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HRI
2009
ACM
14 years 2 months ago
How anthropomorphism affects empathy toward robots
A long-standing question within the robotics community is about the degree of human-likeness robots ought to have when interacting with humans. We explore an unexamined aspect of ...
Laurel D. Riek, Tal-Chen Rabinowitch, Bhismadev Ch...
IROS
2008
IEEE
167views Robotics» more  IROS 2008»
14 years 1 months ago
Multi-robot complete exploration using hill climbing and topological recovery
— This article addresses the problem of autonomous map building and exploration of an unknown environment with mobile robots. The proposed method assumes that mobile robots use o...
Rui Rocha, João Filipe Ferreira, Jorge Dias
ICRA
2007
IEEE
117views Robotics» more  ICRA 2007»
14 years 1 months ago
A Noble Bilateral Teleoperation System for Human Guided Spinal Fusion
— In order to provide improved convenience for a surgeon in spinal fusion surgery, a robot system should i) closely engage in surgeon’s operation using an end effector, and ii)...
Keehoon Kim, Jongwon Lee, Wan Kyun Chung, Seungmoo...
CHI
2008
ACM
14 years 8 months ago
Exploring the use of tangible user interfaces for human-robot interaction: a comparative study
In this paper we suggest the use of tangible user interfaces (TUIs) for human-robot interaction (HRI) applications. We discuss the potential benefits of this approach while focusi...
Cheng Guo, Ehud Sharlin
HRI
2010
ACM
14 years 2 months ago
Exploring emotive actuation and its role in human-robot interaction
— In this paper, we present our research efforts in exploring the role of motion and actuation in human-robot interaction. We define Emotive Actuation, and briefly discuss its fu...
John Harris, Ehud Sharlin