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CHI
2008
ACM
14 years 8 months ago
"Seeing like a rover": embodied experience on the mars exploration rover mission
Although they work with two non-humanoid robots located several million miles away, the distributed team that operates the Mars Exploration Rovers demonstrates an uncanny sympathy...
Janet Vertesi
IROS
2006
IEEE
97views Robotics» more  IROS 2006»
14 years 1 months ago
A quasi-passive model of human leg function in level-ground walking
- In this paper, we seek to understand how leg muscles and tendons work mechanically during walking in order to motivate the design of efficient robotic legs. We hypothesize that a...
Ken Endo, Daniel Paluska, Hugh M. Herr
ICRA
2002
IEEE
129views Robotics» more  ICRA 2002»
14 years 13 days ago
Adapting Human Motion for the Control of a Humanoid Robot
Using pre-recorded human motion and trajectory tracking, we can control the motion of a humanoid robot for free-space, upper body gestures. However, the number of degrees of freed...
Nancy S. Pollard, Jessica K. Hodgins, Marcia Riley...
ROMAN
2007
IEEE
150views Robotics» more  ROMAN 2007»
14 years 1 months ago
Asymmetric Interpretations of Positive and Negative Human Feedback for a Social Learning Agent
— The ability for people to interact with robots and teach them new skills will be crucial to the successful application of robots in everyday human environments. In order to des...
Andrea Lockerd Thomaz, Cynthia Breazeal
ICRA
2009
IEEE
167views Robotics» more  ICRA 2009»
14 years 2 months ago
The curious robot - Structuring interactive robot learning
— If robots are to succeed in novel tasks, they must be able to learn from humans. To improve such humanrobot interaction, a system is presented that provides dialog structure an...
Ingo Lütkebohle, Julia Peltason, Lars Schilli...