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Showing 1 to 18 of 18 for “"Human Robot Interactions"”.
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Using Augmented Virtuality to Improve Human-Robot Interactions
Mobile robots can be used in situations and environments that are distant from an operator. In order for an operator to control a robot effectively he or she requires an understanding of the environment and situation around the robot. Since the robot is at a remote distant from the operator and …
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Modeling the dynamics of nonverbal behavior on interpersonal trust for human-robot interactions
… for recognizing interpersonal trust in social interactions. We begin by leverage pre-existing datasets to understand the relationship between synchronous movement, mimicry, and gestural cues with trust. We found that although synchronous movement was not predictive of trust, synchronous …
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Development of Transparency Mechanisms to shape Functional Mental Models for improved Human-Robot Interactions
The applicability of robots significantly changed over the last years. Instead of static environments in the industry, robots are utilized in highly dynamic environments. Additionally, the interaction between humans and robots emerged as an important factor for the applicability of robots in …
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Bridging Design and Perception: Novel Tools and Technologies for Creating Effective Human-Robot Interactions
<p>This thesis explores human perception of robots through the use of novel tools and technologies. First, the impact of Augmented Reality (AR) data presentation on human perception of robots is investigated. A study conducted with the AR human-robot teaming system found that robot performance …
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A Bayesian theory of mind approach to nonverbal communication for human-robot interactions : a computational formulation of intentional inference and belief manipulation
Much of human social communication is channeled through our facial expressions, body language, gaze directions, and many other nonverbal behaviors. A robot's ability to express and recognize the emotional states of people through these nonverbal channels is at the core of artificial social …
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User Perceptions of Privacy and Comfort in Domestic Service Robots
… when interacting with camera-equipped domestic robots. We utilize a privacy-enhancing feature: a translucent camera cover that blurs the robot’s vision while preserving a limited degree of functionality for computer vision algorithms. Our findings indicate that participants perceived greater …
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Agent-Based Modelling and Simulation of Sidewalk Delivery Robots' Interaction with Pedestrians
… the surge of Sidewalk Autonomous Delivery Robots (SADRs) calls for insights into their pedestrian interactions. This thesis explores these dynamics and presents a novel web-based simulator, "TwinWalk", to emulate such interactions. Rooted in a GIS-enhanced digital twin of a campus-like …
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How Can Robots Adapt To A Social Human World? A Study Into The Role Gestures Can Play In Human-Robot Relations
There is no doubt that robots are now starting to increasingly be integrated into mainstream society, and as they do the amount of contact and the number of interactions they have with humans will increase at a similar rate. These interactions open a new set of issues for robot designers and …
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Using Qualitative Preferences to Guide Schedule Optimization
As robots and computers become more capable, we see more mixed human-robot- computer teams. One strategy for coordinating mixed teams is standardizing priorities across agents. However, the encoding of priorities may lead to discrepancies in interpretation across different types of agents. For …
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Design and Implementation of an Interactive Animatronic System for Guest Response Analysis
… the guests and recognize their status in dynamic interactions for enhanced acceptance and effectiveness as socially interactive agents, in the general framework of human-robot interactions. The design and implementation of an interactive, autonomous animatronic system in form of a tabletop dragon …
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EEG-based brain-computer interface for human-robot collaboration
… expectations for the next-generation industrial robots is to work collaboratively with humans. Collaborative robots must be able to communicate with human collaborators intelligently and seamlessly. However, industrial robots in prevalence are not good at understanding human intentions and …
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Unsupervised learning and recognition of physical activity plans
… to enable a new kind of interaction between humans and computational agents, such as robots or computers, by allowing the agent to anticipate and adapt to human intent. In the future, more robots may be deployed in situations that require collaboration with humans, such as scientific …
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Building trust in autonomous systems with an AI framework for privacy, safety, and reliability in data, software, and robotics
… science, software development, and AI-empowered robotics, with a primary focus on building trust in autonomous systems. Our approach initially emphasizes the application of deep learning techniques to recover potential data values while bolstering data protection through privacy-preserving …
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Lifelong Personalization for Social Robot Learning Companions: Interactive Student Modeling Across Tasks and Over Time
… this thesis advances work to develop “social robot learning companions" that engage with and adapt to students across different language/literacy tasks to provide long- term, scalable, and personalized learning assistance. Personalized student modeling helps promote learning and engagement, …
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Robots as Minions, Sidekicks, and Apprentices: Using Wearable Muscle, Brain, and Motion Sensors for Plug-and-Play Human-Robot Interaction
… and motion activity to enable more plug-and-play human-robot interactions. Detecting discrete commands and continuous motions creates a communication vocabulary for remote control or collaboration, and learning frameworks allow robots to generalize from these interactions. Each of these building …
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Teaching Robots using Interactive Imitation Learning
As robots transition from controlled environments, such as industrial settings, to more dynamic and unpredictable real-world applications, the need for adaptable and robust learning methods becomes paramount. In this dissertation we develop Interactive Imitation Learning (IIL) based methods that …
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Continual Learning for Affective Robotics
… advancements in Artificial Intelligence (AI) and Human-Robot Interaction (HRI) have enabled robots to be integrated into daily human life. Operating in human-centred environments, these robots need to actively participate in the human ‘affective loop’, sensing and interpreting human …
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Towards personalized communication between humans and their assistant systems
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