On the way toward full autonomy, sharing roads between automated and autonomous vehicles in so-called mixed traffic is unavoidable. Moreover, even if all vehicles on the road were autonomous, pedestrians would still cross streets. We propose social robots as moderators between autonomous vehicles and vulnerable road users. This paper presents a first proof-of-concept integration of a social robot advising pedestrians in crossing scenarios involving a cooperative automated vehicle. We also discuss key enablers required for designing "robot policeman" in a generic use case of cooperative intersection management. Our work provides a vision of the role of social robotics in future Cooperative Intelligent Transport Systems.

翻译：在通往完全自动驾驶的道路上，自动化与自主车辆在所谓的混合交通中共享道路是不可避免的。此外，即便道路上所有车辆均为自动驾驶，行人仍需穿行马路。我们提出将社会机器人作为自主车辆与弱势道路使用者之间的协调者。本文首次概念验证性地将社会机器人整合至涉及协作式自动驾驶车辆的行人穿越场景中，并针对协作式交叉口管理的通用用例，探讨了设计"机器人警察"所需的关键使能技术。本研究展望了社会机器人学在未来协作式智能交通系统中的角色愿景。