Increasingly, roboticists have to pay attention to cultural norms and expectations. But
roboticists have generally worked with a relatively narrow understanding of culture, based …

Human beings are principally efficient at synchronizing and predicting within a swiftly
altering realtime environment. For instance, various activities that involve harmonized …

This paper presents a novel synchronizing method for a human-robot ensemble using
coupled oscillators. We define an ensemble as a synchronized performance produced …

This paper presents an inertial measurement unit-based human gesture recognition system
for a robot instrument player to understand the instructions dictated by an orchestra …

Entertainment robotics has garnered significant attention in recent years, with researchers
focusing on developing robots capable of performing a variety of tasks, including magic …

Embodied cognition is a theory stating that the processes and functions comprising the
human mind are influenced by a person's physical body. The theory of embodied musical …

While there have been several robots designed to play musical instruments, most are
specialized (non-humanoid) designs that do not attempt to model a human performer's …

Reinforcement learning is a promising method to accomplish robotic control tasks. The task
of playing musical instruments is, however, largely unexplored because it involves the …

Dance is an art consisting of sequences of movements. Its beauty comes from geometrically
clean linearity, symmetry in movement phrasing, and balance in the rhythm. To make an …

Increasingly, roboticists have to pay attention to cultural norms and expectations. But
roboticists have generally worked with a relatively narrow understanding of culture, based …