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Robots which interact with the physical world will benefit from a fine-grained tactile understanding of objects and surfaces. Additionally, for certain tasks, robots may need to know the haptic properties of an object before touching it. To…

Robotics · Computer Science 2016-04-13 Yang Gao , Lisa Anne Hendricks , Katherine J. Kuchenbecker , Trevor Darrell

Emotion expressions serve as important communicative signals and are crucial cues in intuitive interactions between humans. Hence, it is essential to include these fundamentals in robotic behavior strategies when interacting with humans to…

Robotics · Computer Science 2023-11-08 Thorsten Hempel , Laslo Dinges , Ayoub Al-Hamadi

The ongoing usage of artificial intelligence technologies in virtual reality has led to a large number of researchers exploring immersive virtual reality interaction. Gesture controllers and head-mounted displays are the primary pieces of…

Human-Computer Interaction · Computer Science 2024-05-28 Jindi Wang

In this paper, we propose a method for training control policies for human-robot interactions such as handshakes or hand claps via Deep Reinforcement Learning. The policy controls a humanoid Shadow Dexterous Hand, attached to a robot arm.…

Robotics · Computer Science 2020-01-14 Sammy Christen , Stefan Stevsic , Otmar Hilliges

In this paper, a real-time signal processing frame-work based on a 60 GHz frequency-modulated continuous wave (FMCW) radar system to recognize gestures is proposed. In order to improve the robustness of the radar-based gesture recognition…

Signal Processing · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2020-05-21 Yuliang Sun , Tai Fei , Xibo Li , Alexander Warnecke , Ernst Warsitz , Nils Pohl

Trustworthiness is a crucial concept in the context of human-robot interaction. Cooperative robots must be transparent regarding their decision-making process, especially when operating in a human-oriented environment. This paper presents a…

Robotics · Computer Science 2024-05-07 Tuba Girgin , Emre Girgin , Yigit Yildirim , Emre Ugur , Mehmet Haklidir

Dynamic gestures enable the transfer of directive information to a robot. Moreover, the ability of a robot to recognize them from a long distance makes communication more effective and practical. However, current state-of-the-art models for…

Robotics · Computer Science 2024-06-19 Eran Bamani Beeri , Eden Nissinman , Avishai Sintov

This paper addresses the topic of robustness under sensing noise, ambiguous instructions, and human-robot interaction. We take a radically different tack to the issue of reliable embodied AI: instead of focusing on formal verification…

Robotics · Computer Science 2026-01-13 Kenneth Kwok , Basura Fernando , Qianli Xu , Vigneshwaran Subbaraju , Dongkyu Choi , Boon Kiat Quek

Facial expressions are an ideal means of communicating one's emotions or intentions to others. This overview will focus on human facial expression recognition as well as robotic facial expression generation. In the case of human facial…

Robotics · Computer Science 2022-02-09 Niyati Rawal , Ruth Maria Stock-Homburg

As eye-tracking becomes increasingly common in modern mobile devices, the potential for hands-free, gaze-based interaction grows, but current gesture sets are largely expert-designed and often misaligned with how users naturally move their…

Human-Computer Interaction · Computer Science 2026-03-25 Yaxiong Lei , Xinya Gong , Shijing He , Yafei Wang , Mohamed Khamis , Juan Ye

We discuss the process of building semantic maps, how to interactively label entities in them, and how to use them to enable context-aware navigation behaviors in human environments. We utilize planar surfaces, such as walls and tables, and…

Robotics · Computer Science 2018-08-15 Akansel Cosgun , Henrik Christensen

The objective of this paper is to present a systematic review of existing sensor-based control methodologies for applications that involve direct interaction between humans and robots, in the form of either physical collaboration or safe…

Robotics · Computer Science 2020-07-07 Andrea Cherubini , David Navarro-Alarcon

Learning fine-grained movements is a challenging topic in robotics, particularly in the context of robotic hands. One specific instance of this challenge is the acquisition of fingerspelling sign language in robots. In this paper, we…

Robotics · Computer Science 2024-07-25 Federico Tavella , Aphrodite Galata , Angelo Cangelosi

ffective Human-Robot Interaction (HRI) is crucial for enhancing accessibility and usability in real-world robotics applications. However, existing solutions often rely on gesture- only or language-only commands, making interaction…

Human-Computer Interaction · Computer Science 2026-05-19 Yuzhi Lai , Shenghai Yuan , Peizheng Li , Boya Zhang , Benjamin Kiefer , Tianchen Deng , Andreas Zell

Emotion recognition and touch gesture decoding are crucial for advancing human-robot interaction (HRI), especially in social environments where emotional cues and tactile perception play important roles. However, many humanoid robots, such…

Human-Computer Interaction · Computer Science 2025-01-03 Yuanbo Hou , Qiaoqiao Ren , Wenwu Wang , Dick Botteldooren

One of the long-term challenges of robotics is to enable robots to interact with humans in the visual world via natural language, as humans are visual animals that communicate through language. Overcoming this challenge requires the ability…

Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition · Computer Science 2020-01-07 Yuankai Qi , Qi Wu , Peter Anderson , Xin Wang , William Yang Wang , Chunhua Shen , Anton van den Hengel

Current technological advances open up new opportunities for bringing human-machine interaction to a new level of human-centered cooperation. In this context, a key issue is the semantic understanding of the environment in order to enable…

Robotics · Computer Science 2022-11-08 Thorsten Hempel , Marc-André Fiedler , Aly Khalifa , Ayoub Al-Hamadi , Laslo Dinges

Nowadays, autonomous mobile robots support people in many areas where human presence either redundant or too dangerous. They have successfully proven themselves in expeditions, gas industry, mines, warehouses, etc. However, even legged…

Robotics · Computer Science 2022-09-22 Elena Nazarova , Ildar Babataev , Nipun Weerakkodi , Aleksey Fedoseev , Dzmitry Tsetserukou

In this paper, we explore the use of motion for robot-to-human communication on three robotic platforms: the 5 degrees-of-freedom (DOF) Aqua autonomous underwater vehicle (AUV), a 3-DOF camera gimbal mounted on a Matrice 100 drone, and a…

Robotics · Computer Science 2019-03-11 Michael Fulton , Mustaf Ahmed , Junaed Sattar

With the growing technology, we humans always need something that stands out from the other thing. Gestures are most desirable source to Communicate with the Machines. Human Computer Interaction finds its importance when it comes to working…

Human-Computer Interaction · Computer Science 2014-11-20 Sandeep Vasave , Amol Plave