to our understanding and design of robots. Useful studies also can proceed using commercial robots such as AIBO and the Help-Mate robot (King & Weiman, 1990), conducting laboratory studies using robot shells and Wizard of O^methods, or performing ethnographic studies of the contexts to which robots may be applied. In general, we see many opportunities for researchers of all stripes and believe that leadership from the HCI community could advance research in human-robot interaction in important ways, influencing the development of the field and the design of robots.
