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A Qualitative Spatial Descriptor of Group-Robot Interactions Falomir, Zoe Angulo, Cecilio qualitative modeling spatial reasoning location distance orientation cognitive robotics human-robot interaction group-robot interaction logics The problem of finding a suitable qualitative representation for robots to reason about activity spaces where they carry out tasks such as leading or interacting with a group of people is tackled in this paper. For that, a Qualitative Spatial model for Group Robot Interaction (QS-GRI) is proposed to define Kendon’s F-formations [Kendon, 2010] depending on: (i) the relative location of the robot with respect to other individuals involved in that interaction; (ii) the individuals’ orientation; (iii) the shared peri-personal distance; and (iv) the role of the individuals (observer, main character or interactive). An iconic representation is provided and Kendon’s formations are defined logically. The conceptual neighborhood of the evolution of Kendon formations is studied, that is, how one formation is transformed into another. These transformations can depend on the role that the robot have, and on the amount of people involved. Schloss Dagstuhl – Leibniz-Zentrum für Informatik Zoe Falomir and Cecilio Angulo 2017 Is Part Of LIPIcs, Volume 86, 13th International Conference on Spatial Information Theory (COSIT 2017) InProceedings Text doc-type:ResearchArticle publishedVersion application/pdf doi:10.4230/LIPIcs.COSIT.2017.3 urn:nbn:de:0030-drops-77628 https://drops.dagstuhl.de/entities/document/10.4230/LIPIcs.COSIT.2017.3 eng https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/legalcode