Group exercises aimed at poor body posture correction assisted by humanoid robot - A case study

2019 ◽  
Author(s):  
Aleksandra Mikov ◽  
Dragana Vukliš ◽  
Branislav Borovac ◽  
Milan Gnjatović ◽  
Jovica Tasevski ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Humanoid Robot ◽  
Body Posture

scholarly journals Expressing Robot Personality through Talking Body Language

2021 ◽  
Vol 11 (10) ◽  
pp. 4639
Author(s):  
Unai Zabala ◽  
Igor Rodriguez ◽  
José María Martínez-Otzeta ◽  
Elena Lazkano
Keyword(s):  
Humanoid Robot ◽  
Body Language ◽  
Social Robots ◽  
Social Robot ◽  
Body Posture ◽  
Human Communication ◽  
Verbal Cues ◽  
Emotional Cues ◽  
Human Interactions ◽  
Rich Variety

Social robots must master the nuances of human communication as a mean to convey an effective message and generate trust. It is well-known that non-verbal cues are very important in human interactions, and therefore a social robot should produce a body language coherent with its discourse. In this work, we report on a system that endows a humanoid robot with the ability to adapt its body language according to the sentiment of its speech. A combination of talking beat gestures with emotional cues such as eye lightings, body posture of voice intonation and volume permits a rich variety of behaviors. The developed approach is not purely reactive, and it easily allows to assign a kind of personality to the robot. We present several videos with the robot in two different scenarios, and showing discrete and histrionic personalities.

scholarly journals LEARNING TO ACT FROM OBSERVATION AND PRACTICE

2004 ◽  
Vol 01 (04) ◽  
pp. 585-611 ◽  
Author(s):  
DARRIN C. BENTIVEGNA ◽  
CHRISTOPHER G. ATKESON ◽  
ALEŠ UDE ◽  
GORDON CHENG
Keyword(s):  
Domain Knowledge ◽  
Humanoid Robot ◽  
Humanoid Robots ◽  
Robot Learning ◽  
Learning Problems

We present a method for humanoid robots to quickly learn new dynamic tasks from observing others and from practice. Ways in which the robot can adapt to initial and also changing conditions are described. Agents are given domain knowledge in the form of task primitives. A key element of our approach is to break learning problems up into as many simple learning problems as possible. We present a case study of a humanoid robot learning to play air hockey.

On the Interplay Between Morphological, Neural, and Environmental Dynamics: A Robotic Case Study

2002 ◽  
Vol 10 (3-4) ◽  
pp. 223-241 ◽  
Author(s):  
Max Lungarella ◽  
Luc Berthouze
Keyword(s):  
Adaptive Behavior ◽  
Neural Plasticity ◽  
Humanoid Robot ◽  
Developmental Psychology ◽  
Complex Interaction ◽  
Unified Framework ◽  
Efficient Exploration ◽  
World Environment ◽  
Different Time Scales

The robust and adaptive behavior exhibited by natural organisms is the result of a complex interaction between various plastic mechanisms acting at different time scales. So far, researchers have concentrated on one or another of these mechanisms, but little has been done toward integrating them into a unified framework and studying the result of their interplay in a real-world environment. In this article, we present experiments with a small humanoid robot that learns to swing. They illustrate that the exploitation of neural plasticity, entrainment to physical dynamics, and body growth (where each mechanism has a specific time scale) leads to a more efficient exploration of the sensorimotor space and eventually to a more adaptive behavior. Such a result is consistent with observations in developmental psychology.

Interpretation of Emotional Body Language Displayed by a Humanoid Robot: A Case Study with Children

2013 ◽  
Vol 5 (3) ◽  
pp. 325-334 ◽  
Author(s):  
Aryel Beck ◽  
Lola Cañamero ◽  
Antoine Hiolle ◽  
Luisa Damiano ◽  
Piero Cosi ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Humanoid Robot ◽  
Body Language

scholarly journals “Robots do not replace a nurse with a beating heart”

2019 ◽  
Vol 32 (1) ◽  
pp. 47-67 ◽  
Author(s):  
Outi Tuisku ◽  
Satu Pekkarinen ◽  
Lea Hennala ◽  
Helinä Melkas
Keyword(s):  
Content Analysis ◽  
General Public ◽  
Design Methodology ◽  
Humanoid Robot ◽  
Elderly Care ◽  
Beating Heart ◽  
Data Sources ◽  
Content Type ◽  
Care Services

Purpose The purpose of this paper is to investigate the publicity around the implementation of the Zora robot in elderly-care services in Lahti, Finland. The aim is to discover opinions concerning the use of robots in elderly care as well as the arguments and justifications behind those opinions. Zora is a humanoid robot intended to promote mobility and rehabilitation. The Lahti pilot was the first Zora pilot in Finland in public elderly-care services. It received much publicity, both regionally and nationally. Design/methodology/approach This study is based on an empirical case study on the implementation of the Zora robot in elderly-care services. The data consist of interviews with personnel who operated Zora and comments from the general public about the “Zora” robot. Two data sources were used: 107 comments were collected from online and print media, and the personnel (n=39) who worked with Zora were interviewed. The data were analysed by means of interpretative content analysis. Findings The results show that public opinion is mainly negative, but that the commentators apparently have little information about the robot and its tasks. The personnel had more positive views; they saw it as a recreational tool, not as a replacement for their own roles. Originality/value There is clearly a need for more information, for a better informed discussion on how robots can be used in elderly care and how to involve the general public in this discussion in a constructive way.

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