{"title":"\"Lifelike\" behavior of communication robots based on developmental psychology findings","authors":"F. Yamaoka, T. Kanda, H. Ishiguro, N. Hagita","doi":"10.1109/ICHR.2005.1573601","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1109/ICHR.2005.1573601","url":null,"abstract":"Researchers in developmental psychology have reported various findings about animate-inanimate distinctions, especially the decision criteria of human infants categorizing animate existence, such as distinguishing animals and humans from the inanimate. The purpose of our research is to develop animate or \"lifelike\" behavior for humanoid robots based on such categorizing, which would be expected to potentially make human-robot interaction more natural. Our approach is unique because we focus on the robot's mechanism and behavior design using environmental sensors. Consequently, we use a motion capturing system, which enables us to leapfrog technological developments for the robots' sensing abilities. The robot that we have developed reacts to human behavior, and it is implemented in order to satisfy the features of animate existence according to developmental psychology. Two experiments were conducted to verify its effects. The results of the first experiment verified the effectiveness of lifelike behavior and also showed that random behavior, which partly satisfies the features of animate existence, received a halfway evaluation for lifelikeness. The second experiment demonstrated the effectiveness of the developed robot for investigating the effect of a robot's cognitive ability for human-robot interaction","PeriodicalId":192337,"journal":{"name":"5th IEEE-RAS International Conference on Humanoid Robots, 2005.","volume":"10 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2005-12-05","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"130826303","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Learning visual object definitions by observing human activities","authors":"M. Veloso, F. V. Hundelshausen, P. Rybski","doi":"10.1109/ICHR.2005.1573560","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1109/ICHR.2005.1573560","url":null,"abstract":"Humanoid robots, while moving in our everyday environments, necessarily need to recognize objects. Providing robust object definitions for every single object in our environments is challenging and impossible in practice. In this work, we build upon the fact that objects have different uses and humanoid robots, while co-existing with humans, should have the ability of observing humans using the different objects and learn the corresponding object definitions. We present an object recognition algorithm, FOCUS, for finding object classifications through use and structure. FOCUS learns structural properties (visual features) of objects by knowing first the object's affordance properties and observing humans interacting with that object with known activities. FOCUS combines an activity recognizer, flexible and robust to any environment, which captures how an object is used with a low-level visual feature processor. The relevant features are then associated with an object definition which is then used for object recognition. The strength of the method relies on the fact that we can define multiple aspects of an object model, i.e., structure and use, that are individually robust but insufficient to define the object, but can do so jointly. We present the FOCUS approach in detail, which we have demonstrated in a variety of activities, objects, and environments. We show illustrating empirical evidence of the efficacy of the method","PeriodicalId":192337,"journal":{"name":"5th IEEE-RAS International Conference on Humanoid Robots, 2005.","volume":"1 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2005-12-05","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"130929239","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Modeling joint constraints for an articulated 3D human body model with artificial correspondences in ICP","authors":"S. Knoop, Stefan Vacek, R. Dillmann","doi":"10.1109/ICHR.2005.1573548","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1109/ICHR.2005.1573548","url":null,"abstract":"This paper describes a new approach for modeling joints in an articulated 3D body model for tracking of the configuration of a human body. The used model consists of a set of rigid generalized cylinders. The joints between the cylinders are modeled as artificial point correspondences within the ICP (iterative closest point) tracking algorithm, which results in a set of forces and torques maintaining the model constraints. It is shown that different joint types with different degrees of freedom can be modeled with this approach. Experiments show the functionality and robustness of the presented model","PeriodicalId":192337,"journal":{"name":"5th IEEE-RAS International Conference on Humanoid Robots, 2005.","volume":"6 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2005-12-05","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"122226662","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Maren Bennewitz, F. Faber, D. Joho, M. Schreiber, Sven Behnke
{"title":"Towards a humanoid museum guide robot that interacts with multiple persons","authors":"Maren Bennewitz, F. Faber, D. Joho, M. Schreiber, Sven Behnke","doi":"10.1109/ICHR.2005.1573603","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1109/ICHR.2005.1573603","url":null,"abstract":"The purpose of our research is to develop a humanoid museum guide robot that performs intuitive, multimodal interaction with multiple persons. In this paper, we present a robotic system that makes use of visual perception, sound source localization, and speech recognition to detect, track, and involve multiple persons into interaction. Depending on the audio-visual input, our robot shifts its attention between different persons. In order to direct the attention of its communication partners towards exhibits, our robot performs gestures with its eyes and arms. As we demonstrate in practical experiments, our robot is able to interact with multiple persons in a multimodal way and to shift its attention between different people. Furthermore, we discuss experiences made during a two-day public demonstration of our robot","PeriodicalId":192337,"journal":{"name":"5th IEEE-RAS International Conference on Humanoid Robots, 2005.","volume":"66 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2005-12-05","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"115255362","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Yoshitaka Nishimura, Kushida Kazutaka, H. Dohi, M. Ishizuka, Johane Takeuchi, H. Tsujino
{"title":"Development and psychological evaluation of multimodal presentation markup language for humanoid robots","authors":"Yoshitaka Nishimura, Kushida Kazutaka, H. Dohi, M. Ishizuka, Johane Takeuchi, H. Tsujino","doi":"10.1109/ICHR.2005.1573599","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1109/ICHR.2005.1573599","url":null,"abstract":"Research in robotics is growing and many robots are being produced. Robots are remarkable media because they can help humans and they can act in the real world. So, it is important to make the control of robots as easy as possible. For this reason we have developed the script language for humanoid robots called MPML for humanoid robots or MPML-HR which is simple enough to allow everyone to make multimodal presentation contents using the humanoid robot. Further, we evaluated the humanoid robot's presentation ability to find the difference in audience impression between the humanoid robot and the 2-D character agent. Psychological evaluation was used to compare the impression of the humanoid robot's presentation with the 2-D character agent's presentation. Two methods were used for psychological evaluation and the efficiency of the humanoid robot's presentation was verified","PeriodicalId":192337,"journal":{"name":"5th IEEE-RAS International Conference on Humanoid Robots, 2005.","volume":"174 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2005-12-05","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"132645434","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Uncovering manifold structures in Robonaut's sensory-data state space","authors":"R. Peters, O. Jenkins","doi":"10.1109/ICHR.2005.1573595","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1109/ICHR.2005.1573595","url":null,"abstract":"This paper presents results from the application of dimensionality reduction algorithms to sensory-data time-series that were recorded from Robonaut - NASA's humanoid robot while it was being teleoperated through three tool manipulation tasks. The algorithms tested were principal component analysis, multidimensional scaling, and spatio-temporal Isomap. Structures were shown to exist in some cases, but their detection required careful analysis and a correct choice of parameters","PeriodicalId":192337,"journal":{"name":"5th IEEE-RAS International Conference on Humanoid Robots, 2005.","volume":"15 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2005-12-05","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"134270996","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
E. Yoshida, I. Belousov, Claudia Esteves, J. Laumond
{"title":"Humanoid motion planning for dynamic tasks","authors":"E. Yoshida, I. Belousov, Claudia Esteves, J. Laumond","doi":"10.1109/ICHR.2005.1573536","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1109/ICHR.2005.1573536","url":null,"abstract":"This paper addresses an integrated humanoid motion planning scheme including both advanced algorithmic motion planning technique and dynamic pattern generator so that the humanoid robot achieve tasks including dynamic motions. A two-stage approach is proposed for this goal. First, geometric and kinematic motion planner first computes collision-free paths for the humanoid robot. Then the dynamic pattern generator provides dynamically feasible humanoid motion including both locomotion and task execution such as object transportation or manipulation. If the generated dynamic motion causes collision due to dynamic movements, the planner go back to the planning stage to remove the collision by path reshaping. This iterative planning scheme enables robust planning against variation of task dynamics. Simulation results are provided to validate the proposed planning method","PeriodicalId":192337,"journal":{"name":"5th IEEE-RAS International Conference on Humanoid Robots, 2005.","volume":"69 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2005-12-05","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"133529302","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"A genetic-fuzzy algorithm for the articulatory imitation of facial movements during vocalization of a humanoid robot","authors":"E. Mumolo, M. Nolich, E. Menegatti","doi":"10.1109/ICHR.2005.1573606","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1109/ICHR.2005.1573606","url":null,"abstract":"In human heads there is a strong structural linkage between vocal tract and facial behavior during speech. For a robotic talking head to have a human-like behavior, this linkage should be emulated. One way to do that is to compute an estimate of the articulatory features which produce a given utterance and then to transform them into facial animation. We present a computational model of human vocalization which is aimed at describing the articulatory mechanisms which produce spoken phonemes. It uses a set of fuzzy rules and genetic optimization. The former represents the relationships between places of articulations and speech acoustic parameters, while the latter estimates the degrees of membership of the places of articulation. That is, the places of articulation are considered as fuzzy sets whose degrees of membership are the articulatory features. The trajectories of articulatory parameters can be used to control a graphical or mechanical talking head. We verify the model presented here by generating and listening to artificial sentences. Subjective listening tests of artificially generated sentences from the articulatory description resulted in an average phonetic accuracy of about 79 %. Through the analysis of a large amount of natural speech, the algorithm can be used to learn the places of articulation of all phonemes of a given speaker","PeriodicalId":192337,"journal":{"name":"5th IEEE-RAS International Conference on Humanoid Robots, 2005.","volume":"19 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2005-12-05","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"122160004","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Experiments of vision guided walking of humanoid robot, KHR-2","authors":"Jung-Yup Kim, Ill-Woo Park, Jungho Lee, Jun-Ho Oh","doi":"10.1109/ICHR.2005.1573558","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1109/ICHR.2005.1573558","url":null,"abstract":"This paper introduces an integration of vision system and a visual guided walking of humanoid robot as a its application. Two CCD cameras are installed in a head which has 6 DOFs in total. Eyes and neck have the pan and tilt mechanism to move the view direction freely. All joints are driven by DC servo motors. We developed the motor controller to move all joint axes of the head. Each CCD camera transmits the NTSC formatted images to a frame grabber witch is installed on a main computer continuously. And then, the frame grabber captures the image frames in the frequency of 10 ~ 15 Hz. For a basic study, we construct the visual processing algorithm so that the robot can always gaze a red light marker. Besides, we establish the strategy of combining non real-time visual information and real-time walking pattern. Finally, vision guided walking algorithm which enables the robot to follow the red light marker on foot, is tested experimentally by using a humanoid robot, KHR-2","PeriodicalId":192337,"journal":{"name":"5th IEEE-RAS International Conference on Humanoid Robots, 2005.","volume":"44 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2005-12-05","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"133583504","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Robotic imitation from human motion capture using Gaussian processes","authors":"A. P. Shon, Keith Grochow, Rajesh P. N. Rao","doi":"10.1109/ICHR.2005.1573557","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1109/ICHR.2005.1573557","url":null,"abstract":"Programming by demonstration, also called \"imitation learning,\" offers the possibility of flexible, easily modifiable robotic systems. Full-fledged robotic imitation learning comprises many difficult subtasks. However, we argue that, at its core, imitation learning reduces to a regression problem. We propose a two-step framework in which an imitating agent first performs a regression from a high-dimensional observation space to a low-dimensional latent variable space. In the second step, the agent performs a regression from the latent variable space to a high-dimensional space representing degrees of freedom of its motor system. We demonstrate the validity of the approach by learning to map motion capture data from human actors to a humanoid robot. We also contrast use of several low-dimensional latent variable spaces, each covering a subset of agents' degrees of freedom, with use of a single, higher-dimensional latent variable space. Our findings suggest that compositing several regression models together yields qualitatively better imitation results than using a single, more complex regression model","PeriodicalId":192337,"journal":{"name":"5th IEEE-RAS International Conference on Humanoid Robots, 2005.","volume":"193 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2005-12-05","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"132366304","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}