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Showing 1 to 20 of 26 for “"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
… 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 intelligence. The purpose of this thesis is to define a computational framework to nonverbal communication …
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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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Phone virtual environment for RC assistive robot
Robotic systems nowadays are all around us and interact in many aspects such as homeowners use robotic vacuums in their homes. However, a push needed to make these systems more and more interactive with humans. The complexity of the robot controller might be one of the boundaries between the robot …
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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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Artificial Intelligence Tools, Curricula, and Agents for Creative Learning
… materials for diverse classrooms and AI agentic interactions for scaffolding creative expression for diverse learners. Utilizing literacy as a mode of making Creative AI tools accessible, I outline the design and evaluation of various Creative AI curricula that I have developed for diverse groups …
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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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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
… 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 exploration, search and rescue, hospital …
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Towards Scalable Robot Learning without Physical Robots
The development of generalist robots—capable of performing a wide range of tasks in diverse environments—requires large-scale datasets of robot interactions. Unlike language or vision domains, where data can be passively collected at scale, robotic data collection remains costly, labor-intensive, …
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Distributed, Stable Topology Control of Multi-Robot Systems with Asymmetric Interactions
Multi-robot systems have recently witnessed a swell in interest in the past few years because of their various applications such as agricultural autonomy, medical robotics, industrial and commercial automation and, search and rescue. In this thesis, we particularly investigate the behavior of …
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The implementation of artificial intelligence in robotics
… unresolved technical challenges in industrial robotics and soft robotics using artificial intelligence and digital engineering tools. The first part of this study investigates the impact of cracks on the vibration characteristics of rigid robot links as cracks can degrade the performance and …
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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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