@inproceedings{888839f0ac3c4b45b02ee8c116c7fbfc,
title = "Enabling robots to adhere to social norms by detecting F-formations",
abstract = "Robot navigation in environments shared with humans should take into account social structures and interactions. The identification of social groups has been a challenge for robotics as it encompasses a number of disciplines. We propose a hierarchical clustering method for grouping individuals into free standing conversational groups (FSCS), utilising their position and orientation. The proposed method is evaluated on the SALSA dataset with achieved F1 score of 0.94. The algorithm is also evaluated for scalability and implemented on a mobile robot attempting to detect social groups and engage in interaction.",
author = "Avgi Kollakidou and Lakshadeep Naik and Oskar Palinko and Leon Bodenhagen",
note = "Funding Information: ACKNOWLEDGMENT This research was supported by the project Health-CAT, funded by the European Fund for regional development. Publisher Copyright: {\textcopyright} 2021 IEEE.; 30th IEEE International Conference on Robot and Human Interactive Communication, RO-MAN 2021 ; Conference date: 08-08-2021 Through 12-08-2021",
year = "2021",
month = aug,
day = "8",
doi = "10.1109/RO-MAN50785.2021.9515484",
language = "English",
series = "IEEE RO-MAN proceedings",
publisher = "IEEE",
pages = "110--116",
booktitle = "2021 30th IEEE International Conference on Robot and Human Interactive Communication, RO-MAN 2021",
address = "United States",
}