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In-The-Wild learning from demonstration for therapies for autisim spectrum disorder. We developed a learning from demonstration based model to identify therapists&#39; verbal behavior, and learn a generative model to output corresponding verbal behaviour based on the child&#39;s audio spectrogram input.

IEEE RO-MAN 2021

Human-Robot Artistic Co-Creation: a Study in Improvised Robot Dance

therapy and rehabilitation; social learning and skill acquisition via teaching and imitation; programming by demonstration

robots in education

RO-MAN 2021's theme is trustworthiness and cooperation. We chose this term well before the pandemic put the world on edge and added a new reason for us to question our own personal safety when in the company of others. But what about in the company of social robots? What would cause us to trust, or not trust, them? How do we as researchers create that feeling, that critical component of any relationship? With social robots, it is of course largely in our power to design the physical form, the control code and the interface software to maximize trustworthiness, facilitate cooperation and enhance the quality of human-robot interaction. This theme also touches upon people's expectations and perceptions of robots, as well as other social, cognitive and cultural factors that will influence human-robot interactions. We will have a special session/track on this topic, invite targeted submissions and include plenary speakers who are specialist in this area. We sincerely hope that this focus will help enlighten the design-thinking of all of us as we fabricate and program our own various systems.

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RO-MAN 2021's theme is trustworthiness and cooperation. We chose this term well before the pandemic put the world on edge and added a new reason for us to question our own personal safety when in the company of others. But what about in the company of social robots? What would cause us to trust, or not trust, them? How do we as researchers create that feeling, that critical component of any relationship? With social robots, it is of course largely in our power to design the physical form, the control code and the interface software to maximize trustworthiness, facilitate cooperation and enhance the quality of human-robot interaction. 

In-The-Wild learning from demonstration for therapies for autisim spectrum disorder. We developed a learning from demonstration based model to identify therapists' verbal behavior, and learn a generative model to output corresponding verbal behaviour based on the child's audio spectrogram input.

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Design and Evaluation of an Affective, Continuum Robotic Appendage for Child-Robot Interaction

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Investigating Experiences with a Robot Teaching Children Self-Management: A Field Trial

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Why Talk to People When You Can Talk to Robots? Far-Field Speaker Identification in the Wild

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Estimating Robot Body Torque for Two-Handed Cooperative Physical Human-Robot Interaction

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Relevant Perception Modalities for Flexible Human-Robot Teams

This paper explores Augmented Reality (AR)-based implementations in robotics and categorizes them based on the type of the used device, with the main focus on the least explored category - mobile AR. To determine the user’s experience in robot programming, an AR application prototype is developed as a co-interface to a Teach Pendant. The obtained results detail the users potential benefits from such mobile-based AR solutions in light of the current technologies.

A Study of Cobot Practitioners Needs for Augmented Reality Interfaces in the Context of Current Technologies

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In this paper we explore the utility, usability, and accessibility of a tele-operated Stretch robot in a real kitchen environment. Our focus is on accessible teleoperation -- making it possible for diverse users to control the Stretch to do useful things, both through interface design principles, customization, and by moving towards mixed autonomy

Natural Gradient Shared Control

The ability to accurately identify user intention is a pre-requisite for designing collaborative control schemes to provide appropriate navigational assistance to PAPAW users. In this paper, we investigated a personalized multi-step intention recognition pipeline that consists of probabilistic models for the purpose of clustering, classifying, and filtering user-pushrim interactions. The developed pipeline is computationally efficient and was successfully implemented and tested in real-time. This framework can provide a foundation for the future development of a context-aware controller for PAPAWs by improving their controllability and maneuverability.

Living-Lab and Experimental Workshops for Design of I-RobEka Assistive Shopping Robot: ELSI Aspects with MEESTAR {303}

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