Abstract— Tying suture knots is a time-consuming task performed frequently during Minimally Invasive Surgery (MIS). Automating this task could greatly reduce total surgery time f...
Hermann Georg Mayer, Faustino J. Gomez, Daan Wiers...
— We present analytical and empirical investigations into the optimum camera angle to use for the optic flow-based centering response. This technique is commonly used to guide b...
Telepresence offers considerable advantages in the remote execution of maintenance assignments. In this work a telepresence system is presented that allows to perform assembly tas...
— Online self collision detection system for humanoid robots is an essentially important function for developing sensor based behaviors without worrying about breaking hardware. ...
- Aiming to realize a non-verbal communication between humans and robots, the use of acoustic parameters related with voice quality features, besides classical prosodic features, i...
Carlos Toshinori Ishi, Hiroshi Ishiguro, Norihiro ...
— In this paper we present a novel method for visual scanning and target tracking by means of independent pan-tilt cameras which mimic the chameleon visual system. We present a s...
Ofir Avni, Francesco Borrelli, Gadi Katzir, Ehud R...
— Natural language user interfaces for robots with cognitive capabilities should be designed to reduce the occurrence of miscommunication in order to be perceived as providing a ...
Anders Green, Kerstin Severinson Eklundh, Britta W...
–We propose a new control technique for force control on unknown environments. In particular, the proposed approach overcomes the need for precise estimation of environment param...
Abstract— This paper deals with the generation of motion pattern for humanoid robots vertical jump. The study concentrates on the landing phase of the jump which is the most dema...