Editorial: Social human-robot interaction (sHRI) of human-care service robots

Editorial on the Research Topic Social human-robot interaction of human-c are service robots With the advent of an increasingly aging society and the rapid increase of distributed or single-parent families, there are increasing demands for service robots with social intelligence to be integrated into our everyday lives to improve human-care services for aging people, people who need special care, and people living alone. A consequence of this increasing demand is that robots need to have greater capabilities for social interaction and improved stable manipulability of humans and daily-use objects. It is reported that older adults and care-givers acknowledge the potential benefits of socially intelligent service robots