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HUMAN ROBOT COLLABORATION
SOCIAL COGNITIVE ROBOTICS

  • Models for human-robot collaboration

  • Human-robot cooperative learning

  • Human-robot interface design​

  • Social cognitive robotics

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Projects:

  • Socrates

  • Follow me assistant

  • Interactive robotics research network

  • From sound to movement personal assistance  

  • Creative collaborations: art, design, and HRI 

  • Physical robot trainer

  • Physical therapy assistant

  • Polite Robots

  • Table setting adjunct

  • Handovers

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PUBLICATIONS

Refereed Articles in Scientific Journals

  • Slutski, L., I. Gurevich , Y. Edan. 2000.
    Analysis and enhancement of human-machine interfaces using a joystick controller.
    Human Factors and Ergonomics in Manufacturing 10(2): 161-175.                                     DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1520-6564(200021)10:2<161::AID-HFM3>3.0.CO;2-W

  • Bechar, A., Y. Edan. 2003.
    Human-robot collaboration for improved target recognition of agricultural robots.
    Industrial Robot 30(5): 432-436. Special Issue on Food Industry and Farming. Invited Paper. DOI: 10.1108/01439910310492194

  • Wachs, J., H. Stern, Y. Edan, C. Feied, M. Smith, M. Gillam., J. Handler. 2008.
    A real-time hand gesture interface for a medical image-guided system.
    International Journal of Intelligent Computing in Medical Sciences and Image Processing 1(3)1:175-185.

  • H. I.  Stern, J. P. Wachs, Y. Edan. 2008.
    Designing hand gesture vocabularies for natural interaction by combining psycho-physiological and recognition factors. Special Issue on Gesture in Multimodal Systems.
    International Journal of Semantic Computing 2(1): 137-160. DOI: 10.1142/S1793351X08000385

  • Bechar, A., J. Meyer, Y. Edan. 2009.
    An Objective Function to Evaluate Performance of Human-Robot Systems for Target Recognition Tasks.
    IEEE Transactions on Systems, Man and Cybernetics, Part C 39(6): 611-630. DOI: 10.1109/TSMCC.2009.2020174

  • Kartoun, U., Stern H., Edan Y. 2010.
    Human-robot collaborative reinforcement learning algorithm.
    Journal of Intelligent and Robotic Systems 60(2): 217-239. DOI: 10.1007/s10846-010-9422-y

  • Wachs, J., M. Kölsch, H. Stern, Y. Edan. 2011.
    Vision-based hand gesture interfaces: challenges and innovations.
    Communications of the ACM  54(2): 60-71. Cover Article. DOI: 10.1145/1897816.1897838

  • Tkach, I., A. Bechar, Y. Edan. 2011.
    Switching between collaboration levels in a human-robot target recognition system.
    IEEE Transactions on Systems, Man and Cybernetics Part C 41(6): 955-967. DOI: 10.1109/TSMCC.2011.2119480

  • Eliav, A., T. Lavie, Y. Parmet, H. Stern. Y. Edan. 2011.
    Mobile Robot Control – Examining Controllers and Interfaces.
    Applied Ergonomics 42(6): 820-829. DOI: 10.1016/j.apergo.2011.01.004

  • Y. Oren, A. Bechar, Y. Edan. 2012.
    Performance Analysis of a Human-Robot Collaborative Target Recognition System.
    Robotica 30(15): 823-836. DOI: 10.1017/S0263574711001020

  • Bac, C.W., van Henten, E.J., Hemming, J., Edan, Y. 2014.
    Harvesting robots for high-value crops: state-of-the-art review and challenges ahead.
    Journal of Field Robotics 31(6):  888–911. DOI: 10.1002/rob.21525

  • Doisy, G., J. Meyer, Y. Edan. 2014
    The impact of human-robot interface design on the use of a learning robot system.
    IEEE Transactions on Human-Machine Systems 44(6): 788-795. Q1. DOI: 10.1109/THMS.2014.2331618

  • Jevtic, A.®, G. Doisy®, Y. Parmet, Y. Edan. 2015.Comparison of Interaction Modalities for Mobile Indoor Robot Guidance:Direct Physical Interaction, Person Following and Pointing Control.IEEE Transactions on Human-Machine Systems 45(6): 653 – 663.DOI:10.1109/THMS.2015.2461683, 13 August 2015. Q1.

  • Doisy, G., A. Ronen, Y. Edan. 2017.
    Comparison of three different techniques for camera and motion control of a teleoperated robot         
    Applied Ergonomics 58: 527-534.  DOI: 0.1016/j.apergo.2016.05.001. Q1.

  • Adamides, G., C. Katsanos , Y. Parmet, G. Christou, M., Xenos, T. Hadzilacos, Y. Edan. 2017.
    HRI usability evaluation of interaction modes for a teleoperated agricultural robotic sprayer.
    Applied Ergonomics
    62:237-246. DOI: 10.1016/j.apergo.2017.03.008

  • Adamides, G. , C. Katsanos , I. Constantinou, G. Christou, M., Xenos,
    T. Hadzilacos, Y. Edan. 2017.
    Design and development of a semi-autonomous agricultural vineyard sprayer:human-robot interaction aspects.
    Journal of Field Robotics 34(8): 1407-1426. DOI: 10.1002/rob.21721

  • Bernstein, R.  Y. Edan. 2017.
    Human-robot collaborative site-specific sprayer.
    Journal of Field Robotics 34(8): 1519–1530. DOI: 10.1002/rob.21730

  • Roy, S., & Edan, Y. 2017.
    Givers & Receivers perceive handover tasks differently:
    Implications for Human-Robot collaborative system design.
    Journal of Social Robotics (accepted).  DOI: arXiv:1708.06207

  • Eizicovits, D., Y. Edan, I. Tabak, S. Levy-Tzedek. 2018.
    Robotic gaming prototype for upper limb rehabilitation:
    effects of age and embodiment on user preferences and movement.
    Restorative Neurology and Neuroscience. 36 (2), 261-274. DOI: 10.3233/RNN-170802

  • Honig, S., Oron-Gilad T., Zaichyk H., Fleischmann-Serna V.,  Olatunji S., Edan Y. 2018.
    Towards Socially Aware Person-Following Robots. 
    IEEE Transactions on Cognitive and Developmental Systems (accepted March 2018).
    DOI: 10.1109/TCDS.2018.2825641

  • Feingold-Polak R., Elishay A., Shahar Y., Stein M., Edan Y., Levy-Tzedek S. 2018.
    Differences between young and old users when interacting with a humanoid robot:
    a qualitative usability study.
    Paladyn. Journal of Behavioral Robotics. 9(1), 183-192. DOI: 10.1515/pjbr-2018-0013 

  • Korol G.S., A. Karniel, I. Melzer, A. Ronen, Y. Edan, H. Stern, R. Riemer. 2017.  Relation between perceived effort and the electromyographic signal in localized effort activities of forearm muscles. DOI: 10.1177%2F1541931214581225

  • Olatunji, S., Oron-Gilad, T.,  Sarne-Fleischmann, V., Edan, Y. 2020. User-Centered Feedback Design in Person-following Robots for Older Adults. Palaydn, Journal of Behavioural Robotics 11(1): 86-103. (extended paper from MobRobAE workshop at IEEE ICRA 2019).               DOI: 10.1515/pjbr-2020-0007

  • Avioz-Sarig, O., Olatunji, S., V. Sarne-Fleishmann, Y. Edan. 2020. Robotic system for physical training of older adults. International Journal of Social Robotics 1-16.                                  DOI: 10.1007/s12369-020-00697-y

  • Eizicovits, D., Y. Edan, I.Tabak, S. Levy-Tzedek. 2016. 3D Human - Robot Gaming System for Upper Limb Rehabilitation. Robot and Human Interactive Communication, 25th IEEE International Symposium on Robot and Human Interactive Communication (RO-MAN).

  • Feingold, R.,  Polak, A. Elishay, Y Shahar, M. Stein, Y. Edan, and S. Levy-Tzedek. 2018. Differences between Young and Old Users when Interacting with a Humanoid Robot: A Qualitative Usability Study. In HRI’18 Companion: Conference on ACM/IEEE International Conference on Human-Robot Interaction, March 5-8, 2018, Chicago, IL, USA. ACM, NY, NY, USA, 2 pages. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1145/3173386.3177046

  • Honig S., Oron-Gilad T., and Edan Y. 2017. Multimodal communication for guiding a person following robot. Proceedings of the 26th IEEE International Symposium on Robot and Human Interactive Communication (Ro-Man). 2017, 1018-1023. August 28-Sept. 1, 2017. https://ieeexplore.ieee.org/document/8172428/ 

  • Eizicovits, D. , Y. Edan, I. Tabak, S. Levy-Tzedek. 2018.
    Robotic gaming prototype for upper limb rehabilitation:
    effects of age and embodiment on user preferences and movement.
    Restorative Neurology and Neuroscience. (Accepted February 2018).

  • Honig, S. , Oron-Gilad T., Zaichyk H. , Fleischmann-Serna V.,  Olatunji S. , Edan Y. 2018.
    Towards Socially Aware Person-Following Robots. 
    IEEE Transactions on Cognitive and Developmental Systems (accepted March 2018).

  • Feingold-Polak R. , Elishay A., Shahar Y. , Stein M. , Edan Y., Levy-Tzedek S. 2018.
    Differences between young and old users when interacting with a humanoid robot:
    a qualitative usability study.
    Paladyn. Journal of Behavioral Robotics. (Accepted June 2018).

  • “Gymmy”: Designing and Testing a Robot for Physical and Cognitive Training of Older Adults/Applied  Science 11(14): 6431; DOI:10.3390/app11146431

  • R. Someshwar, J. Meyer, Y. Edan. 2012. Models and Methods for H-R Synchronization. Paper No. 250, INCOM 2012, 14th IFAC Symposium on Information Control Problems in Manufacturing, May 23-25, Bucharest, Romania.​

  • Someshwar, R., Joachim Meyer, Yael Edan. 2012. A Timing Control Model for H-R Synchronization. Paper No. 134, SYROCO 2012, 10th IFAC Symposium on Robot Control, Dubrovnik, Croatia, September 5-7, 2012.

Other Reviewed Publications

  • Slutski, L., I. Gurevich , Y. Edan. 1997. Analysis and design of telerobot control based on human motor behaviour study. IEEE 1997 Intl. Conf. on Robotics and Automation: 1016-1021. DOI: 10.1109/ROBOT.1997.614268

  • Slutski, L., Y. Edan, L. Friedman. 1998. Remote control means study for telerobotic operations. Proc. of the 1998 IEEE/RSJ Intl. Conf. on Intelligent and Robot Systems, Victoria BC, Canada: 1609-1614. DOI: 10.1109/IROS.1998.724828

  • Wachs, J. , H. Stern, Y. Edan, C. Feied, M. Smith, M. Gillam., J. Handler. 2006.  A real-time hand gesture system based on evolutionary search. Vision 22(3). Oct. 2006. Dearborn, Michigan, Society of Manufacturing Engineers. 

  • Kartoun U. , Stern H., Y. Edan, 2006. Human-Robot Collaborative Learning System for Inspection. Proc. of the IEEE Intl. Conf. on Systems, Man, and Cybernetics: 4249-4255.  Oct. 8-11, Taipei, Taiwan. Finalist (five papers) for Best Student Paper Competition. DOI: 10.1109/ICSMC.2006.384802

  • Bechar, A. , Meyer, J., Y. Edan. 2006. Optimal Collaboration in Human-Robot Target Recognition Systems. Proc. of the IEEE Intl. Conf. on Systems, Man, and Cybernetics, Oct. 8-11, Taipei, Taiwan. DOI: 10.1109/ICSMC.2006.384801

  • Stern, H., Wachs, J. , Y, Edan. 2006. Human factors for design of hand gesture human-machine interaction. Proc. of the IEEE Intl. Conf. on Systems, Man, and Cybernetics: 4052-4056. Oct. 8-11, Taipei, Taiwan.

  • A. Bechar , J. Meyer, Y. Edan. 2007. An Objective Function to Evaluate Performance of Human-Robot Systems for Target Recognition Tasks. Proc. of the IEEE Intl. Conf. on Systems, Man, and Cybernetics, Oct. 7-10, Montreal, Quebec, Canada. IEEE SMC Paper No. 710.

  • Y. Oren , A. Bechar, J. Meyer, Y. Edan. 2008. Performance analysis of human-robot collaboration in target recognition tasks. Proc. of the IEEE Intl. Conf. on Distributed Human-Machine Systems: 51-56. Athens, Greece.

  • Ivri-Blum , H., A. Ronen, Y. Edan. 2008. Evaluation of robot control interfaces. Proc. of the ASME 2008 Intl. Symposium on Flexible Automation, Paper No. JL043,  June 23-26, 2008, Atlanta, GA.

  • H. Stern, J. Wachs , Y. Edan. 2008. Optimal Consensus Intuitive Hand Gesture Vocabulary Design. Proc. of IEEE Intl. Conf. on Semantic Computing, 2008. pp. 96-103.

  • I. Tkach , Y. Edan, A. Bechar. 2009. Algorithms for dynamic switching of collaborative human-robot system in target recognition tasks. Proceedings of INCOM 2009, the13th IFAC Symposium on Information Control Problems inManufacturing, Institute of Control of the Russian Academy of Sciences in Moscow. Moscow, June 3-5, 2009. Best paper award.

  • D. Yashpe , A. Bechar, Y. Edan. 2009. Influence of human reaction time on performance of human-robot target recognition systems. Intl. Conf. on Production Research, China, July 2009.

  • Wachs, J. , H. Stern, Y. Edan, M. Gillam, C. Feied, M. Smith, and J. Handler. 2009. A novel hand gesture-based image browsing system for the operating room. Hospital IT Europe  2(1): 43-45.

  • Sobol-Shikler, T. , Y. Parmet, Y. Edan. 2010. Quantity or quality – predictability and experience: a case study in human-robot interaction. Proc. of the 2010 IEEE Intl. Symposium on Robot and Human Interactive Communication, ROMAN 2010, Viareggio, Italy, September 12-15.

  • R. Someshwar , J. Meyer, Y. Edan. 2012. Models and Methods for H-R Synchronization. Paper No. 250, INCOM 2012, 14th IFAC Symposium on Information Control Problems in Manufacturing, May 23-25, Bucharest, Romania.

  • Bodiroža, S. , Stern, H. I., Edan, Y. 2012. Dynamic Gesture Vocabulary Design for Intuitive Human-Robot Dialog, in Proceedings of the 7th ACM/IEEE International Conference on Human-Robot Interaction, pp.111-112, Boston, USA, 2012. HRI’12, March 5–8, 2012, Boston, Massachusetts, USA.

  • G. Doisy , A. Jevtić , E. Lucet, Y. Edan. 2012. Adaptive Person-Following Algorithm Based on Depth Images and Mapping. In: Proceedings of the Workshop on Robot Motion Planning: Online, Reactive, and in Real-time, IEEE/RSJ International Conference on Intelligent Robots and Systems (IROS 2012), Vilamoura, Portugal, 7-12 October 2012. 

  • Doisy, G., Meyer, J, Edan, Y. 2013. Interface Design for Learning Robots, 4th Israeli Conference on Robotics, Tel Aviv, Israel.

  • Doisy, G., Jevtić, A., Bodiroža, S., Edan, Y. 2013. Spatially Unconstrained Natural Interface for Controlling a Mobile Robot, 4th Israeli Conference on Robotics, Tel Aviv, Israel

  • Doisy, G., Jevtić, A., Lucet, E., Edan, Y. 2012. Adaptive Person-Following Algorithm Based on Depth Images and Mapping, in Proceedings of the Workshop on Robot Motion Planning: Online, Reactive, and in Real-time, IEEE/RSJ International Conference on Intelligent Robots and Systems (IROS 2012), Vilamoura, Portugal.

  • Doisy, G., Meyer, J.,  Edan, Y. 2011. Toward an ecological approach to interface design for teaching robots. Towards Autonomous Robotic Systems, 420-421.

  • Jevtic, A., Doisy, G., Bodiroza, S., Edan, Y.,  Hafner, V. V. 2014. Human-Robot Interaction through 3D Vision and Force Control. In Proceedings of the 9th ACM/IEEE international conference on Human-robot interaction. )In press(.

  • Sayfeld, L., Peretz, Y., Someshwar, R., Edan, Y. 2015. Evaluation of Human-Robot Collaboration Models for Fluent Operations in Industrial Tasks.Human - Robot Handover, planning, control, social signals workshop, Robotics Science and Systems Conference, RSS 2015, Sapienza University of Rome, Rome, Italy, July 13-17, 2015.

  • Honig S., Katz S D., Oron-Gilad T., Edan Y. 2016. The Influence of Following Angle on Performance Metrics of a Human-Following Robot. Robot and Human Interactive Communication, Proceedings of the 25th IEEE International Symposium on Robot and Human Interactive Communication (RO-MAN).  http://ieeexplore.ieee.org/document/7745178/

  • Eizicovits, D., Y. Edan, I.Tabak, S. Levy-Tzedek. 2016. 3D Human - Robot Gaming System for Upper Limb Rehabilitation. Robot and Human Interactive Communication, 25th IEEE International Symposium on Robot and Human Interactive Communication (RO-MAN).

  • Feingold, R.,  Polak, A. Elishay, Y Shahar, M. Stein, Y. Edan, and S. Levy-Tzedek. 2018. Differences between Young and Old Users when Interacting with a Humanoid Robot: A Qualitative Usability Study. In HRI’18 Companion: Conference on ACM/IEEE International Conference on Human-Robot Interaction, March 5-8, 2018, Chicago, IL, USA. ACM, NY, NY, USA, 2 pages. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1145/3173386.3177046

  • Honig S., Oron-Gilad T., and Edan Y. 2017. Multimodal communication for guiding a person following robot. Proceedings of the 26th IEEE International Symposium on Robot and Human Interactive Communication (Ro-Man). 2017, 1018-1023. August 28-Sept. 1, 2017. https://ieeexplore.ieee.org/document/8172428/

Chapters in Books

  • Wachs, J. , H. Stern, Y. Edan, M. Gillam, C. Feied, M. Smith, J. Handler. 2007.
    Gestix: a doctor-computer sterile gesture interface for dynamic environments. Advances in Soft   Computing 29,  Soft Computing in Industrial Applications: Recent and Emerging Methods and Techniques: 30-39. Springer-Verlag, NY. Editors: A. Saad, E. Avineri, K. Daha, M. Sarfraz, R. Roy.
    Reviewed paper 11th  Online World Conference on Soft Computing in Industrial Applications,    WSC11, November 2006.  (30 papers out of 63 submitted were accepted to conference).

  • Doisy, G. , Meyer, J.,  Edan, Y. 2011.
    Toward an ecological approach to interface design for teaching robots. Towards Autonomous Robotic Systems, Proceedings of the 12th Annual TAROS Conference: 420-421, Sheffield, UK August September 2011. Edited by: R. Grob, L. Alboul, C. Elhuish, M. Witkowisk, T.J. Prescott, J. Penders. Springer.

  • Elkoby, Z. , van Ooster, B., Edan, Y. 2014.
    Simulation Analysis of Sweet Pepper Harvesting Operations, Advances in ProductionManagement Systems Conference, APMS 2014 conference, Sept 21-24, Corsica, France. B. Grabot et al. (Eds.): APMS 2014, Part III, IFIP AICT 440, pp. 441--448. IFIP International Federation for Information Processing.

  • Edan, Y. 2018.
    Advances in human-robot collaboration in agricultural robots. Robotics and automation for improving agriculture (ed. Prof John Billingsley).

  • Eizicovits, D., Y. Edan, I.Tabak, S. Levy-Tzedek. 2016. 3D Human - Robot Gaming System for Upper Limb Rehabilitation. Robot and Human Interactive Communication, 25th IEEE International Symposium on Robot and Human Interactive Communication (RO-MAN).

  • Feingold, R.,  Polak, A. Elishay, Y Shahar, M. Stein, Y. Edan, and S. Levy-Tzedek. 2018. Differences between Young and Old Users when Interacting with a Humanoid Robot: A Qualitative Usability Study. In HRI’18 Companion: Conference on ACM/IEEE International Conference on Human-Robot Interaction, March 5-8, 2018, Chicago, IL, USA. ACM, NY, NY, USA, 2 pages. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1145/3173386.3177046

  • Honig S., Oron-Gilad T., and Edan Y. 2017. Multimodal communication for guiding a person following robot. Proceedings of the 26th IEEE International Symposium on Robot and Human Interactive Communication (Ro-Man). 2017, 1018-1023. August 28-Sept. 1, 2017. https://ieeexplore.ieee.org/document/8172428/

Thesis

  • Irine Gurevich, Postdoctorate student, Dept. of Industrial Engineering and Management, Ben-Gurion University of the Negev, Advanced teleoperator systems, 1994-1995.

  • Danny Eizicovitz. Postdoctorate. Robotic gaming for physical therapy. (with Shelly Levy Tzedek).

  • Raziel Riemer, Postdoctorate student, Dept. of Industrial Engineering and Management, Ben-Gurion University of the Negev, A comprehensive approach for measuring stress involved in hand gestures language for human machine interaction, 2008.

  • Itzhak Takach, M.Sc. Switching between collaboration levels in target recognition tasks. Dept. of Industrial Engineering and Management, Ben-Gurion University of the Negev, December 2008 (with Dr. A. Bechar).

  • Tal Sobol-Shikler, Postdoctorate student, Dept. of Industrial Engineering and Management, Ben-Gurion University of the Negev, Affective interfaces for human-robot collaboration, 2009.

  • Roy Someshwar, Ph.D., Human-robot synchronization for time-critical tasks, Dept. of Industrial Engineering and Management, Ben-Gurion University of the Negev, June 2017. (with Prof. J. Meyer).

  • Guillaume Doisy, Ph.D., Human robot interface design for robots with learning capabilities, Dept. of Industrial Engineering and Management, Ben-Gurion University of the Negev, October 2014. (with Joachim Meyer).

  • George Adamides, Ph.D., User Interfaces for Human-Robot Interaction: Application on a Semi-Autonomous Agricultural Robot Sprayer User Interface Design Specification for Human-Agricultural Robot Interaction, Faculty of Pure and Applied Sciences, Open University of Cyprus, August 2016. (with Thanasis Hadzilacos).

  • Oded Zafrani, Ph.D., Acceptance of personal robotic assistants for older adults. Dept. of Industrial Engineering and Management, Ben-Gurion University of the Negev.  Oct 2017-current. (with Galit Nimrod).

  • Samuel Olatunji. Ph.D. Feedback and LOA in social robots for older adults. Dept. of Industrial Engineering and Management, Ben-Gurion University of the Negev. September 2021. (with Tal Oron-Gilad).

  • Avital Bechar, Ph.D., Dept. of Industrial Engineering and Management, Ben-Gurion University of the Negev, Human-robot collaboration methods for target recognition in unstructured environments. February 2006.

  • Juan Wachs, Ph.D., Dept. of Industrial Engineering and Management, Ben-Gurion University of the Negev, Optimal Hand Gesture Language Design Methodology for Robotic Control. 2006. (with Prof. H. Stern).

  • Uri Kartoun, Ph.D., Dept. of Industrial Engineering and Management, Ben-Gurion University of the Negev, Human-Robot Collaborative Learning Methods. 2007. (with Prof. H. Stern).

  • Juan Wachs, M.Sc., Dept. of Industrial Engineering and Management, Ben-Gurion University of the Negev, Telerobotic Hand Gesture Real-time System, June 2003. (with Prof. H. Stern).

  • Eliav Ami, M.Sc., Dept. of Industrial Engineering and Management, Ben-Gurion University of the Negev, Hand gesture control of a mobile robot, July 2005.

  • Yuval Oren, M.Sc., Performance analysis of human-robot collaboration in target recognition tasks, Dept. of Industrial Engineering and Management, Ben-Gurion University of the Negev, October 2008 (with Dr. A. Bechar).

  • Hadasa Blum-Ivri, M.Sc., Evaluating different human-robot interfaces, Dept. of Industrial Engineering and Management, Ben-Gurion University of the Negev, November 2009. (with Dr. A. Ronen).

  • Dror Yashpe, M.Sc., Influence of human reaction time in human robot collaborative target recognition systems, Dept. of Industrial Engineering and Management, Ben-Gurion University of the Negev, December 2009 (with Dr. A. Bechar).

  • Zohar Melamed Elkoby. M.Sc. Analysis of Human-Robot Harvesting Operations in Sweet Pepper Greenhouses. Dept. of Industrial Engineering and Management, Ben-Gurion University of the Negev. April 2016. (with Bert van ’t Ooster, WUR).

  • Lior Sayfeld, M.Sc., Human-robot collaboration: performance measures of different populations working with a robotic system (elderly vs. children; female vs. male; experienced vs. novice). Dept. of Industrial Engineering and Management, Ben-Gurion University of the Negev. June 2017.

  • Igal Peretz, M.Sc., Adaptive algorithm for human experience in a human-robot handover task. Dept. of Industrial Engineering and Management, Ben-Gurion University of the Negev. June 2017.

  • Dror Katz, M.Sc., Development of algorithms for a human-following robot equipped with Kinect vision and laser sensors in an unknown indoor environment with obstacles and corners. September. 2016.

  • Ron Bernstein, Ph.D., Human-robot cooperation in selective spraying, Dept. of Industrial Engineering and Management, Ben-Gurion University of the Negev, July 2016.

  • Kobi Hadad, M.Sc., Dept. of Industrial Engineering and Management, Ben-Gurion University of the Negev. 2015-current. (with Tal Oron Gilad).

  • Noa Markfeld, M.Sc., Feedback for human-robot collaboration. Dept. of Industrial Engineering and Management, Ben-Gurion University of the Negev.  August 2018-current.

  • Dana Gutman, M.Sc., LOA in human-robot collaboration. Dept. of Industrial Engineering and Management, Ben-Gurion University of the Negev.  August 2018-current.

  • Omer Keidar, M.Sc. Human-Robot Interaction: Interaction Modes and Levels of Explanation in Mobile Robotic Telecare Tasks, Dept. of Industrial Engineering and Management,  Ben-Gurion University of the Negev, November 2022, (Prof. Yael Edan), Thesis, PPT.

  • Oded Zafrani, Ph.D., Acceptance of personal robotic assistants for older adults, Dept. of Industrial Engineering and Management, Ben-Gurion University of the Negev,  Oct 2017-current. (with Galit Nimrod).

  • Samuel Olatunji, Ph.D., Feedback and LOA in social robots for older adults, Dept. of Industrial Engineering and Management, Ben-Gurion University of the Negev,  April 2021, with T. Oron-Gilad, Thesis.

  • Omri Sarig, M.Sc., Social robot for physical training – evaluation of feedback aspects, Dept. of Industrial Engineering and Management, Ben-Gurion University of the Negev, December 2019, Thesis.

  • Noa Markfeld, M.Sc., Feedback for human-robot collaboration, Dept. of Industrial Engineering and Management, Ben-Gurion University of the Negev,  January 2021, Thesis.

  • Dana Gutman, M.Sc., LOA in human-robot collaboration, Dept. of Industrial Engineering and Management, Ben-Gurion University of the Negev, January 2021, Thesis.

  • Tair Faibish. Human-robot handovers: human preferences and robot learning. M.Sc. Dept. of Industrial Engineering and Management, Ben-Gurion University of the Negev. January 2022. (with A. Biess)

  • Maya Krakovski. M.Sc. Physical and cognitive robotic training system for older adults. Dept. of Industrial Engineering and Management, Ben-Gurion University of the Negev. December 2021.

  • Eliran Itzhak. Politeness in mobile robots. Dept. of Industrial Engineering and Management, Ben-Gurion University of the Negev. March 2022 (with N. Tractinsky).

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