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CEC
2007
IEEE
14 years 2 months ago
Mobile robot global localization using differential evolution and particle swarm optimization
For a mobile robot to move in a known environment and operate successfully, first it needs to robustly determine its initial position and orientation relative to the map, and then ...
Ali R. Vahdat, Naser NourAshrafoddin, Saeed Shiry ...
AAAI
1998
13 years 11 months ago
The Interactive Museum Tour-Guide Robot
This paper describes the software architecture of an autonomous tour-guide/tutor robot. This robot was recently deployed in the "Deutsches Museum Bonn," were it guided h...
Wolfram Burgard, Armin B. Cremers, Dieter Fox, Dir...
HRI
2009
ACM
14 years 2 months ago
Nonverbal leakage in robots: communication of intentions through seemingly unintentional behavior
Human communication involves a number of nonverbal cues that are seemingly unintentional, unconscious, and automatic—both in their production and perception—and convey rich in...
Bilge Mutlu, Fumitaka Yamaoka, Takayuki Kanda, Hir...
AROBOTS
2002
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13 years 10 months ago
Recognition of Affective Communicative Intent in Robot-Directed Speech
Human speech provides a natural and intuitive interface for both communicating with humanoid robots as well as for teaching them. In general, the acoustic pattern of speech contain...
Cynthia Breazeal, Lijin Aryananda
ICRA
2005
IEEE
109views Robotics» more  ICRA 2005»
14 years 3 months ago
Toward 30-gram Autonomous Indoor Aircraft: Vision-based Obstacle Avoidance and Altitude Control
Abstract— We aim at developing autonomous microflyers capable of navigating within houses or small built environments. The severe weight and energy constraints of indoor flying...
Jean-Christophe Zufferey, Dario Floreano