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Whole-body motion imitation has gained wide attention in recent years as it can enhance the locomotive capabilities of humanoid robots. In this task, non-intrusive human motion capturing with RGB cameras is commonly used for its low-cost, efficiency, ...

An upper-body humanoid robot design is introduced with focus on gaze interaction, physical manipulation, modularity, and affordability. Gaze interaction is facilitated by the two built-in cameras as well as a display showing two simulated eyes of the ...

Visual Perspective Taking (VPT) underpins human social interaction, from joint action to predicting others' future actions and mentalizing about their goals and affective/mental states. Substantial progress has been made in developing artificial VPT ...

Robot personality, significantly influences human behavior and communication dynamics. In Humanoid HRI research, the contrast between extroversion and introversion is emphasized. However, many individuals aligning more with ambiversion. Therefore, a ...

We introduce an approach to building a custom model from ready-made self-supervised models via their associating instead of training and fine-tuning. We demonstrate it with an example of a humanoid robot looking at the mirror and learning to ...

This paper proposes a method to calibrate the model used for inverse perspective mapping of humanoid robots. It aims at providing a reliable way to determine the robot’s position given the known objects around it. The position of the objects can ...

Analyzing human motion is an active research area, with various applications. In this work, we focus on human motion analysis in the context of physical rehabilitation using a robot coach system. Computer-aided assessment of physical rehabilitation ...

This paper introduces a quadratic programming-based stable motion control method for humanoid robots. This method is based on the virtual model and the optimal force distribution. We added a six-dimensional mixed constraint on the sole of the foot ...

Falls are one of the greatest risks for older adults living at home. They are also one of the biggest factors impacting independence and quality of life. Falling and even the fear of falling can lead to serious physical and mental health issues. ...

Interaction among humans does not always proceed without errors; situations might happen in which a wrong word or attitude can cause the partner to feel uneasy. However, humans are often very sensitive to these interaction failures and may be able to ...

Social communication difficulties in autism spectrum disorder (ASD) have been associated with poor Theory of Mind (ToM)¬, an ability to attribute mental states to others. Interventions using humanoid robots could improve ToM that may generalize to human-...

Biological vision incorporates intelligent cooperation between the sensory and the motor systems, which is facilitated by the development of motor skills that help to shape visual information that is relevant to a specific vision task. In this article, ...

In order to realize the goal of humanoid robot working independently in the environment of human life, Robots need to finish the job of perception of the environment and the establishment of a map, so as to finish the job of positioning and navigation. ...

This paper presents the results of a user acceptance survey (based on the Technology Acceptance Model ? TAM) of the humanoid social robot Pepper as a communication channel in different information retrieval scenarios in a business context. In total, 239 ...

Detecting lies in a real-world scenario is an important skill for a humanoid robot that aims to act as a teacher, a therapist, or a caregiver. In these contexts, it is essential to detect lies while preserving the pleasantness of the social interaction ...

Entertainment applications for robots are often based on voice interaction. In these scenarios, the robot is primarily used as a voice assistant with a physical body. We conducted a study to investigate whether the entertainment value of a robot during ...

Graspirng objects is an important capability for humanoid robots. Due to complexity of environmental and diversity of objects, it is difficult for the robot to accurately recognize and grasp multiple objects. In response to this problem, we ...

We present an approach to objectify the social competence of artificial agents using human brain neurophysiology. Whole brain activity is recorded with functional Magnetic Resonance Imaging (fMRI) while participants discuss either with a human ...

It is difficult for unskillful researchers to self-review their own presentation. In self-review with their presentation video, they would feel quite uncomfortable due to their looks and voice on it. In order to address this issue, we developed a ...