This chapter surveys the main approaches developed to date to endow robots with the
ability to learn from human guidance. The field is best known as robot programming by …

Purpose Advances in technology and computing play an increasingly important role in the
evolution of modern surgical techniques and paradigms. This article reviews the current role …

Abstract Human–Robot Interaction (HRI) has recently received considerable attention in the
academic community, in labs, in technology companies, and through the media. Because of …

Robot PbD started about 30 years ago, growing importantly during the past decade. The
rationale for moving from purely preprogrammed robots to very flexible user-based …

Acquisition of new sensorimotor knowledge by imitation is a promising paradigm for robot
learning. To be effective, action learning should not be limited to direct replication of …

Autonomous surgery involves having surgical tasks performed by a robot operating under its
own will, with partial or no human involvement. There are several important advantages of …

Also referred to as learning by imitation, tutelage, or apprenticeship learning, Programming
by Demonstration (PbD) develops methods by which new skills can be transmitted to a …

In the future, robotic surgical assistants may assist surgeons by performing specific subtasks
such as retraction and suturing to reduce surgeon tedium and reduce the duration of some …

We propose a new methodology for learning and adaption of manipulation skills that involve
physical contact with the environment. Pure position control is unsuitable for such tasks …

This paper evaluates a model of human imitation of abstract, two-arm movements. The
model consists of a hierarchy of artificial neural networks, which are abstractions of brain …