To be able to understand the intentions of other agents is a fundamental prerequisite for engaging in, for instance, instrumental helping or mutual collaboration. In HRI, the challenge is bi-directional: not only does a robot need the ability to infer intentions of humans, but humans also need to infer the intentions of the robot. It is therefore important to be clear about the theoretical frameworks and inherent assumptions underlying technological implementations related to mutual intention understanding. This remains very much an active research area in which further development is necessary. The core purpose of this workshop is to advance the state of the art in this area.
This work is supported by the Knowledge Foundation, Stockholm, under SIDUS grant agreement no. 20140220 (AIR, “Action and intention recognition in human interaction with autonomous systems”).