Beyond simulation: Unlocking the frontiers of humanoid robot capability and intelligence with Pepper's open-source digital twin

H Sekkat, O Moutik, B El Kari, Y Chaibi, TA Tchakoucht… - Heliyon, 2024 - cell.com
This research paper presents a high-fidelity, open-source digital-twin of the Pepper robot
developed within the framework of the Robot Operating System 2 (ROS 2) for better …

WoZ4U: an open-source wizard-of-oz interface for easy, efficient and robust HRI experiments

F Rietz, A Sutherland, S Bensch, S Wermter… - Frontiers in Robotics …, 2021 - frontiersin.org
Wizard-of-Oz experiments play a vital role in Human-Robot Interaction (HRI), as they allow
for quick and simple hypothesis testing. Still, a publicly available general tool to conduct …

A comparison of humanoid robot simulators: A quantitative approach

A Ayala, F Cruz, D Campos, R Rubio… - 2020 Joint IEEE 10th …, 2020 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
Research on humanoid robotic systems involves a considerable amount of computational
resources, not only for the involved design but also for its development and subsequent …

qiBullet, a Bullet-based simulator for the Pepper and NAO robots

M Busy, M Caniot - arXiv preprint arXiv:1909.00779, 2019 - arxiv.org
The Pepper and NAO robots are widely used for in-store advertizing and education, but also
as robotic platforms for research purposes. Their presence in the academic field is …

Jubileo: an immersive simulation framework for social robot design

JA Bottega, VA Kich, JC Jesus, R Steinmetz… - Journal of Intelligent & …, 2023 - Springer
This paper introduces Jubileo, an open-source simulated humanoid robot as a framework
for the development of human-robot interaction applications. By leveraging the power of the …

iCub-HRI: a software framework for complex human–robot interaction scenarios on the iCub humanoid robot

T Fischer, JY Puigbò, D Camilleri… - Frontiers in Robotics …, 2018 - frontiersin.org
Generating complex, human-like behavior in a humanoid robot like the iCub requires the
integration of a wide range of open source components and a scalable cognitive …

Digital twins: assisting and supporting cooperation in human-robot teams

T Cichon, J Roßmann - 2018 15th International Conference on …, 2018 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
To create an intuitive access to the robotic system at hand, we propose to use its Digital Twin
(DT)—a virtual copy of the used robot with all necessary details of the mechatronic system …

[HTML][HTML] Evolution of Industrial Robots from the Perspective of the Metaverse: Integration of Virtual and Physical Realities and Human–Robot Collaboration

J You, Z Wu, W Wei, N Li, Y Yang - Applied Sciences, 2024 - mdpi.com
During the transition from Industry 4.0 to Industry 5.0, industrial robotics technology faces the
need for intelligent and highly integrated development. Metaverse technology creates …

[PDF][PDF] A Review on the Humanoid Robot and its Impact

A Mahmoud, A Imam, B Usman, A Yusif… - Journal homepage …, 2024 - researchgate.net
Humanoids are bipedal, general-purpose robots that are based on the human form factor
and are intended to assist humans in order to increase productivity. They can learn and …

Behavior-1k: A human-centered, embodied ai benchmark with 1,000 everyday activities and realistic simulation

C Li, R Zhang, J Wong, C Gokmen, S Srivastava… - arXiv preprint arXiv …, 2024 - arxiv.org
We present BEHAVIOR-1K, a comprehensive simulation benchmark for human-centered
robotics. BEHAVIOR-1K includes two components, guided and motivated by the results of an …