Outputs (29)

Qualitative Review of Object Recognition Techniques for Tabletop Manipulation (2017)
Presentation / Conference Contribution

© 2017 ACM. This paper provides a qualitative review of different object recognition techniques relevant for near-proximity Human- Robot Interaction. These techniques are divided into three categories: 2D correspondence, 3D correspondence and nonvisi... Read More about Qualitative Review of Object Recognition Techniques for Tabletop Manipulation.

Realizing low-impedance rendering in admittance-type haptic interfaces using the input-to-state stable approach (2017)
Presentation / Conference Contribution

© 2017 IEEE. This paper proposes an approach to enlarge the impedance range of admittance-type haptic interfaces. Admittance-type haptic interfaces have advantages over impedance-type haptic interfaces in the interaction with high impedance virtual e... Read More about Realizing low-impedance rendering in admittance-type haptic interfaces using the input-to-state stable approach.

Upper limb motion intent recognition using tactile sensing (2017)
Presentation / Conference Contribution

Focusing on upper limb rehabilitation of weak stroke patients, this pilot study explores how motion intent can be detected using force sensitive resistors (FSR). This is part of a bigger project which will see the actuation and control of an intent-d... Read More about Upper limb motion intent recognition using tactile sensing.

What's up?-Resolving interaction ambiguity through non-visual cues for a robotic dressing assistant (2017)
Presentation / Conference Contribution

© 2017 IEEE. Robots that can assist in activities of daily living (ADL) such as dressing assistance, need to be capable of intuitive and safe interaction. Vision systems are often used to provide information on the position and movement of the robot... Read More about What's up?-Resolving interaction ambiguity through non-visual cues for a robotic dressing assistant.

Head and shoulders: Automatic error detection in human-robot interaction (2017)
Presentation / Conference Contribution

We describe a novel method for automatic detection of errors in human-robot interactions. Our approach is to detect errors based on the classification of head and shoulder movements of humans who are interacting with erroneous robots. We conducted a... Read More about Head and shoulders: Automatic error detection in human-robot interaction.

Towards multimodal interactions: Robot jogging in mixed reality (2017)
Presentation / Conference Contribution

© 2017 Copyright held by the owner/author(s). The recent progress made in the field of Augmented Reality/Mixed Reality (AR/MR) has opened new possibilities and approaches to research areas that can benefit from 3D visualization of digital content in... Read More about Towards multimodal interactions: Robot jogging in mixed reality.

The multi-modal interface of Robot-Era multi-robot services tailored for the elderly (2017)
Journal Article

© 2017, The Author(s). Socially assistive robotic platforms are now a realistic option for the long-term care of ageing populations. Elderly users may benefit from many services provided by robots operating in different environments, such as providin... Read More about The multi-modal interface of Robot-Era multi-robot services tailored for the elderly.

Development of a bio-inspired knee joint mechanism for a bipedal robot (2017)
Presentation / Conference Contribution

This paper presents the design and development of a novel biologically inspired knee design for humanoid robots. The robotic joint presented mimics the design of the human knee joint by copying the condylar surfaces of the femur and tibia. The joint... Read More about Development of a bio-inspired knee joint mechanism for a bipedal robot.

Automatically Classifying User Engagement for Dynamic Multi-party Human–Robot Interaction (2017)
Journal Article

© 2017, The Author(s). A robot agent designed to engage in real-world human–robot joint action must be able to understand the social states of the human users it interacts with in order to behave appropriately. In particular, in a dynamic public spac... Read More about Automatically Classifying User Engagement for Dynamic Multi-party Human–Robot Interaction.

The case for an ethical black box (2017)
Book Chapter

This paper proposes that robots and autonomous systems should be equipped with the equivalent of a Flight Data Recorder to continuously record sensor and relevant internal status data. We call this an ethical black box. We argue that an ethical black... Read More about The case for an ethical black box.

Feather-inspired sensor for stabilizing unmanned aerial vehicles in turbulent conditions (2017)
Book Chapter

Stabilizing unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs) in turbulent conditions is a challenging problem. Typical methods of stabilization do not use feedforward information about the airflow disturbances but only UAV attitude feedback signals, e.g. from an iner... Read More about Feather-inspired sensor for stabilizing unmanned aerial vehicles in turbulent conditions.

An adaptive modular recurrent cerebellum-inspired controller (2017)
Presentation / Conference Contribution

Animals and robots face the common challenge of interacting with an unstructured environment. While animals excel and thrive in such environments, modern robotics struggles to effectively execute simple tasks. To help improve performance in the face... Read More about An adaptive modular recurrent cerebellum-inspired controller.

An architecture for ethical robots inspired by the simulation theory of cognition (2017)
Journal Article

The expanding ability of robots to take unsupervised decisions renders it imperative that mechanisms are in place to guarantee the safety of their behaviour. Moreover, intelligent autonomous robots should be more than safe; arguably they should also... Read More about An architecture for ethical robots inspired by the simulation theory of cognition.

Unsupervised machine learning for developing personalised behaviour models using activity data (2017)
Journal Article

© 2017 by the authors. Licensee MDPI, Basel, Switzerland. The goal of this study is to address two major issues that undermine the large scale deployment of smart home sensing solutions in people’s homes. These include the costs associated with havin... Read More about Unsupervised machine learning for developing personalised behaviour models using activity data.

Personality perception of robot avatar teleoperators in solo and dyadic tasks (2017)
Journal Article

© 2017 Bremner, Celiktutan and Gunes. Humanoid robot avatars are a potential new telecommunication tool, whereby a user is remotely represented by a robot that replicates their arm, head, and possible face movements. They have been shown to have a nu... Read More about Personality perception of robot avatar teleoperators in solo and dyadic tasks.

To err is robot: How humans assess and act toward an erroneous social robot (2017)
Journal Article

© 2017 Mirnig, Stollnberger, Miksch, Stadler, Giuliani and Tscheligi. We conducted a user study for which we purposefully programmed faulty behavior into a robot's routine. It was our aim to explore if participants rate the faulty robot different fro... Read More about To err is robot: How humans assess and act toward an erroneous social robot.

A quantitative analysis of dressing dynamics for robotic dressing assistance (2017)
Journal Article

© 2017 Chance, Jevtić, Caleb-Solly and Dogramadzi. Assistive robots have a great potential to address issues related to an aging population and an increased demand for caregiving. Successful deployment of robots working in close proximity with people... Read More about A quantitative analysis of dressing dynamics for robotic dressing assistance.

Standardizing Ethical Design for Artificial Intelligence and Autonomous Systems (2017)
Journal Article

© 1970-2012 IEEE. AI is here now, available to anyone with access to digital technology and the Internet. But its consequences for our social order aren't well understood. How can we guide the way technology impacts society?

Principles of robotics: regulating robots in the real world (2017)
Journal Article

© 2017 The Author(s). Published by Informa UK Limited, trading as Taylor & Francis Group. This paper proposes a set of five ethical principles, together with seven high-level messages, as a basis for responsible robotics. The Principles of Robotics... Read More about Principles of robotics: regulating robots in the real world.

Safe human–robot interaction in medical robotics: A case study on robotic fracture surgery system (2017)
Journal Article

This paper presents a safety analysis of a Robotic Fracture Surgery System using the Systems-Theoretic Process Analysis (STPA). It focuses particularly on hazards caused by the human in the loop. The robotic system and operating staff are modeled inc... Read More about Safe human–robot interaction in medical robotics: A case study on robotic fracture surgery system.