%0 Journal Article %J Mechanism and Machine Theory %D 2007 %T An atlas of physical human-robot interaction %A De Santis, A %A B. Siciliano %A A.De Luca %A A. Bicchi %K Physical Human-Robot Interaction (pHRI) %K Robotics %X

A broad spectrum of issues have to be addressed in order to tackle the problem of a safe and dependable physical Human-Robot Interaction (pHRI). In the immediate future, metrics related to safety and dependability have to be found in order to successfully introduce robots in everyday enviornments. While there are certainly also ``cognitive

%B Mechanism and Machine Theory %V 43 %P 253-270 %G eng