Essays about: "Humanoid Robotics"

Showing result 1 - 5 of 11 essays containing the words Humanoid Robotics.

  1. 1. Human and Robot Narrator: How Gestures Affect Comprehension and Recollection

    University essay from Lunds universitet/Kognitionsvetenskap

    Author : Johannes Rosenfrost; [2023]
    Keywords : Cognitive Science; Cognition; Embodiment; Humanoid Robots; Social Robots; HRI; Human-Robot-Interaction; Social Interaction; Robotics; Linguistics; Communication; Multimodality; Non-verbal; Gestures; Narration; Comprehension; Recollection; Social Sciences;

    Abstract : This thesis investigated if a human or a robot narrator affected listeners’ comprehension and memory recollection similarly in a narrative story. 103 participants (MeanAge = 35) were recruited to an online experiment to investigate if gestures affected the participants’ narrative comprehension and recollection more than a narrator that did not produce gestures. READ MORE

  3. 2. A System for Affective Touch in Humanoid and Social Robotics

    University essay from Lunds universitet/Kognitionsvetenskap

    Author : Martin Gunnar Karlsson; [2021]
    Keywords : Humanoid robotics; social robotics; cognitive robotics; affective touch; touch types; machine learning; emotional repsonse; colour expression; colour and emotion; HRI; human-robot-interaction; tactile interaction; social interaction; robotics; somatosensory system; artificial neural network; ANN; support vector machine; SVM; communication; cognition; somatosensation; Philosophy and Religion;

    Abstract : A system for affective touch has been constructed, in a study of humanoid and social robotics. The system detects, processes and analyses signals from touch, identifies touch types, and provides a corresponding emotional response and expression. READ MORE

  4. 3. ZERROR : Provoking ethical discussions of humanoid robots through speculative animation

    University essay from Malmö universitet/Institutionen för konst, kultur och kommunikation (K3)

    Author : Weronika Krzewska; [2021]
    Keywords : human-robot interaction; speculative design; humanoid; robot ethics; animation; HCI;

    Abstract : Robotics engineers' ongoing quest to create human-like robots has raised profound questions on their lack of ethical implications. The rapid progress and growth of humanoid robots is said to have a significant impact on society and human psychology in the near future. READ MORE

  5. 4. Scoring functions evaluation for active learning in humanoid robotics

    University essay from KTH/Skolan för elektroteknik och datavetenskap (EECS)

    Author : Riccardo Grigoletto; [2020]
    Keywords : ;

    Abstract : Object detection is an essential ability for humanoid robots. State-of-the art deep learning models for object detection reached remarkable results on general-purpose datasets. However, these methods are typically based on the supervised learning framework, requiring large amounts of data and long computational time to be trained. READ MORE

  6. 5. Robot Assisted Quiz Espying of Learner's : RAQUEL

    University essay from Högskolan i Halmstad/Halmstad Embedded and Intelligent Systems Research (EIS)

    Author : Sanjana Arunesh; Abhilash Padi Siva; [2018]
    Keywords : Pedagogy; Adapted quiz; Haar cascades; LBPH;

    Abstract : As robot technologies develop, many researchers have tried to use robots to support education. Studies have shown that robots can help students develop problem-solving abilities. Robotics technology is being increasingly integrated into the field of education largely due to the appealing image of robot’s young students have. READ MORE