2011 RO-MANPub Date : 2011-08-30DOI: 10.1109/ROMAN.2011.6005242
Chris Nikolopoulos, Deitra A. Kuester, M. Sheehan, S. Ramteke, Aniket Karmarkar, Supriya Thota, Joseph Kearney, Curtis Boirum, Sunnihith Bojedla, Angela Lee
{"title":"Robotic agents used to help teach social skills to children with Autism: The third generation","authors":"Chris Nikolopoulos, Deitra A. Kuester, M. Sheehan, S. Ramteke, Aniket Karmarkar, Supriya Thota, Joseph Kearney, Curtis Boirum, Sunnihith Bojedla, Angela Lee","doi":"10.1109/ROMAN.2011.6005242","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1109/ROMAN.2011.6005242","url":null,"abstract":"This paper reports on the cross-collaborative efforts between computer science, special education and mechanical engineering on some of the robotic platforms used in therapeutic environments, and our investigation of using robots as educationally useful interventions to improve social interactions for individuals with Autism Spectrum Disorders (ASD). Development of a third generation robotic agent is described which uses an approach to treatment as an educational intervention based on Socially Assistive Robotics (SAR), direct instruction pedagogy, the use of social scripts, and our investigative process of using Lego® NXT platforms.","PeriodicalId":408015,"journal":{"name":"2011 RO-MAN","volume":"51 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2011-08-30","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"129270524","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}
2011 RO-MANPub Date : 2011-08-30DOI: 10.1109/ROMAN.2011.6005239
Crystal Chao, Jinhan Lee, M. Begum, A. Thomaz
{"title":"Simon plays Simon says: The timing of turn-taking in an imitation game","authors":"Crystal Chao, Jinhan Lee, M. Begum, A. Thomaz","doi":"10.1109/ROMAN.2011.6005239","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1109/ROMAN.2011.6005239","url":null,"abstract":"Turn-taking is fundamental to the way humans engage in information exchange, but robots currently lack the turn-taking skills required for natural communication. In order to bring effective turn-taking to robots, we must first understand the underlying processes in the context of what is possible to implement. We describe a data collection experiment with an interaction format inspired by “Simon says,” a turn-taking imitation game that engages the channels of gaze, speech, and motion. We analyze data from 23 human subjects interacting with a humanoid social robot and propose the principle of minimum necessary information (MNI) as a factor in determining the timing of the human response.We also describe the other observed phenomena of channel exclusion, efficiency, and adaptation. We discuss the implications of these principles and propose some ways to incorporate our findings into a computational model of turn-taking.","PeriodicalId":408015,"journal":{"name":"2011 RO-MAN","volume":"5 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2011-08-30","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"127751739","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}
2011 RO-MANPub Date : 2011-08-30DOI: 10.1109/ROMAN.2011.6005241
David V. Lu, W. Smart
{"title":"Human-robot interactions as theatre","authors":"David V. Lu, W. Smart","doi":"10.1109/ROMAN.2011.6005241","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1109/ROMAN.2011.6005241","url":null,"abstract":"Given the difficulty of social human-robot interaction (HRI), finding an appropriate conceptual model, as well as a useful venue to test the model, is key. While most work in social HRI draws insight and inspiration from the field of social psychology, this paper explores the philosophical backing and benefits of using ideas from theatre to frame social interactions. We present an analogy to Searle's Chinese Room argument to motivate the expressive challenges faced by human actors and by robots in social situations. We then compare the elements of theatre with the elements of HRI, and discuss techniques that we believe will lead to improved interactions.","PeriodicalId":408015,"journal":{"name":"2011 RO-MAN","volume":"3 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2011-08-30","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"127946985","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}
2011 RO-MANPub Date : 2011-08-30DOI: 10.1109/ROMAN.2011.6005224
K. Kamejima
{"title":"Saliency-based boundary object detection in naturally complex scenes","authors":"K. Kamejima","doi":"10.1109/ROMAN.2011.6005224","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1109/ROMAN.2011.6005224","url":null,"abstract":"A stochastic scheme is presented for cooperative detection of landmark objects distributed in roadway boundaries. By indexing chromatic diversity within a locally Gaussian color space, saliency patterns are extracted with respect to the as-is primary system. Through saccadic scan of the saliency patterns, boundary objects are successively articulated into a system of fractal attractors consistent with the ground-object structure. As the result, the fractal model is indicated within the perspective of the naturally complex scenes.","PeriodicalId":408015,"journal":{"name":"2011 RO-MAN","volume":"17 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2011-08-30","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"124514219","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}
2011 RO-MANPub Date : 2011-08-30DOI: 10.1109/ROMAN.2011.6005200
K. Kamejima
{"title":"Robotic communication with/within annotated geographics - message from RO-MAN 2000 -","authors":"K. Kamejima","doi":"10.1109/ROMAN.2011.6005200","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1109/ROMAN.2011.6005200","url":null,"abstract":"Having human access path installed, autonomous mobile systems play a crucial role in expanding the horizon of perception beyond physical-geometric perspective. In this essay, the expansion of human's substantial mobility inscribed in the two decades of RO-MAN chronicle is overviewed. Through intensive investigation under in depth interdependence of ROMAN related fields, intelligent robots can be delegated and networked to communicate with/within annotated geographics arising in naturally complex scenes.","PeriodicalId":408015,"journal":{"name":"2011 RO-MAN","volume":"75 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2011-08-30","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"115444709","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}
2011 RO-MANPub Date : 2011-08-30DOI: 10.1109/ROMAN.2011.6005226
H. Ahn, J. Choi, Dong-Wook Lee, W. Shon
{"title":"A behavior combination generating method for reflecting emotional probabilities using simulated annealing algorithm","authors":"H. Ahn, J. Choi, Dong-Wook Lee, W. Shon","doi":"10.1109/ROMAN.2011.6005226","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1109/ROMAN.2011.6005226","url":null,"abstract":"This paper presents a behavior generating method for reflecting emotional probabilities. The proposed method consists of two processes: an emotion-behavior probability generating process and a unit behavior combination generating process. 1) In the emotion-behavior probability generating process, the emotional probabilities of behaviors are determined on the basis of user preferences in terms of the priorities of emotions. 2) In the unit behavior combination generating process, optimal behaviors are found by the simulated annealing algorithm. A final behavior is a set of selected parts of expressions. It is possible to not only reveal an abundance of expressions without one-to-one mapping relations between emotions and behaviors but also apply these expressions in the case of various robots. We have verified the diversity of emotional expression by applying the proposed method to two different robot systems, which are a cyber robot simulator and a real robot system.","PeriodicalId":408015,"journal":{"name":"2011 RO-MAN","volume":"20 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2011-08-30","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"115914990","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}
2011 RO-MANPub Date : 2011-08-30DOI: 10.1109/ROMAN.2011.6005283
D. Surdilovic, T. Nguyen, J. Radojicic
{"title":"Human-like variable-impedance control for life-cycle testing","authors":"D. Surdilovic, T. Nguyen, J. Radojicic","doi":"10.1109/ROMAN.2011.6005283","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1109/ROMAN.2011.6005283","url":null,"abstract":"The paper presents robotic approach to life-cycle testing based on advanced compliance control algorithms. This strategy has been demonstrated as meaningful testing approach considering repeatability and reproducibility. Moreover, developed testing procedures mimic human motion and ensure human-like testing conditions. That is a crucial advantage over simple testing machines or convenient industrial robots, which can not realize comparable system behavior. Application of a variable-impedance control strategy provides a feasible approach in reproducing human behavior and realizing faster life-cycle test execution.","PeriodicalId":408015,"journal":{"name":"2011 RO-MAN","volume":"25 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2011-08-30","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"115023849","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}
2011 RO-MANPub Date : 2011-08-30DOI: 10.1109/ROMAN.2011.6005261
Ze Ji, F. Amirabdollahian, D. Polani, K. Dautenhahn
{"title":"Histogram based classification of tactile patterns on periodically distributed skin sensors for a humanoid robot","authors":"Ze Ji, F. Amirabdollahian, D. Polani, K. Dautenhahn","doi":"10.1109/ROMAN.2011.6005261","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1109/ROMAN.2011.6005261","url":null,"abstract":"The main target of this work is to improve human-robot interaction capabilities, by adding a new modality of sense, touch, to KASPAR, a humanoid robot. Large scale distributed skin-like sensors are designed and integrated on the robot, covering KASPAR at various locations. One of the challenges is to classify different types of touch. Unlike digital images represented by grids of pixels, the geometrical structure of the sensor array limits the capability of straightforward application of well-established approaches for image patterns. This paper introduces a novel histogram-based classification algorithm, transforming tactile data into histograms of local features termed as codebook. Tactile pattern can be invariant at periodical locations, allowing tactile pattern classification using a smaller number of training data, instead of using training data from everywhere on the large scale skin sensors. To generate the codebook, this method uses a two-layer approach, namely local neighbourhood structures and encodings of pressure distribution of the local neighbourhood. Classification is performed based on the constructed features using Support Vector Machine (SVM) with the intersection kernel. Real experimental data are used for experiment to classify different patterns and have shown promising accuracy. To evaluate the performance, it is also compared with the SVM using the Radial Basis Function (RBF) kernel and results are discussed from both aspects of accuracy and the location invariance property.","PeriodicalId":408015,"journal":{"name":"2011 RO-MAN","volume":"18 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2011-08-30","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"124945690","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}
2011 RO-MANPub Date : 2011-08-30DOI: 10.1109/ROMAN.2011.6005236
A. Ito, K. Terada
{"title":"The sharing of meanings of signals through limited media in two-player games","authors":"A. Ito, K. Terada","doi":"10.1109/ROMAN.2011.6005236","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1109/ROMAN.2011.6005236","url":null,"abstract":"How can humans come to share the meaning of signals when only very limited media are available and there are no pre-defined meanings to signals? To answer the above question, we designed two-player games, which require the players' cooperation to play. The only communication means are to send color (hue) signals in one game, or monotonic sound signals in another. The player must assign a necessary meaning to an available signal, and send it to the partner. The partner must infer its meaning (sender's intention) and act cooperatively. Using these games, the process of sharing the meaning of signals is investigated, and some interesting common features are found. The process is based on mind-reading of the partner's intention, which is a key ability for any types of human communication. The mechanism is analyzed in the relevance theory framework. Our findings can be used for improving human-agent communication where no pre-defined languages are available.","PeriodicalId":408015,"journal":{"name":"2011 RO-MAN","volume":"25 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2011-08-30","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"125029327","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}
2011 RO-MANPub Date : 2011-08-30DOI: 10.1109/ROMAN.2011.6005275
Jeanie Chan, G. Nejat
{"title":"Minimizing task-induced stress in cognitively stimulating activities using an intelligent socially assistive robot","authors":"Jeanie Chan, G. Nejat","doi":"10.1109/ROMAN.2011.6005275","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1109/ROMAN.2011.6005275","url":null,"abstract":"Dementia is currently a growing epidemic, bringing forth severe health, social, and economic strains. As an alternative to pharmacological measures, current research supports the effectiveness of using cognitive training interventions to slow the decline of or even improve brain functioning in persons with dementia. However, implementing and sustaining these interventions on a long-term basis can be challenging as they demand considerable resources and people. Our research focuses on investigating the potential use of robotic assistants to allow for these interventions to become more accessible to users and caregivers. Namely, the aim of our work is to develop socially assistive robots that can provide cognitive and social stimulation for persons with dementia. In this paper, we study the social interaction attributes of the human-like robot, Brian 2.0, during a one-on-one person-centered cognitively stimulating activity to determine if the robot is capable of minimizing task-induced stress by providing assistance, encouragement, and celebration, while adapting its behavior to a user state during the course of the activity. Our preliminary study shows that the social intelligence of Brian 2.0 is effective in engaging individuals in a cognitively stimulating game while minimizing stress during gameplay.","PeriodicalId":408015,"journal":{"name":"2011 RO-MAN","volume":"71 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2011-08-30","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"130070379","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}