Sciweavers

ROMAN
2007
IEEE
217views Robotics» more  ROMAN 2007»
14 years 4 months ago
Artificial Robot Ear Design for Sound Direction Estimation
— We propose a novel design of artificial robot ear for sound direction estimation using measured two outputs only. The spectral features in head-related transfer functions and i...
Youngjin Park, Sungmok Hwang
ROMAN
2007
IEEE
176views Robotics» more  ROMAN 2007»
14 years 4 months ago
Action Recognition and Understanding using Motor Primitives
— We investigate modeling and recognition of arm manipulation actions of different levels of complexity. To model the process, we are using a combination of discriminative suppor...
Ville Kyrki, Isabel Serrano Vicente, Danica Kragic...
ROMAN
2007
IEEE
110views Robotics» more  ROMAN 2007»
14 years 4 months ago
Does Disturbance Discourage People from Communicating with a Robot?
— We suggest that people’s responses to a robot of which attention starts to be distracted show whether they accept the robot as an intentional communication partner or not. Hu...
Claudia Muhl, Yukie Nagai
ROMAN
2007
IEEE
127views Robotics» more  ROMAN 2007»
14 years 4 months ago
Incremental on-line hierarchical clustering of whole body motion patterns
Abstract— This paper describes a novel algorithm for autonomous and incremental learning of motion pattern primitives by observation of human motion. Human motion patterns are ed...
Dana Kulic, Wataru Takano, Yoshihiko Nakamura
ROMAN
2007
IEEE
220views Robotics» more  ROMAN 2007»
14 years 4 months ago
Embodiment and Human-Robot Interaction: A Task-Based Perspective
— In this work, we further test the hypothesis that physical embodiment has a measurable effect on performance and impression of social interactions. Support for this hypothesis ...
Joshua Wainer, David Feil-Seifer, Dylan A. Shell, ...
ROMAN
2007
IEEE
134views Robotics» more  ROMAN 2007»
14 years 4 months ago
Learning Reward Modalities for Human-Robot-Interaction in a Cooperative Training Task
—This paper proposes a novel method of learning a users preferred reward modalities for human-robot interaction through solving a cooperative training task. A learning algorithm ...
Anja Austermann, Seiji Yamada
ROMAN
2007
IEEE
117views Robotics» more  ROMAN 2007»
14 years 4 months ago
Speech Act Classification Based on Individual Statistical Models in a Multi-Domain
Speech act classification is an essential part of a dialogue system because it is very important to catch user's intention. The previous approaches on speech act classificatio...
Sangwoo Kang, Donghyun Kim, Harksoo Kim, Jungyun S...
ROMAN
2007
IEEE
149views Robotics» more  ROMAN 2007»
14 years 4 months ago
Fritz - A Humanoid Communication Robot
Abstract—In this paper, we present the humanoid communication robot Fritz. Our robot communicates with people in an intuitive, multimodal way. Fritz uses speech, facial expressio...
Maren Bennewitz, Felix Faber, Dominik Joho, Sven B...
ROMAN
2007
IEEE
134views Robotics» more  ROMAN 2007»
14 years 4 months ago
Design and Analysis of a New Six-DOF Haptic Device for Dental Training
—This paper presents a new six DOF haptic device for dental surgery training system, which can provide 6 dimensional virtual force and torque. The proposed haptic device is based...
Yonggang Cao, Yuru Zhang, Yunzhong Ma, Dangxiao Wa...
ROMAN
2007
IEEE
113views Robotics» more  ROMAN 2007»
14 years 4 months ago
Perceptually Transparent Vibration Rendering Using a Vibration Motor for Haptic Interaction
— The vibration motor is an actuator widely used for generating vibrations in haptic interaction, virtual reality, human-computer interaction, and gaming. Whereas the vibration m...
Jonghyun Ryu, Jaehoon Jung, Seojoon Kim, Seungmoon...