We examine the problem of automatically selecting gestures that are appropriate to use when telling a joke or a short story. Our current application of this is a joke telling huma...
Abstract. The work described in this abstract presents a roadmap towards the creation and specification of a virtual humanoid capable of performing expressive gestures in real tim...
— Human walking emerges from synergy of whole body dynamics: not only legs, but also a torso, arms, and a head are compliantly connected with each other by antagonistic muscles. ...
The NASA/DARPA Robonaut system is evolving from a purely teleoperator controlled anthropomorphic robot towards a humanoid system with multiple control pathways. Robonaut is a huma...
Myron A. Diftler, Robert Platt Jr., C. J. Culbert,...
— Humanoid robots and robotic manipulators with good dexterity are promising to enhance the factory productivity in next generation. Dexterity of robotic manipulators can be achi...