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KI
2009
Springer
14 years 2 months ago
A Manifold Representation as Common Basis for Action Production and Recognition
In this paper, we first review our work in the domain of dextrous manipulation, where we introduced Manipulation Manifolds – a highly structured manifold representation of hand ...
Jan Steffen, Michael Pardowitz, Helge Ritter
KI
2009
Springer
14 years 2 months ago
SceneMaker: Automatic Visualisation of Screenplays
Abstract. Our proposed software system, SceneMaker, aims to facilitate the production of plays, films or animations by automatically interpreting natural language film scripts an...
Eva Hanser, Paul McKevitt, Tom Lunney, Joan Condel...
KI
2009
Springer
14 years 2 months ago
The SEASALT Architecture and Its Realization within the docQuery Project
Abstract. SEASALT (Sharing Experience using an Agent-based System Architecture LayouT) presents an instantiation of the Collaborating Multi-Expert Systems (CoMES) approach [1]. It ...
Meike Reichle, Kerstin Bach, Klaus-Dieter Althoff
KI
2009
Springer
14 years 2 months ago
Robust Processing of Situated Spoken Dialogue
Spoken dialogue is notoriously hard to process with standard language processing technologies. Dialogue systems must indeed meet two major challenges. First, natural spoken dialogu...
Pierre Lison, Geert-Jan M. Kruijff
KI
2009
Springer
14 years 2 months ago
Maximum a Posteriori Estimation of Dynamically Changing Distributions
This paper presents a sequential state estimation method with arbitrary probabilistic models expressing the system’s belief. Probabilistic models can be estimated by Maximum a po...
Michael Volkhardt, Sören Kalesse, Steffen M&u...
KI
2009
Springer
14 years 2 months ago
Toward Heterogeneous Cardinal Direction Calculus
Cardinal direction relations are binary spatial relations determined under an extrinsically-defined direction system (e.g., north of). We already have point-based and region-based ...
Yohei Kurata, Hui Shi
KI
2009
Springer
14 years 2 months ago
The Scared Robot: Motivations in a Simulated Robot Arm
This paper investigates potential effects of a motivational module on a robotic arm, which is controlled based on the biologicalinspired SURE REACH system. The motivational module...
Martin V. Butz, Gerulf K. M. Pedersen
KI
2009
Springer
14 years 2 months ago
Hybrid Control for Embodied Agents Applications
Embodied agents can be a powerful interface for natural human-computer interaction. While graphical realism is steadily increasing, the complexity of believable behavior is still h...
Jan Miksatko, Michael Kipp
KESAMSTA
2009
Springer
14 years 2 months ago
An Approximate Model for Bidders in Sequential Automated Auctions
In this paper, we propose a probabilistic model to study the interaction of bidder and seller agents in sequential automated auctions. We consider a designated “special bidder”...
Erol Gelenbe, Kumaara Velan