Discovering the Frontiers of Human-Robot Interaction: Insights and Innovations in Collaboration, Communication, and Control

人機互動（Human-Robot Interaction, HRI）領域正在迅速發展，模糊了人類與機器能力之間的界線。最近在計算機科學、計算機視覺、人工智慧、機器人技術、大腦-計算機介面、神經工程和認知科學等領域的進展，深刻地改變了人機互動。當我們站在一個以日益複雜的人機互動為特徵的新時代的門檻上，探索這個動態領域的新興前沿變得至關重要。機器人現在正進入家庭、工作場所，甚至戰場，這需要對有效、安全和倫理的人機互動有更深入的理解。本書深入探討塑造HRI未來的前沿研究，代表了一個共同努力以探索未知領域的集體行動。透過由領先專家撰寫的多樣章節，本書提供了對HRI最新發展、挑戰和機會的全面探索。通過檢視技術、工程和方法論挑戰，本書匯集了研究人員、工程師和設計師的觀點，以提供對這個動態領域的全面看法。本書旨在展示突破性的研究，並激發跨學科的對話與合作，是研究人員、工程師、學生以及任何對人機合作未來感興趣的人的寶貴資源。無論您是經驗豐富的機器人專家、好奇的學生，還是單純對未來科技感興趣，本書都提供了洞見和知識，以幫助您導航人機互動的複雜世界。讓我們一起踏上這段探索之旅，共同探索人機互動的新興前沿。

Ramana Vinjamuri received his undergraduate degree in Electrical Engineering from Kakatiya University (India) in 2002. He received his MS in Electrical Engineering from Villanova University in 2004 specialized in Bioinstrumentation. He received his Ph.D. in Electrical Engineering in 2008 specializing in Dimensionality Reduction in Control and Coordination of Human Hand from the University of Pittsburgh. He worked as a postdoctoral fellow (2008-2012) in the field of Brain-Machine Interfaces (BMI) to control prosthesis in the School of Medicine, University of Pittsburgh. He worked as a Research Assistant Professor in the Department of Biomedical Engineering at the Johns Hopkins University (2012-2013). He worked as an Assistant Professor in the Department of Biomedical Engineering at Stevens Institute of Technology (2013-2020). He is the recipient of the Harvey N Davis Distinguished Teaching Award in 2018 at Stevens. His research at Stevens was supported by Research and Innovation grants from the New Jersey Health Foundation. He received the NSF CAREER Award in 2019. He received an NSF IUCRC Planning grant in 2020, culminating in a successful planning meeting for the BRAIN center at UMBC in 2022, officially launching the center in 2024. His collaboration with Delsys, Inc., through an SBIR award from NIDILRR in 2022, evolved from his lab's research on virtual reality and hand synergies. With his role as a visiting scientist at NIDA and with the support of an NSF I-Corps grant in 2024 he is starting to commercialize neurotechnologies for mental health developed in his lab. His other notable research awards are from NSF I-Corps, NIDILRR, USISTEF and New Jersey Health Foundation. He is currently a tenured Associate Professor in the Department of Computer Science and Electrical Engineering at the University of Maryland Baltimore County. He holds a secondary appointment as an Adjunct Professor at Indian Institute of Technology, Hyderabad, India. His research interests are in the areas of - brain-computer interfaces, neuroprosthetics and exoskeletons, neurotechnologies for mental health, machine learning, and signal processing.

Ramana Vinjamuri於2002年在印度卡卡提亞大學獲得電機工程學士學位。2004年，他在維拉諾瓦大學獲得電機工程碩士學位，專攻生物儀器。2008年，他在匹茲堡大學獲得電機工程博士學位，專注於人手控制與協調中的降維技術。他於2008年至2012年在匹茲堡大學醫學院擔任博士後研究員，研究腦機介面（BMI）以控制義肢。2012年至2013年，他在約翰霍普金斯大學生物醫學工程系擔任研究助理教授。2013年至2020年，他在史蒂文斯理工學院生物醫學工程系擔任助理教授。他於2018年獲得史蒂文斯的哈維·N·戴維斯傑出教學獎。他在史蒂文斯的研究得到了新澤西健康基金會的研究與創新資助。他於2019年獲得NSF CAREER獎，並於2020年獲得NSF IUCRC規劃獎，最終在2022年成功舉行了UMBC BRAIN中心的規劃會議，並於2024年正式啟動該中心。他與Delsys, Inc.的合作，通過2022年NIDILRR的SBIR獎項，源於他實驗室對虛擬現實和手部協同的研究。作為NIDA的訪問科學家，並在2024年獲得NSF I-Corps獎的支持，他開始商業化他實驗室開發的心理健康神經技術。他的其他顯著研究獎項來自NSF I-Corps、NIDILRR、USISTEF和新澤西健康基金會。他目前是馬里蘭大學巴爾的摩縣計算機科學與電機工程系的終身副教授，並在印度海得拉巴的印度理工學院擔任兼任教授。他的研究興趣包括腦-電腦介面、神經義肢和外骨骼、心理健康神經技術、機器學習和信號處理等領域。