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VR
2010
IEEE
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13 years 5 months ago
Relating conversational expressiveness to social presence and acceptance of an assistive social robot
Exploring the relationship between social presence, conversational expressiveness, and robot acceptance, we set up an experiment with a robot in an eldercare institution, comparing...
Marcel Heerink, Ben J. A. Kröse, Vanessa Ever...
CHI
2008
ACM
14 years 7 months ago
Special session in honor of Randy Pausch
Randy Pausch is an inspiration to all with his research, teaching, the way he has lived his life, and his courage while confronting pancreatic cancer. This session brings together...
Caitlin Kelleher, Brad A. Myers, Daniel P. Siewior...
ACMACE
2006
ACM
14 years 1 months ago
Straw-like user interface: virtual experience of the sensation of drinking using a straw
The Straw-like User Interface is a novel interface system that allows us to virtually experience the sensations of drinking. These sensations are created based on referencing samp...
Yuki Hashimoto, Naohisa Nagaya, Minoru Kojima, Sat...
ICRA
2002
IEEE
104views Robotics» more  ICRA 2002»
14 years 10 days ago
Robotic Acquisition of Deformable Models
We describe techniques for automatically acquiring observations of a deforming object and for estimating a model of the deformation from these observations. A robotic system was d...
Jochen Lang, Dinesh K. Pai, Robert J. Woodham
ICRA
2010
IEEE
153views Robotics» more  ICRA 2010»
13 years 6 months ago
Communication-based leashing of real flying robots
—— Aerial robots are often required to remain within the communication range of a base station on the ground to exchange commands, sensor data or as a safety mechanism. For this...
Sabine Hauert, Severin Leven, Jean-Christophe Zuff...