HRI
2010
ACM
13 years 2 months ago
2010
ACM
Robots for elderly have drawn a great deal of attention as it is a controversial topic being pushed forward by the fact that there will be a dramatic increase of elderly in most we...
FECS
2010
13 years 2 months ago
2010
This paper describes the development of a system for teaching C/C++ using a LegoTM NXT in a CSI college course on introductory programming. The programming of the NXT robot has be...
ANTSW
2010
Springer
13 years 2 months ago
2010
Springer
Robot swarms provide a way for a number of simple robots to work together to carry out a task. While swarms have been found to be adaptable, fault-tolerant and widely applicable, d...
ANTSW
2010
Springer
13 years 2 months ago
2010
Springer
We describe a theory from Herbert Simon that links the structure of complex systems to increased speed of evolution, and argue the position that this theory can be beneficial to ev...
AR
2010
13 years 2 months ago
2010
Teams of autonomous space robots are needed for future space missions such as the construction of large solar power stations and large space telescopes in earth orbit. This work fo...
WG
2010
Springer
13 years 2 months ago
2010
Springer
In this paper we investigate the basic problem of Exploration of a graph by a group of identical mobile computational entities, called robots, operating autonomously and asynchrono...
WDAG
2010
Springer
13 years 2 months ago
2010
Springer
Leader election and arbitrary pattern formation are fundammental tasks for a set of autonomous mobile robots. The former consists in distinguishing a unique robot, called the lead...
VTC
2010
IEEE
13 years 2 months ago
2010
IEEE
—In wireless sensor networks (WSN), stochastic node dropping and unpredictable node failure greatly impair coverage, creating sensing holes, while locally redundant sensors exist...
VR
2010
IEEE
13 years 2 months ago
2010
IEEE
Exploring the relationship between social presence, conversational expressiveness, and robot acceptance, we set up an experiment with a robot in an eldercare institution, comparing...
SMC
2010
IEEE
13 years 2 months ago
2010
IEEE
—Robot-based autism therapy is a rapidly developing area of research, with a wide variety of robots being developed for use in clinical settings. Specific, detailed requirements ...