Special Issue on Companion Technologies

at present, we observe a rapid growth in the development of increasingly complex “intelligent” systems that serve users throughout all areas of their daily lives. They range from classical technical systems such as household appliances, cars, or consumer electronics through mobile apps and services to advanced service robots in various fields of application. While many of the rather conventional systems already provide multiple modalities to interact with, the most advanced are even equipped with cognitive abilities such as perception, cognition, and reasoning. However, the use of such complex technical systems and in particular the actual exploitation of their rich functionality remain challeng-

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