A Survey on Socially Aware Robot Navigation: Taxonomy and Future Challenges

Phani Teja Singamaneni; Pilar Bachiller-Burgos; Luis J. Manso; Anaís Garrell; Alberto Sanfeliu; Anne Spalanzani; Rachid Alami

doi:10.1177/02783649241230562

A Survey on Socially Aware Robot Navigation: Taxonomy and Future Challenges

Phani Teja Singamaneni^*
, Pilar Bachiller-Burgos
, Luis J. Manso
, Anaís Garrell
, Alberto Sanfeliu
, Anne Spalanzani
, Rachid Alami

^*Corresponding author for this work

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Abstract

Socially aware robot navigation is gaining popularity with the increase in delivery and assistive robots. The research is further fueled by a need for socially aware navigation skills in autonomous vehicles to move safely and appropriately in spaces shared with humans. Although most of these are ground robots, drones are also entering the field. In this paper, we present a literature survey of the works on socially aware robot navigation in the past 10 years. We propose four different faceted taxonomies to navigate the literature and examine the field from four different perspectives. Through the taxonomic review, we discuss the current research directions and the extending scope of applications in various domains. Further, we put forward a list of current research opportunities and present a discussion on possible future challenges that are likely to emerge in the field.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	1533-1572
Number of pages	40
Journal	The International Journal of Robotics Research
Volume	43
Issue number	10
Early online date	12 Feb 2024
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1177/02783649241230562
Publication status	Published - Sept 2024

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Copyright © The Author(s), 2024. This accepted manuscript version is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 International License [https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/].

Funding

The author(s) disclosed receipt of the following financial support for the research, authorship, and/or publication of this article: This work was supported by the Horizon Europe Framework Programme [Grant: euROBIN 101070596]; Agence Nationale de la Recherche [Grant: ANITI ANR-19-PI3A-0004]; European project CANOPIES [Grant: H2020-ICT-2020-2-101016906]; Spanish Government (MCIN/AEI) and European Union (“NextGenerationEU”/PRTR) [Grant: TED2021-131739-C22]; Spanish Government (MCIN) [Grant: PDC2022-133597-C41]; Spanish Government (MCIN) [Grant: PID2022-142039NA-I00].

Keywords

Socially Aware Robot Navigation
Human-aware Navigation
Literature Survey
Taxonomy
Challenges

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