A survey on perception methods for human–robot interaction in social robots

H Yan, MH Ang, AN Poo - International Journal of Social Robotics, 2014 - Springer
For human–robot interaction (HRI), perception is one of the most important capabilities. This
paper reviews several widely used perception methods of HRI in social robots. Specifically …

A short review of symbol grounding in robotic and intelligent systems

S Coradeschi, A Loutfi, B Wrede - KI-Künstliche Intelligenz, 2013 - Springer
This paper gives an overview of the research papers published in Symbol Grounding in the
period from the beginning of the 21st century up 2012. The focus is in the use of symbol …

Multisensor-based human detection and tracking for mobile service robots

N Bellotto, H Hu - IEEE Transactions on Systems, Man, and …, 2008 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
One of fundamental issues for service robots is human-robot interaction. In order to perform
such a task and provide the desired services, these robots need to detect and track people …

An introduction to the anchoring problem

S Coradeschi, A Saffiotti - Robotics and autonomous systems, 2003 - Elsevier
Anchoring is the problem of connecting, inside an artificial system, symbols and sensor data
that refer to the same physical objects in the external world. This problem needs to be solved …

Sensor fusion for 3D human body tracking with an articulated 3D body model

S Knoop, S Vacek, R Dillmann - Proceedings 2006 IEEE …, 2006 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
This paper proposes a tracking system called VooDoo for 3D tracking of human body
movements based on a 3D body model and the iterative closest point (ICP) algorithm. The …

Keeping track of humans: Have I seen this person before?

W Zajdel, Z Zivkovic, BJA Krose - Proceedings of the 2005 IEEE …, 2005 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
In this paper we describe a system that enables a mobile robot equipped with a color vision
system to track humans in indoor environments. We developed a method for tracking …

Contextual recognition of head gestures

LP Morency, C Sidner, C Lee, T Darrell - Proceedings of the 7th …, 2005 - dl.acm.org
Head pose and gesture offer several key conversational grounding cues and are used
extensively in face-to-face interaction among people. We investigate how dialog context …

Providing the basis for human-robot-interaction: A multi-modal attention system for a mobile robot

S Lang, M Kleinehagenbrock, S Hohenner… - Proceedings of the 5th …, 2003 - dl.acm.org
In order to enable the widespread use of robots in home and office environments, systems
with natural interaction capabilities have to be developed. A prerequisite for natural …

Spatial augmented reality as a method for a mobile robot to communicate intended movement

MD Coovert, T Lee, I Shindev, Y Sun - Computers in Human Behavior, 2014 - Elsevier
Our work evaluates a mobile robot's ability to communicate intended movements to humans
via projection of visual arrows and a simplified map. Humans utilize a variety of techniques …

[PDF][PDF] Biron–the bielefeld robot companion

A Haasch, S Hohenner, S Hüwel… - Proc. Int. Workshop on …, 2004 - academia.edu
In the recent past, service robots that are able to interact with humans in a natural way have
become increasingly popular. A special kind of service robots that are designed for personal …