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HRI
2012
ACM
12 years 2 months ago
Designing persuasive robots: how robots might persuade people using vocal and nonverbal cues
Social robots have to potential to serve as personal, organizational, and public assistants as, for instance, diet coaches, teacher’s aides, and emergency respondents. The succe...
Vijay Chidambaram, Yueh-Hsuan Chiang, Bilge Mutlu
ICRA
2005
IEEE
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14 years 19 days ago
Towards Topological Exploration of Abandoned Mines
— The need for reliable maps of subterranean spaces too hazardous for humans to occupy has motivated the use of robotic technology as mapping tools. As such, we present a systemi...
Aaron Morris, David Silver, David I. Ferguson, Sco...
ICRA
2010
IEEE
105views Robotics» more  ICRA 2010»
13 years 5 months ago
On the implementation of single-query sampling-based motion planners
— Single-query sampling-based motion planners are an efficient class of algorithms widely used today to solve challenging motion planning problems. This paper exposes the common...
Ioan Alexandru Sucan, Lydia E. Kavraki
ICRA
2008
IEEE
128views Robotics» more  ICRA 2008»
14 years 1 months ago
Learning from human teachers with Socially Guided Exploration
— We present a learning mechanism, Socially Guided Exploration, in which a robot learns new tasks through a combination of self-exploration and social interaction. The system’s...
Cynthia Breazeal, Andrea Lockerd Thomaz
CHI
2004
ACM
14 years 7 months ago
Robotic camera control for remote exploration
A video stream from a single camera is often the foundation for situational awareness in teleoperation activities. Poor camera placement, narrow field-of-view and other camera pro...
Stephen B. Hughes, Michael Lewis