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Robotic etiquette : structured interaction in humans and robots
(University of Reading, 2000)Visual nonverbal behaviour plays a significant role in allowing humans to structure their interactions meaningfully, thus facilitating communication between individuals. Such behaviour may be exploited in the design of ... -
Robotic etiquette: results from user studies involving a fetch and carry task
(ACM Press, 2007)This paper presents results, outcomes and conclusions from a series of Human Robot Interaction (HRI) trials which investigated how a robot should approach a human in a fetch and carry task. Two pilot trials were carried ... -
Robotic relative motion reproduction for air to air refuelling simulation
(2013)Hybrid testing involves the testing of physical subassemblies in a real-time simulation, coupled to numerical simulations of complete systems and their related environmental conditions. It offers the ability to test the ... -
Robotic versus open radical cystectomy for bladder cancer in adults
(2019-04-24)Background It has been suggested that in comparison with open radical cystectomy, robotic-assisted radical cystectomy results in less blood loss, shorter convalescence, and fewer complications with equivalent short-term ... -
Robots - the new linguistic informants?
(2008)Many have compared real robots with stars like HAL9000 and R2D2. Engineers and others who design such machines like to be reminded of movie heroes. As a result, while science fiction affects robotics, cognitive science ... -
Robots as assistive technology - does appearance matter
(Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE), 2004)This paper studies the eflect of a robot’s design (appearance) in facilitating and encouraging interaction of children with autism with a small humanoid robot. The paper compares the children’s level of interaction with ... -
Robots as Isolators or Mediators for Children with Autism A Cautionary Tale
(The Society for the Study of Artificial Intelligence and the Simulation of Behaviour (AISB), 2005)The discussion presented in this paper is part of our investigation in the Aurora project into the potential use of robots as therapeutic or educational ‘toys’ specifically for use by children with autism. The paper raises ... -
Robots as social mediators for children with Autism : A preliminary analysis comparing two different robotic platforms
(Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE), 2011)Robots can be very helpful therapeutic tools, especially for children with special needs. In the present paper we describe the application of two robotic platforms with different design parameters in interaction with ... -
Robots Learning to Say `No': Prohibition and Rejective Mechanisms in Acquisition of Linguistic Negation
(2019-11-01)'No' belongs to the first ten words used by children and embodies the first active form of linguistic negation. Despite its early occurrence the details of its acquisition process remain largely unknown. The circumstance ... -
Robots that say 'no'
(2011-01-01)This paper reports on foundational considerations for experiments into the acquisition of human-like use and understanding of negation in linguistic utterances via a developmental robotics approach. For this purpose different ... -
Robots that Say ‘No’. Affective Symbol Grounding and the Case of Intent Interpretations
(2018-09-01)Modern theories on early child language acquisition tend to focus on referential words, mostly nouns, labeling concrete objects, or physical properties. In this experimental proof-of-concept study, we show how nonreferential ... -
Robots that Say ’No’: Acquisition of Linguistic Behaviour in Interaction Games with Humans
(2013-12-20)Negation is a part of language that humans engage in pretty much from the onset of speech. Negation appears at first glance to be harder to grasp than object or action labels, yet this thesis explores how this family of ... -
Robust and Low-Complexity Timing Synchronization for DCO-OFDM LiFi Systems
(2018-01-01)Light fidelity (LiFi), using light emitting devices such as light emitting diodes (LEDs) which are operating in the visible light spectrum between 400 and 800 THz, provides a new layer of wireless connectivity within ... -
A Robust Control Approach for Frequency Support Capability of Grid-Tie Photovoltaic Systems
(2023-04-30)Distributed solar photovoltaic (PV) generation is growing rapidly around the world. However, unlike conventional synchronous generators, PV systems do not have any rotating masses to deliver inertia to support the grid ... -
Robust Control Design for a Dynamical System with Hard Nonlinearities : Application to Friction Compensation in a Robot Joint
(2009)A new methodology to design an optimal state feedback controlled to solve problems mainly caused by the presence of nonlinearities in motion control systems. Usually these nonlinearities are isolated, modeled and compensated ... -
Robust Control of Series Active Power Filters for Power Quality Enhancement in Distribution Grids: Simulation and Experimental Validation
(2020-07-22)This paper presents a simulation study and an experimental implementation of a single-phase Series Active Power Filter (SAPF) for the mitigation of harmonics in the load voltage. The aim is to regulate the injection voltage ...