— A new visual servoing method based on B-mode ultrasound images is proposed to automatically control the motion of a 2D ultrasound probe held by a medical robot in order to reac...
Abstract. Dealing with methods of Human-Robot-Interaction and using a real mobile robot, stable methods for people detection and tracking are fundamental features of such a system ...
Affordances encode relationships between actions, objects and effects. They play an important role on basic cognitive capabilities such as prediction and planning. We address the p...
Luis Montesano, Manuel Lopes, Alexandre Bernardino...
Abstract. Interaction means to share a communicative space with others. Social interactions are reciprocally-oriented activities among currently present partners. An artificial sy...
Designers generally agree that understanding the context of use is important in designing products. However, technologically advanced products such as personal robots engender com...