A research paper titled ‘Proxemics and Approach Evaluation by Service Robot Based on User Behavior in Domestic Environment’’ was presented at the 2018 IEEE/RSJ International Conference on Intelligent Robots and Systems (IROS) held from Oct 01 - 05 in Madrid, Spain by S. M. Bhagya P. Samarakoon, a postgraduate research student and Dr. M. A. Viraj J. Muthugala  in the Department of Electrical Engineering . The manuscript was written by S. M. Bhagya P. Samarakoon,  H. P. Chapa Sirithunge and M. A. Viraj J. Muthugala under the supervision of Dr. A.G. Buddhika P.  Jayasekara.  The authors are from the Intelligent Service Robotics Group- Department of Electrical Engineering and they  are  working  on  the  development of  Moratuwa  Intelligent  Robot (MIRob),  an  intelligent  service  robot  for domestic environments.
The IEEE/RSJ International Conference on Intelligent Robots and Systems (IROS) is one of the largest and most impacting robotics research conferences worldwide. This year over 4000 participants were presented and the conference had the largest robotic exhibition in the history of IROS. IROS has rank no. 5 in top 20 sources of robotics sub-category of Google Scholar Metrics where h5 index is 71. The research was funded by a Senate Research Long Term Grant (SRC/LT/2018/20) of University of Moratuwa.

Four members of the Intelligent Service Robotics Group of the Department of Electrical Engineering have presented research papers at 27th IEEE International Conference on Robot and Human Interactive Communication (RO-MAN) held from Aug 27-31, Nanjing and Tai'an, China. They are working on development of MIRob (Moratuwa Intelligent Robot), an Intelligent service robot for domestic environments under the Supervision of Dr. Buddhika Jayasekara. It is commendable that the researchers of the Department of Electrical Engineering were able to present their work at this premier forum of the Human - Robot Interaction (HRI) field. These research were funded by the Senate Research Grants No: SRC/CAP/2017/03 and SRC/LT/2018/20.
Dr. Viraj Muthugala is presenting a paper at a Poster Session (Title: Cognitive Spatial Representative Map for Interactive Conversational Model of Service Robot, Authors: H.M. Ravindu T. Bandara, M.A. Viraj J. Muthugala, A.G. Buddhika P. Jayasekara, D.P. Chandima)

Bhagya Samarakoon is presenting a paper at a formal session (Title: Replicating Natural Approaching Behavior of Humans for Improving Robot's Approach toward Two Persons During a Conversation, Authors: S.M. Bhagya P. Samarakoon, M.A. Viraj J. Muthugala, A.G. Buddhika P. Jayasekara)

Chapa Sirithunga is presenting a paper at a formal session (Title: A Wizard of Oz Study of Human Interest towards Robot Initiated Human-Robot Interaction, Authors: H.P. Chapa Sirithunge, M.A. Viraj J. Muthugala, A.G. Buddhika P. Jayasekara, D.P. Chandima)

Sachi Edirisinghe is presenting a paper at a formal session (Title: Use of Autobiographical Memory for Enhancing Adaptive HRI in Multi-User Domestic Environment, M.M.S.N. Edirisinghe, A.G.B.P. Jayasekara)