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HRI
2007
ACM
15 years 7 months ago
Natural person-following behavior for social robots
We are developing robots with socially appropriate spatial skills not only to travel around or near people, but also to accompany people side-by-side. As a step toward this goal, ...
Rachel Gockley, Jodi Forlizzi, Reid G. Simmons
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CE
2007
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15 years 3 months ago
Reusable, lifelike virtual humans for mentoring and role-playing
Lifelike, interactive digital characters, serving as mentors and role-playing actors, have been shown to significantly improve learner motivation and retention. However, the cost...
Edward M. Sims
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AR
2002
157views more  AR 2002»
15 years 3 months ago
Acquiring state from control dynamics to learn grasping policies for robot hands
Abstract--A prominent emerging theory of sensorimotor development in biological systems proposes that control knowledge is encoded in the dynamics of physical interaction with the ...
Roderic A. Grupen, Jefferson A. Coelho Jr.
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ICAT
2003
IEEE
15 years 8 months ago
i-ball 2: An Interaction Platform with a Crystal-Ball-Like Display for Multiple Users
The authors’ aim in this work is to develop an easy-to-use computer-human interaction (CHI) platform. In this paper, i-ball 2 (interactive/information ball 2) is introduced as a...
Keita Ushida, Hiroshi Harashima, Jun Ishikawa
TEI
2009
ACM
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15 years 10 months ago
Comics, robots, fashion and programming: outlining the concept of actDresses
This paper concerns the design of physical languages for controlling and programming robotic consumer products. For this purpose we explore basic theories of semiotics represented...
Ylva Fernaeus, Mattias Jacobsson