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Showing 1 to 20 of 31 for “"Human-Robot Interaction (HRI)."”.
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Robust human motion prediction for safe and efficient human-robot interaction
From robotic co-workers in factories to assistive robots in homes, human-robot interaction (HRI) has the potential to revolutionize a large array of domains by enabling robotic assistance where it was previously not possible. Introducing robots into human-occupied domains, however, requires strong …
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Design and control of a voice coil actuated robot arm for human-robot interaction
The growing field of human-robot interaction (HRI) demands robots that move fluidly, gracefully, compliantly and safely. This thesis describes recent work in the design and evaluation of long-travel voice coil actuators (VCAs) for use in robots intended for interacting with people. The basic …
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Coördinating human-robot communication
As robots begin to emerge from the cloisters of industrial and military applications and enter the realms of coöperative partners for people, one of the most important facets of human-robot interaction (HRI) will be communication. This can not merely be summarized in terms of the ongoing …
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The benefits of other-oriented robot deception in human-robot interaction
Deception is an essential social behavior for humans, and we can observe human deceptive behaviors in a variety of contexts including sports, culture, education, war, and everyday life. Deception is also used for the purpose of survival in animals and even in plants. From these findings, it is …
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From a Machine to a Collaborator
… of the relationship between architecture and robotics, tailored to meet the requirements of both architecture students and professionals and any other creative user. The investigation encompasses three distinct robotic arm applications for architecture students, introduces and evaluates an …
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Designing Parent-Child-Robot Triadic Storybook Reading Interaction
With an increasing availability, social robots’ domains and applications have been expanding, yet the research on human-robot interaction (HRI) still mostly focuses on single person to single robot interactions. Contributing to the field of multi-party HRI in educational domain, this thesis …
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The Effect of Sonification in Informal Learning: From Fairy Tales to Art Galleries
… role by facilitating learning through auditory interaction, interpretation, and engagement. However, the effectiveness of sonification can vary based on contextual factors and individual capabilities. To investigate the potential of sonification in informal learning, this dissertation presents …
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Mixed Reality Human Robot Interaction Interface using Hand Tracking and Stereo Vision for Unknown and Hazardous Environments
Many industries employ human workers to perform hazardous and unsafe tasks that result in injuries and fatalities. These include on-site monitoring of radioactive environments, collisions with heavy machinery on construction sites, and repetitive, physically demanding work. Robotics solutions have …
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Active compliance control strategies for multifingered robot hand
Safety issues have to be enhanced when the robot hand is grasping objects of different shapes, sizes and stiffness. The inability to control the grasping force and finger stiffness can lead to unsafe grasping environment. Although many researches have been conducted to resolve the grasping issues, …
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On development and perception of theomorphic robots: the uncanny valley effect to Artificial Intelligence (AI)
… the development and evaluation of a theomorphic robot, the Korean Pensive Buddha Robot, a life-sized, articulated robotic statue modelled after the Korean National Treasure No. 83, the Pensive Bodhisattva. The project integrates three-dimensional (3D) printing, servomotor actuation, and …
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Ensemble : fluency and embodiment for robots acting with humans
… is concerned with the notion of fluency in human-robot interaction (HRI), exploring cognitive mechanisms for robotic agents that would enable them to overcome the stop-and-go rigidity present in much of HRI to date. We define fluency as the ethereal yet manifest quality existent when two …
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Designing Robot Non-Verbal Behaviour: Using Performing Art Techniques as Frameworks for Human–Robot Interaction
With the growing integration of robots into daily life and work, achieving natural and efficient interaction has become a central concern in human–robot interaction (HRI). Robot behaviour design plays a key role in enabling interpretable and effective interaction. This thesis adopts a bibliometric …
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Assistive HRI interface with perceptual feedback control: an approach to customizing assistance based on user dexterity
… interface on the basis of user dexterity for human-robot interaction (HRI). Customizing the assistive HRI interface, in practice, is a challenging problem due to the variety of user’s task-performance and task-performing characteristics. For this reason, we develop a method to assist a user …
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The Development and Utilization of Tandem Fluency in Human-Exoskeleton Interaction
… demand for portable technologies that enhance human power output while maintaining safety and range, not only in defense and industry but also in aerospace. Exoskeletons and other wearable powered devices have been proposed as solutions, but a major barrier to adoption is the issue of …
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A Service Robot for Navigation Assistance and Physical Rehabilitation of Seniors
… of their life. We propose a new generation of robotic walking assistants whose mechanical and electronic components are conceived to optimize the collaboration between the robot and its users. We will apply these general ideas to investigate the interaction between older adults and a robotic …
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Improving Interactions with Healthcare Robots
Background and Purpose: Social robots are currently being developed for use in healthcare environments. To date, little research has investigated how healthcare robots should behave in order to promote positive patient outcomes. Research on physician behaviour may inform the design of healthcare …
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Friend Me Your Ears: A Musical Approach to Human-Robot Relationships
… that is necessarily built up over time, however, Human-Robot Interaction (HRI) trials are rarely extended beyond a single session. These studies are insufficient for examining multi-interaction scenarios, which will become commonplace if the robot is situated in a workplace or adopts a role that …
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Coordination and composition patterns in the "Curious Robot" scenario
The advancement of robotics as a field towards new applications and domains has always been accompanied with and enabled by advances in robot software architecture. This is true for the first plan-based systems, introducing flexibility in action sequences, through behavior-based architectures, …
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A methodology for operationalising the robot centric HRI paradigm : enabling robots to leverage sociocontextual cues during human-robot interaction
The presence of social robots in society is increasing rapidly as their reach expands into more roles which are useful in our everyday lives. Many of these new roles require them to embody capabilities which were typically not accounted for in traditional Human-Robot Interaction (HRI) paradigms, …
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The Impact Of Mental Transformation Training Across Levels Of Automation On Spatial Awareness In Human-robot Interaction
One of the problems affecting robot operators' spatial awareness involves their ability to infer a robot's location based on the views from on-board cameras and other electro-optic systems. To understand the vehicle's location, operators typically need to translate images from a vehicle's camera …
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