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HAPTICS
2003
IEEE
13 years 10 months ago
Passive and Active Assistance for Human Performance of a Simulated Underactuated Dynamic Task
Machine-mediated training of dynamic task completion is typically implemented with passive intervention via virtual fixtures or active assist by means of record and replay strateg...
Marcia Kilchenman O'Malley, Abhishek Gupta
IROS
2007
IEEE
172views Robotics» more  IROS 2007»
13 years 11 months ago
Motor control optimization of compliant one-legged locomotion in rough terrain
— While underactuated robotic systems are capable of energy efficient and rapid dynamic behavior, we still do not fully understand how body dynamics can be actively used for ada...
Fumiya Iida, Russ Tedrake
ICRA
2007
IEEE
133views Robotics» more  ICRA 2007»
13 years 11 months ago
Passive Virtual Fixtures Based on Simulated Position-Dependent Anisotropic Plasticity
— This paper presents an approach for producing virtual fixture based on simulated plasticity, which can be used for assisting precise manual manipulations performed by human us...
Ryo Kikuuwe, Naoyuki Takesue, Hideo Fujimoto
CORR
2011
Springer
301views Education» more  CORR 2011»
12 years 8 months ago
Human Activity Detection from RGBD Images
Being able to detect and recognize human activities is important for making personal assistant robots useful in performing assistive tasks. The challenge is to develop a system th...
Jaeyong Sung, Colin Ponce, Bart Selman, Ashutosh S...
KI
2010
Springer
13 years 2 months ago
Towards Opportunistic Action Selection in Human-Robot Cooperation
A robot that is to assist humans in everyday activities should not only be efficient, but also choose actions that are understandable for a person. One characteristic of human task...
Thibault Kruse, Alexandra Kirsch