— Few robot tasks require as forceful an interaction with the world as excavation. In order to effectively plan its actions, our robot excavator requires a method that allows it ...
In 1993 our group at the MIT Artificial Intelligence Laboratory began a humanoid robotics project aimed at constructing a robot for use in exploring theories of human intelligence...
Bryan Adams, Cynthia Breazeal, Rodney A. Brooks, B...
Abstract— We discuss disciplinary barriers which have traditionally prevented robotics from significantly impacting the built (architectural) environment we inhabit. Specifical...
Apoorva Kapadia, Ian D. Walker, Keith Evan Green, ...
The ability to generate discrete movement with distinct and stable time courses is important for interaction scenarios both between different robots and with human partners, for ca...
Matthias Tuma, Ioannis Iossifidis, Gregor Schö...
Visual search is a common daily human activity and a prerequisite to the interaction with objects encountered in cluttered environments. Humanoid robots that are supposed to take p...