The ability to recognize people is a key element for improving human-robot interaction in service robots. There are many approaches for face recognition; however, these assume unr...
Claudia Cruz, Luis Enrique Sucar, Eduardo F. Moral...
— This paper addresses the use of robotic tissue manipulation in medical needle insertion procedures to improve targeting accuracy and to help avoid damaging sensitive tissues. T...
Meysam Torabi, Kris K. Hauser, Ron Alterovitz, Vin...
We present a novel technique for generating animation of laughter for a character. Our approach utilizes an anatomically inspired, physics-based model of a human torso that includ...
Paul C. DiLorenzo, Victor B. Zordan, Benjamin L. S...
— The time domain passivity framework is attracting interest as a method for granting stability in both telerobotics and haptic contexts; this paper employs this approach in orde...
In this paper, we advocate the use of reactive robots in industrial process control and production management. It is explained why reactive robots are well-suited to modern industr...