Planning and Robotics (PlanRob) – ICAPS 2020

This talk addresses some key decisional issues that are necessary for a cognitive and collaborative robot which shares space and task with a human. One main challenge, inspired by the Joint Action framework, is to endow the robot with the capacity to build and to maintain, co-constructively with the human, and as long as necessary, the collaborative process and relationship that come along with the task, thus allowing its joint execution. We adopt a constructive approach based on the identification and the effective implementation of individual and collaborative skills. Key design issues are linked to legibility, acceptability and pertinence of robot decisions and behaviours. I will provide some illustrative examples from several collaborative research projects.