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A Framework for Situation-Based Social Interaction
(Georgia Institute of Technology, 2006)
This paper presents a theoretical framework for
computationally representing social situations in a robot. This
work is based on interdependence theory, a social psychological
theory of interaction and social situation ...
From Deliberative to Routine Behaviors: a Cognitively-Inspired Action Selection Mechanism for Routine Behavior Capture
(Georgia Institute of Technology, 2006-11-06)
Long-term human-robot interaction, especially in the case of humanoid robots, requires an
adaptable and varied behavior base. In this work we present a method for capturing, or learning,
sequential tasks by transferring ...
Engagement Study of an Integrated Rehabilitation Robotic Tablet-Based Gaming System
(Georgia Institute of Technology, 2014-09)
Physical therapy is a common treatment for the rehabilitation of hemiparesis, or the weakness of one side of the body. However, a significant issue in the therapy process is that patients may struggle with motivation to ...
Touched By a Robot: An Investigation of Subjective Responses to Robot-initiated Touch
(Georgia Institute of Technology, 2011-03)
By initiating physical contact with people, robots can be more useful. For example, a robotic caregiver might make contact to provide physical assistance or facilitate communication. So as to better understand how people ...
Controlling Social Dynamics with a Parametrized Model of Floor Regulation
(Georgia Institute of Technology, 2012)
Turn-taking is ubiquitous in human communication, yet turn-taking between humans and robots continues to be stilted and awkward for human users. The goal of our work is to build autonomous robot controllers for successfully ...
A Taxonomy of Robot Deception and its Benefits in HRI
(Georgia Institute of Technology, 2013)
Deception is a common and essential behavior in
humans. Since human beings gain many advantages from deceptive capabilities, we can also assume that robotic deception can provide benefits in several ways. Particularly, ...
Towards an Integrated Architecture for Open-World Human-Robot Interactions
(2016-01-27)
“Open-world” human-robot interactions differ significantly from “closed-world” human-robot interactions because not all task-relevant information is available at the beginning of the interaction in the former (while it is ...
Multi-agent Collaboration in Shared Workspace
(2016-03-16)
In the last decades, the use of robots has become a reality in different industrial sectors, such as the automotive and logistic sectors, in terms of automated or semi-automated cells. On the basis of this trend, it is ...
Integrating Virtual and Human Instructors in Robotic Learning Environments
(Georgia Institute of Technology, 2008)
This paper presents two different approaches for utilizing virtual environments to enable learning for both human and robotic students. In the first approach, we showcase a 3D interactive environment that allows a human ...
Vision-based Contingency Detection
(Georgia Institute of Technology, 2011)
We present a novel method for the visual detection of a
contingent response by a human to the stimulus of a robot
action. Contingency is de ned as a change in an agent's be-
havior within a speci c time window in direct ...