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JIPS
2008
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13 years 9 months ago
Comparative Study on the Educational Use of Home Robots for Children
: Human-Robot Interaction (HRI), based on already well-researched Human-Computer Interaction (HCI), has been under vigorous scrutiny since recent developments in robot technology. ...
Jeonghye Han, Miheon Jo, Vicki Jones, Jun H. Jo
CF
2004
ACM
14 years 3 months ago
An architectural framework and a middleware for cooperating smart components
In a future networked physical world, a myriad of smart sensors and actuators assess and control aspects of their environments and autonomously act in response to it. Examples ran...
Antonio Casimiro, Jörg Kaiser, Paulo Ver&iacu...
ATAL
2008
Springer
13 years 12 months ago
Modeling parallel and reactive empathy in virtual agents: an inductive approach
Humans continuously assess one another's situational context, modify their own affective state, and then respond based on these outcomes through empathetic expression. Virtua...
Scott W. McQuiggan, Jennifer L. Robison, Robert Ph...
IROS
2009
IEEE
178views Robotics» more  IROS 2009»
14 years 4 months ago
Fast detection of arbitrary planar surfaces from unreliable 3D data
Abstract— Man-made real-world environments are dominated by planar surfaces many of which constitute behaviorrelevant entities. Thus, the ability to perceive planar surfaces is v...
Martin Heracles, Bram Bolder, Christian Goerick
ICRA
2010
IEEE
106views Robotics» more  ICRA 2010»
13 years 8 months ago
Generalized direction changing fall control of humanoid robots among multiple objects
— Humanoid robots are expected to share human environments in the future and it is important to ensure safety of their operation. A serious threat to safety is the fall of a huma...
Umashankar Nagarajan, Ambarish Goswami