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AVBPA
2001
Springer
115views Biometrics» more  AVBPA 2001»
15 years 2 months ago
Visual Categorization of Children and Adult Walking Styles
We present an approach for visual discrimination of children from adults in video using characteristic regularities present in their locomotion patterns. The framework employs comp...
James W. Davis
ATAL
2006
Springer
15 years 1 months ago
Software agents that learn through observation
In this paper, we present an architecture for software agents that enables them to learn vocabulary through the observation of each other bodies and actions. Besides sensors, effe...
Jaçanã Machado, Luís Miguel B...
IROS
2007
IEEE
142views Robotics» more  IROS 2007»
15 years 3 months ago
Controlling walking behavior of passive dynamic walker utilizing passive joint compliance
Abstract— The passive dynamic walker (PDW) has a remarkable characteristic that it realizes cyclic locomotion without planning the joint trajectories. However, it cannot control ...
Takashi Takuma, Koh Hosoda
CIRA
2007
IEEE
135views Robotics» more  CIRA 2007»
15 years 3 months ago
Morphological Evolution of Dynamic Structures in a 3-Dimensional Simulated Environment
— The results presented in this paper are a part of the second phase of a body of research with the goal of coevolving the mind and morphology of dynamic robots. We use a 3-Dimen...
Gary B. Parker, Dejan Duzevik, Andrey S. Anev, Ram...
AUIC
2006
IEEE
15 years 3 months ago
Garment-based body sensing using foam sensors
Wearable technology is omnipresent to the user. Thus, it has the potential to be significantly disruptive to the user’s daily life. Context awareness and intuitive device interf...
Lucy E. Dunne, Sarah Brady, Richard Tynan, Kim Lau...