Search Results - subject:"human robot interaction"

Current Work in the Human-Machine Interface for Ergonomic Intervention with Exoskeletons

Schnieders, Thomas Michael; Stone, Richard T. - In: International Journal of Robotics Applications and … 5 (2017) 1, pp. 1-19

This literature review of exoskeleton design provides a brief history of exoskeleton development, discusses current research of exoskeletons with respect to the innate human-machine interface, and the incorporation of exoskeletons for ergonomic intervention, and offers a review of needed future...

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Kinova Modular Robot Arms for Service Robotics Applications

Campeau-Lecours, Alexandre; Lamontagne, Hugo; Latour, Simon - In: International Journal of Robotics Applications and … 5 (2017) 2, pp. 49-71

This article presents Kinova's modular robotic systems, including the robots JACO2 and MICO2, actuators and grippers. Kinova designs and manufactures robotics platforms and components that are simple, sexy and safe under two business units: Assistive Robotics empowers people living with...

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The potential for tourism and hospitality experience research in human-robot interactions

Tung, Vincent Wing Sun; Law, Rob - In: International Journal of Contemporary Hospitality Management 29 (2017) 10, pp. 2498-2513

Purpose The purpose of this study is to review recent work in the robotics literature and identify future opportunities for consumer/tourist experience research in human-robot interactions (HRIs). Design/methodology/approach The paper begins by covering the framework of robotic agent presence...

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Human robot interaction for manipulation tasks based on stroke gesture recognition

Li, Jiajun; Tao, Jianguo; Ding, Liang; Gao, Haibo; … - In: Industrial Robot: An International Journal 44 (2017) 6, pp. 700-710

Purpose The purpose of this paper is to extend the usage of stroke gestures in manipulation tasks to make the interaction between human and robot more efficient. Design/methodology/approach In this paper, a set of stroke gestures is designed for typical manipulation tasks. A gesture recognition...

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A novel human-robot controlling approach inspired by the processes of muscle memory and conditioned reflex

Liu, Xiangyu; Zhang, Ping; Du, Guanglong; He, Ziping; … - In: Industrial Robot: An International Journal 44 (2017) 5, pp. 588-595

dealing with the problems of robot’s redundant movements and operator’s fatigue in human–robot interaction system. Design … was used to construct a memory responding algorithm (MRA). When the human–robot interaction system needed to carry out a … interaction tasks. Findings The training-responding controlling approach improved the robustness and reliability of the human–robot …

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The potential for tourism and hospitality experience research in human-robot interactions

Tung, Vincent Wing Sun; Law, Rob - In: International journal of contemporary hospitality management 29 (2017) 10, pp. 2498-2513

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Can Cognitive Biases in Robots Make More ‘Likeable' Human-Robot Interactions than the Robots Without Such Biases: Case Studies Using Five Biases on Humanoid Robot

Biswas, Mriganka; Murray, John - In: International Journal of Artificial Life Research (IJALR) 6 (2016) 1, pp. 1-29

The research presented in the paper aims to develop long-term companionship between cognitively imperfect robots and humans. In order to develop cognitively imperfect robot, the research suggests to implement various cognitive biases in a robot's interactive behaviours. In the authors'...

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Human-Robot Interaction Design Using Smart Device Based Robot Partner

Woo, Jinseok; Kubota, Naoyuki - In: International Journal of Artificial Life Research (IJALR) 6 (2016) 2, pp. 23-43

Nowadays, various robot partners have been developed to realize human-friendly interactions. In general, a robot system is composed of hardware modules, software modules, and application contents. It takes much time to design utterance contents and motion patterns as application contents...

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An Autonomous Robot-to-Group Exercise Coach at a Senior Living Community: A Study in Human-Robot Interaction

Lewis, Lundy; Metzler, Ted; Cook, Linda - In: International Journal of Artificial Life Research (IJALR) 6 (2016) 2, pp. 44-62

session is videoed and then analyzed to measure several dimensions of human-robot interaction with these diverse participants …

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A comparison of industrial robots interface: force guidance system and teach pendant operation

Rodamilans, Guilherme Boulhosa; Villani, Emília; … - In: Industrial Robot: An International Journal 43 (2016) 5, pp. 552-562

Purpose This paper aims to propose an evaluation method to compare two different Human–Robot Interaction (HRI …

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