Author: Bin Fang
Publisher: Frontiers Media SA
ISBN: 2889668444
Category : Science
Languages : en
Pages : 224

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Author: Erwin Prassler
Publisher: Springer
ISBN: 9783642062209
Category : Technology & Engineering
Languages : en
Pages : 414

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"Advances in Human-Robot Interaction" provides a unique collection of recent research in human-robot interaction. It covers the basic important research areas ranging from multi-modal interfaces, interpretation, interaction, learning, or motion coordination to topics such as physical interaction, systems, and architectures. The book addresses key issues of human-robot interaction concerned with perception, modelling, control, planning and cognition, covering a wide spectrum of applications. This includes interaction and communication with robots in manufacturing environments and the collaboration and co-existence with assistive robots in domestic environments. Among the presented examples are a robotic bartender, a new programming paradigm for a cleaning robot, or an approach to interactive teaching of a robot assistant in manufacturing environment. This carefully edited book reports on contributions from leading German academic institutions and industrial companies brought together within MORPHA, a 4 year project on interaction and communication between humans and anthropomorphic robot assistants.

Author: Giacinto Barresi
Publisher: Frontiers Media SA
ISBN: 2832502547
Category : Science
Languages : en
Pages : 93

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Author: Andreas K. Engel
Publisher: Frontiers Media SA
ISBN: 2889763994
Category : Science
Languages : en
Pages : 278

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Author: Prahlad Vadakkepat
Publisher: Springer
ISBN: 9789400760455
Category : Technology & Engineering
Languages : en
Pages : 0

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Humanoid Robotics provides a comprehensive compilation of developments in the conceptualization, design and development of humanoid robots and related technologies. Human beings have built the environment they occupy (living spaces, instruments and vehicles) to suit two-legged systems. Building systems, especially in robotics, that are compatible with the well-established, human-based surroundings and which could naturally interact with humans is an ultimate goal for all researches and engineers. Humanoid Robots are systems (i.e. robots) which mimic human behavior. Humanoids provide a platform to study the construction of systems that behave and interact like humans. A broad range of applications ranging from daily housework to complex medical surgery, deep ocean exploration, and other potentially dangerous tasks are possible using humanoids. In addition, the study of humanoid robotics provides a platform to understand the mechanisms and offers a physical visual of how humans interact, think, and react with the surroundings and how such behaviors could be reassembled and reconstructed. Currently, the most challenging issue with bipedal humanoids is to make them balance on two legs, The purportedly simple act of finding the best balance that enables easy walking, jumping and running requires some of the most sophisticated development of robotic systems- those that will ultimately mimic fully the diversity and dexterity of human beings. Other typical human-like interactions such as complex thought and conversations on the other hand, also pose barriers for the development of humanoids because we are yet to understand fully the way in which we humans interact with our environment and consequently to replicate this in humanoids.

Author: Constantine Stephanidis
Publisher: Springer
ISBN: 3540732810
Category : Computers
Languages : en
Pages : 1080

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This is the second of a three-volume set that constitutes the refereed proceedings of the 4th International Conference on Universal Access in Human-Computer Interaction, UAHCI 2007, held in Beijing, China. Devoted to ambient interaction, it covers intelligent ambients, access to the physical environment, mobility and transportation, virtual and augmented environments, as well as interaction techniques and devices.

Author: Shokoofeh Pourmehr
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 132

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Robots are becoming more popular in domestic human environments, from service applica- tions to entertainment and education, where they share the workspace and interact directly with the general public in their everyday life. One long-term goal of human-robot inter- action (HRI) research is to have robots work with and around people, taking instructions via simple, intuitive interfaces. For a successful, natural interaction robots are expected to be observant of the human present, recognize what they are doing and act appropriately to their attention-drawing behaviors such as gaze, body posture or gestures. We call such a system by which a robot can take notice of someone or something and consider it as interesting or relevant attention system. These systems enable robots to shift their focus of attention to a particular part of the information that is relevant and meaningful in a given situation based on the motivational and behavioral state of the robot. This awareness comes from interpreting the exchanged information between humans and robots. The exchange of information through a combination of different modalities is anticipated to be of most ben- efit. Multimodal interfaces can be used to take advantage of the existing strengths of each composite modality and overcome individual weaknesses. Also, it has been argued [1] that multimodal interfaces facilitate a more natural communication as by employing integrated systems users will be less concerned about how to communicate the intended commands or which modality to use, and therefore be free to focus on the task and goals at hand. This PhD thesis presents our contributions made in designing and implementing multimodal, sensor-mediated attention systems that enable users to interact directly with physically col- located robots using natural and intuitive communication methods. We focus on scenarios when there are multiple people or multiple robots in the environment. First, we introduce two multimodal human multi-robot interaction systems for selecting and commanding an individual or a group of robots from a population. In this context, we study how spatial configuration of user and robots may affect the efficiency of these interfaces in real-world settings. Next, we present a probabilistic approach for identifying attention-drawing signals from an interested party and controlling a mobile robot's attention toward the most promis- ing interaction partner among a group of people. Finally, we report on a user study designed to assess the performance and usability of this proposed system for finding HRI partners in a crowd when used by the non-robotics experts and compare it to manual control.

Author: Guido Schillaci
Publisher: Frontiers Media SA
ISBN: 2889451488
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 165

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Mastering the sensorimotor capabilities of our body is a skill that we acquire and refine over time, starting at the prenatal stages of development. This learning process is linked to brain development and is shaped by the rich set of multimodal information experienced while exploring and interacting with the environment. Evidence coming from neuroscience suggests the brain forms and mantains body representations as the main strategy to this mastering. Although it is still not clear how this knowledge is represented in our brain, it is reasonable to think that such internal models of the body undergo a continuous process of adaptation. They need to match growing corporal dimensions during development, as well as temporary changes in the characteristics of the body, such as the transient morphological alterations produced by the usage of tools. In the robotics community there is an increasing interest in reproducing similar mechanisms in artificial agents, mainly motivated by the aim of producing autonomous adaptive systems that can deal with complexity and uncertainty in human environments. Although promising results have been achieved in the context of sensorimotor learning and autonomous generation of body representations, it is still not clear how such low-level representations can be scaled up to more complex motor skills and how they can enable the development of cognitive capabilities. Recent findings from behavioural and brain studies suggests that processes of mental simulations of action-perception loops are likely to be executed in our brain and are dependent on internal motor representations. The capability to simulate sensorimotor experience might represent a key mechanism behind the implementation of further cognitive skills, such as self-detection, self-other distinction and imitation. Empirical investigation on the functioning of similar processes in the brain and on their implementation in artificial agents is fragmented. This e-book comprises a collection of manuscripts published by Frontiers in Robotics and Artificial Intelligence, under the section Humanoid Robotics, on the research topic re-enactment of sensorimotor experience for cognition in artificial agents. This compendium aims at condensing the latest theoretical, review and experimental studies that address new paradigms for learning and integrating multimodal sensorimotor information in artificial agents, re-use of the sensorimotor experience for cognitive development and further construction of more complex strategies and behaviours using these concepts. The authors would like to thank M.A. Dylan Andrade for his art work for the cover.

Author: Tauseef Gulrez
Publisher: Springer Science & Business Media
ISBN: 3642233635
Category : Technology & Engineering
Languages : en
Pages : 392

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A beyond human knowledge and reach, robotics is strongly involved in tackling challenges of new emerging multidisciplinary fields. Together with humans, robots are busy exploring and working on the new generation of ideas and problems whose solution is otherwise impossible to find. The future is near when robots will sense, smell and touch people and their lives. Behind this practical aspect of human-robotics, there is a half a century spanned robotics research, which transformed robotics into a modern science. The Advances in Robotics and Virtual Reality is a compilation of emerging application areas of robotics. The book covers robotics role in medicine, space exploration and also explains the role of virtual reality as a non-destructive test bed which constitutes a premise of further advances towards new challenges in robotics. This book, edited by two famous scientists with the support of an outstanding team of fifteen authors, is a well suited reference for robotics researchers and scholars from related disciplines such as computer graphics, virtual simulation, surgery, biomechanics and neuroscience.

Author: Habib, Maki K.
Publisher: IGI Global
ISBN: 1799801381
Category : Technology & Engineering
Languages : en
Pages : 466

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Advanced research in the field of mechatronics and robotics represents a unifying interdisciplinary and intelligent engineering science paradigm. It is a holistic, concurrent, and interdisciplinary engineering science that identifies novel possibilities of synergizing and fusing different disciplines. The Handbook of Research on Advanced Mechatronic Systems and Intelligent Robotics is a collection of innovative research on the methods and applications of knowledge in both theoretical and practical skills of intelligent robotics and mechatronics. While highlighting topics including green technology, machine learning, and virtual manufacturing, this book is ideally designed for researchers, students, engineers, and computer practitioners seeking current research on developing innovative ideas for intelligent robotics and autonomous and smart interdisciplinary mechatronic products.