Social interactions unfold over time, at multiple time scales, and can be observed through multiple sensory modalities. In this paper, we propose a machine learning framework for ...
Ian R. Fasel, Masahiro Shiomi, Pilippe-Emmanuel Ch...
—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...
The ability of artificial companions (virtual agents or robots) to establish meaningful relationships with users is still limited. In humans, a key aspect of such ability is empath...
Abstract. This paper shows how multiagent systems can be modeled by a combination of UML statecharts and hybrid automata. This allows formal system cation on different levels of ab...
Ulrich Furbach, Jan Murray, Falk Schmidsberger, Fr...
— In this paper, an approach to interaction control of a robot manipulator with a partially known environment is proposed. The environment is a rigid object of known geometry but...
Vincenzo Lippiello, Bruno Siciliano, Luigi Villani