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PERVASIVE
2004
Springer
14 years 5 months ago
Recognizing Workshop Activity Using Body Worn Microphones and Accelerometers
Most gesture recognition systems analyze gestures intended for communication (e.g. sign language) or for command (e.g. navigation in a virtual world). We attempt instead to recogn...
Paul Lukowicz, Jamie A. Ward, Holger Junker, Mathi...
GW
2005
Springer
103views Biometrics» more  GW 2005»
14 years 6 months ago
Implementing Expressive Gesture Synthesis for Embodied Conversational Agents
We aim at creating an expressive Embodied Conversational Agent (ECA) and address the problem of synthesizing expressive agent gestures. In our previous work, we have described the ...
Björn Hartmann, Maurizio Mancini, Catherine P...
SEMCO
2008
IEEE
14 years 6 months ago
Optimal Consensus Intuitive Hand Gesture Vocabulary Design
Gesture interfaces are needed for natural intuitive communication with machine devices. Hand gesture intuitiveness is the cognitive association between a command or intent, and it...
Helman I. Stern, Juan P. Wachs, Yael Edan
IROS
2008
IEEE
110views Robotics» more  IROS 2008»
14 years 6 months ago
Interacting with a mobile robot: Evaluating gestural object references
— Creating robots able to interact and cooperate with humans in household environments and everyday life is an emerging topic. Our goal is to facilitate a humanlike and intuitive...
Joachim Schmidt, Nils Hofemann, Axel Haasch, Janni...
DEXAW
2008
IEEE
113views Database» more  DEXAW 2008»
14 years 7 months ago
Gestures, Shapes and Multitouch Interaction
Abstract—We discuss issues related to the design of a multitouch gesture sensing environment, allowing the user to execute both independent and coordinated gestures. We discuss d...
Augusto Celentano, Andrea Minuto
ACHI
2008
IEEE
14 years 7 months ago
Multimodal Metric Study for Human-Robot Collaboration
The aim of our research is to create a system whereby human members of a team can collaborate in a natural way with robots. In this paper we describe a Wizard of Oz (WOZ) study co...
Scott Green, Scott Richardson, Randy Stiles, Mark ...
UIST
2009
ACM
14 years 7 months ago
Enabling always-available input with muscle-computer interfaces
Previous work has demonstrated the viability of applying offline analysis to interpret forearm electromyography (EMG) and classify finger gestures on a physical surface. We extend...
T. Scott Saponas, Desney S. Tan, Dan Morris, Ravin...
HRI
2009
ACM
14 years 7 months ago
Providing route directions: design of robot's utterance, gesture, and timing
Providing route directions is a complicated interaction. Utterances are combined with gestures and pronounced with appropriate timing. This study proposes a model for a robot that...
Yusuke Okuno, Takayuki Kanda, Michita Imai, Hirosh...
HRI
2010
ACM
14 years 7 months ago
Cooperative gestures: effective signaling for humanoid robots
Abstract—Cooperative gestures are a key aspect of humanhuman pro-social interaction. Thus, it is reasonable to expect that endowing humanoid robots with the ability to use such g...
Laurel D. Riek, Tal-Chen Rabinowitch, Paul Bremner...