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How to arrange the robotic environment? Leveraging experience in both motion planning and environment optimization. 如何安排机器人环境？利用运动规划和环境优化的经验。

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Frontiers in Robotics and AI Pub Date : 2024-11-15 eCollection Date: 2024-01-01 DOI: 10.3389/frobt.2024.1468385

Jiaxi Lu, Ryota Takamido, Yusheng Wang, Jun Ota

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Learning signs with NAO: humanoid robot as a tool for helping to learn Colombian Sign Language. 用NAO学习手语：人形机器人作为帮助学习哥伦比亚手语的工具。

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Frontiers in Robotics and AI Pub Date : 2024-11-14 eCollection Date: 2024-01-01 DOI: 10.3389/frobt.2024.1475069

Juan E Mora-Zarate, Claudia L Garzón-Castro, Jorge A Castellanos Rivillas

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X-ray fluoroscopy guided localization and steering of miniature robots using virtual reality enhancement. 利用虚拟现实增强技术实现 X 射线透视引导微型机器人定位和转向。

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Frontiers in Robotics and AI Pub Date : 2024-11-13 eCollection Date: 2024-01-01 DOI: 10.3389/frobt.2024.1495445

Husnu Halid Alabay, Tuan-Anh Le, Hakan Ceylan

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Erratum: Novel bio-inspired soft actuators for upper-limb exoskeletons: design, fabrication and feasibility study. 更正：用于上肢外骨骼的新型生物启发软致动器：设计、制造和可行性研究。

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Frontiers in Robotics and AI Pub Date : 2024-11-13 eCollection Date: 2024-01-01 DOI: 10.3389/frobt.2024.1517037

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Heuristic satisficing inferential decision making in human and robot active perception. 人类和机器人主动感知中的启发式满意推理决策。

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Frontiers in Robotics and AI Pub Date : 2024-11-12 eCollection Date: 2024-01-01 DOI: 10.3389/frobt.2024.1384609

Yucheng Chen, Pingping Zhu, Anthony Alers, Tobias Egner, Marc A Sommer, Silvia Ferrari

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Trajectory shaping guidance for impact angle control of planetary hopping robots. 用于行星跳跃机器人撞击角控制的轨迹整形引导。

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Frontiers in Robotics and AI Pub Date : 2024-11-11 eCollection Date: 2024-01-01 DOI: 10.3389/frobt.2024.1452997

Sabyasachi Mondal, Saurabh Upadhyay

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Abraded optical fibre-based dynamic range force sensor for tissue palpation. 基于磨蚀光纤的动态范围力传感器，用于组织触诊。

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Frontiers in Robotics and AI Pub Date : 2024-11-11 eCollection Date: 2024-01-01 DOI: 10.3389/frobt.2024.1489884

Abu Bakar Dawood, Vamsi Krishna Chavali, Thomas Mack, Zhenyu Zhang, Hareesh Godaba, Martin Angelmahr, Kaspar Althoefer

{"title":"Abraded optical fibre-based dynamic range force sensor for tissue palpation.","authors":"Abu Bakar Dawood, Vamsi Krishna Chavali, Thomas Mack, Zhenyu Zhang, Hareesh Godaba, Martin Angelmahr, Kaspar Althoefer","doi":"10.3389/frobt.2024.1489884","DOIUrl":"10.3389/frobt.2024.1489884","url":null,"abstract":"Tactile information acquired through palpation plays a crucial role in relation to surface characterisation and tissue differentiation - an essential clinical requirement during surgery. In the case of Minimally Invasive Surgery, access is restricted, and tactile feedback available to surgeons is therefore reduced. This paper presents a novel stiffness controllable, dynamic force range sensor that can provide remote haptic feedback. The sensor has an abraded optical fibre integrated into a silicone dome. Forces applied to the dome change the curvature of the optical fibres, resulting in light attenuation. By changing the pressure within the dome and thereby adjusting the sensor's stiffness, we are able to modify the force measurement range. Results from our experimental study demonstrate that increasing the pressure inside the dome increases the force range whilst decreasing force sensitivity. We show that the maximum force measured by our sensor prototype at 20 mm/min was 5.02 N, 6.70 N and 8.83 N for the applied pressures of 0 psi (0 kPa), 0.5 psi (3.45 kPa) and 1 psi (6.9 kPa), respectively. The sensor has also been tested to estimate the stiffness of 13 phantoms of different elastic moduli. Results show the elastic modulus sensing range of the proposed sensor to be from 8.58 to 165.32 kPa.","PeriodicalId":47597,"journal":{"name":"Frontiers in Robotics and AI","volume":"11 ","pages":"1489884"},"PeriodicalIF":2.9,"publicationDate":"2024-11-11","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC11586255/pdf/","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142717483","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

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An analysis of dialogue repair in virtual assistants. 虚拟助手对话修复分析。

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Frontiers in Robotics and AI Pub Date : 2024-11-11 eCollection Date: 2024-01-01 DOI: 10.3389/frobt.2024.1356847

Matthew Galbraith

{"title":"An analysis of dialogue repair in virtual assistants.","authors":"Matthew Galbraith","doi":"10.3389/frobt.2024.1356847","DOIUrl":"10.3389/frobt.2024.1356847","url":null,"abstract":"Conversational user interfaces have transformed human-computer interaction by providing nearly real-time responses to queries. However, misunderstandings between the user and system persist. This study explores the significance of interactional language in dialogue repair between virtual assistants and users by analyzing interactions with Google Assistant and Siri in both English and Spanish, focusing on the assistants' utilization and response to the colloquial other-initiated repair strategy \"huh?\", which is prevalent as a human-human dialogue repair strategy. Findings revealed ten distinct assistant-generated repair strategies, but an inability to replicate human-like strategies such as \"huh?\". Despite slight variations in user acceptability judgments among the two surveyed languages, results indicated an overall hierarchy of preference towards specific dialogue repair strategies, with a notable disparity between the most preferred strategies and those frequently used by the assistants. These findings highlight discrepancies in how interactional language is utilized in human-computer interaction, underscoring the need for further research on the impact of interactional elements among different languages to advance the development of conversational user interfaces across domains, including within human-robot interaction.","PeriodicalId":47597,"journal":{"name":"Frontiers in Robotics and AI","volume":"11 ","pages":"1356847"},"PeriodicalIF":2.9,"publicationDate":"2024-11-11","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC11586770/pdf/","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142717485","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

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Editorial: Influential voices in soft robotics. 社论：软体机器人技术领域具有影响力的声音。

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Frontiers in Robotics and AI Pub Date : 2024-11-08 eCollection Date: 2024-01-01 DOI: 10.3389/frobt.2024.1521226

Panagiotis Polygerinos

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Editorial: Localization and scene understanding in urban environments. 社论：城市环境中的定位和场景理解。

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Frontiers in Robotics and AI Pub Date : 2024-11-08 eCollection Date: 2024-01-01 DOI: 10.3389/frobt.2024.1509637

Augusto Luis Ballardini, Daniele Cattaneo, Domenico G Sorrenti, Ignacio Parra Alonso

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