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ICRA
2007
IEEE
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13 years 11 months ago
Towards a Real-Time Bayesian Imitation System for a Humanoid Robot
Abstract— Imitation learning, or programming by demonstration (PbD), holds the promise of allowing robots to acquire skills from humans with domain-specific knowledge, who nonet...
Aaron P. Shon, Joshua J. Storz, Rajesh P. N. Rao
HRI
2010
ACM
14 years 3 days ago
Showing robots how to follow people using a broomstick interface
—Robots are poised to enter our everyday environments such as our homes and offices, contexts that present unique questions such as the style of the robot’s actions. Style-orie...
James Everett Young, Kentaro Ishii, Takeo Igarashi...
FLAIRS
2007
13 years 7 months ago
Robotran: A Programming Environment for Novices Using LEGO Mindstorms Robots
The LEGO Mindstorms robots provide an excellent introductory platform for students to learn computer programming. However, a major drawback is students’ lack of access to robots...
R. Mark Meyer, Debra T. Burhans
HRI
2006
ACM
13 years 11 months ago
Teaching robots by moulding behavior and scaffolding the environment
Programming robots to carry out useful tasks is both a complex and non-trivial exercise. A simple and intuitive method to allow humans to train and shape robot behaviour is clearl...
Joe Saunders, Chrystopher L. Nehaniv, Kerstin Daut...
IROS
2009
IEEE
178views Robotics» more  IROS 2009»
13 years 12 months ago
Mobile robots for offshore inspection and manipulation
— This paper analyzes the potential to apply mobile service robots in offshore oil and gas producing environments. The required hardware and software components and abilities of ...
Matthias Bengel, Kai Pfeiffer, Birgit Graf, Alexan...