Nodding in conversations with a robot

In this demo we describe our ongoing efforts to build a robot that can collaborate with a person in hosting activities. We illustrate our current robot?s conversations, which include gestures of various types, and report on extensions to the robot?s existing gestural abilities to be able to recognize nodding in conversations. CHI 2004 This work may not be copied or reproduced in whole or in part for any commercial purpose. Permission to copy in whole or in part without payment of fee is granted for nonprofit educational and research purposes provided that all such whole or partial copies include the following: a notice that such copying is by permission of Mitsubishi Electric Research Laboratories, Inc.; an acknowledgment of the authors and individual contributions to the work; and all applicable portions of the copyright notice. Copying, reproduction, or republishing for any other purpose shall require a license with payment of fee to Mitsubishi Electric Research Laboratories, Inc. A...

• Type: Conference
• Year: 2004
• Where: CHI
• Authors: Christopher Lee, Neal Lesh, Candace L. Sidner, Louis-Philippe Morency, Ashish Kapoor, Trevor Darrell
• Keywords: CHI 2004, Copyright Notice, Electric Research Laboratories, Human Computer Interaction, Mitsubishi Electric Research