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TOH
2010
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13 years 5 months ago
Finger-Shaped GelForce: Sensor for Measuring Surface Traction Fields for Robotic Hand
—It is believed that the use of haptic sensors to measure the magnitude, direction, and distribution of a force will enable a robotic hand to perform dexterous operations. Theref...
Katsunari Sato, Kazuto Kamiyama, Naoki Kawakami, S...
CDC
2008
IEEE
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13 years 8 months ago
A method for stereo-vision based tracking for robotic applications
Vision based tracking of an object using the ideas of perspective projection inherently consists of nonlinearly modelled measurements although the underlying dynamic system that en...
Pubudu N. Pathirana, Adrian N. Bishop, Andrey V. S...
BCSHCI
2009
13 years 7 months ago
Measuring the influence of social abilities on acceptance of an interface robot and a screen agent by elderly users
Personal robots and screen agents can be equipped with social abilities to facilitate interaction. This paper describes our research on the influence of these abilities on elderly...
Marcel Heerink, Ben J. A. Kröse, Bob J. Wieli...
IJMMS
2010
161views more  IJMMS 2010»
13 years 5 months ago
Persuasive robotic assistant for health self-management of older adults: Design and evaluation of social behaviors
Daily health self-management, such as the harmonization of food, exercise and medication, is a major problem for a large group of older adults with obesity or diabetics. Computer-...
Rosemarijn Looije, Mark A. Neerincx, Fokie Cnossen
HRI
2010
ACM
13 years 11 months ago
Recognizing engagement in human-robot interaction
—Based on a study of the engagement process between humans, we have developed and implemented an initial computational model for recognizing engagement between a human and a huma...
Charles Rich, Brett Ponsleur, Aaron Holroyd, Canda...