Dear everyone,
It is my pleasure to invite you to submit your work at our special
session on "*Theory of Mind in Human-Robot Interaction*" at the 34th
IEEE International Conference on Robot and Human Interactive
Communication 2025 (IEEE RO-MAN 2025), which will take place in
Eindhoven, Netherlands, from 25 to 29 August 2025.
Please note that the deadline for submissions has been extended at
*March 20th, 2025*.
You can submit your works at our special sessions via
https://ras.papercept.net/ by using the special session category and
*code 'g19y9'*.
Do not hesitate to get in touch with us for further information! Below
you can also find the CFP.
best regards
Alessandra
Dr Patrick Holthaus, University of Hertfordshire (UK),
p********s@herts.ac.uk
Dr Alessandra Rossi, University of Naples Federico II (IT),
a**************i@unina.it
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Alessandra Rossi, PhD
Assistant Professor
Fellow of the Higher Education Academy
Department of Electrical Engineering and Information Technologies - D.I.E.T.I.
University of Naples Federico II
Via Claudio, 21, 80125 - Naples, Italy
w-page:
https://alessandrarossi.net
e-mail address:a**************i@unina.it
e-mail address:a*****i@herts.ac.uk
X: @alhandra81
*SPECIAL SESSION @ RO-MAN 2025
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*Theory of Mind in Human-Robot Interaction*
The ability to understand and acknowledge others' mental states is known
as the Theory of Mind (ToM). Theory of Mind is a multi-modal system
people use to communicate and understand each other naturally. A growing
group of Human-Robot Interaction (HRI) research focuses on investigating
whether people form ToM towards robots, and what level of ToM a robot
should have to communicate transparently with the humans in their shared
environment in a sociable and accepted way. Robots that encounter humans
should be able to perform transparent motions and behaviours, and, at
the same time, be able to clearly recognise the humans’ intentions and
behaviours. In this session, we want to explore which cognitive skills a
robot needs and how ToM affects communications in all aspects of
human-robot interaction. We further want to investigate the principal
components that can contribute to this research direction. In
particular, we aim to define and explore the needed level of shared
mental models between people and robots for effectively planning,
navigating, manipulating objects and the environment, and transparently
communicating.
Topics of interest include (but are not limited to):
Theory of Mind in HRI
Cognitive robotics
Mental models in HRI
Robot etiquette
Explainable AI in HRI
Cooperation and collaboration in human-robot teams
Detection and understanding of human activity
Monitoring of behaviour and internal states of humans
Motion planning and navigation in human-centred environments
Multi-modal situation awareness and spatial cognition
Social intelligence for robots in interactive and non-interactive tasks
PDF Submissions will be possible via
https://ras.papercept.net/ using
the special session category and code 'g19y9'. Accepted papers will be
included in the conference proceedings and submissions should follow the
guidelines for regular paper submissions
(
https://www.ro-man2025.org/contributing/regularpaper), i.e. 6 (+2 paid
extra) pages in the required IEEE US Letter format. Authors will have to
declare that the research presented in the submitted papers complies
with the IEEE Code of Ethics.
*Read more at
https://www.ro-man2025.org/paper-submission-qa.*