EDITORIAL article
Front. Robot. AI
Sec. Robot Design
This article is part of the Research TopicInnovative Methods in Social Robot Behavior GenerationView all 6 articles
Editorial: Innovative Methods in Social Robot Behavior Generation
Provisionally accepted
- 1Honda Research Institute USA Mountain View, Mountain View, United States
- 2Universitat Augsburg, Augsburg, Germany
- 3Institut de Robotica i Informatica Industrial, Barcelona, Spain
- 4Handong Global University, Pohang-si, Republic of Korea
- 5Sorbonne Universite, Paris, France
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As social robots become increasingly embedded in our homes, workplaces, and educational settings, 2 the demand for more intuitive, adaptive, and socially aware behavior generation has never been greater. This research topic "Innovative Methods in Social Robot Behavior Generation" was conceived to address 9 this challenge. It brings together contributions that push the boundaries of how social robots perceive, plan, 10 and act in ways that are meaningful, relevant, and "natural". The selected works span technical innovations, 11 empirical field studies, and a systematic analysis towards the shared goal of creating autonomous robotic 12 systems capable of engaging humans through meaningful and contextually appropriate behaviors. The five articles in this collection collectively advance three core themes: As large language models (LLMs) become increasingly integrated into social robots, understanding how
Keywords: Social Robots, behavior generation, Generative models, Multimodal perception, Large language models
Received: 08 Nov 2025; Accepted: 18 Nov 2025.
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* Correspondence: Hifza Javed, hifzajaved1@gmail.com
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