Title
Using Humanoid Robots to Study Human Behavior
Abstract
This team is working on easier ways to program behavior in humanoid robots, and potentially in other machines and computer systems, based on how we "program" behavior in our fellow human beings. Their current robot is DB, a hydraulic anthropomorphic robot with legs, arms (with palms but no fingers), a jointed torso, and a head. It has 30 degrees of freedom: three in the neck, two in each eye, seven in each arm, three in each leg, and three in the trunk. The robot is currently mounted at the pelvis so the researchers can focus on upper-body movement and avoid dealing with balance. The work described here discusses trajectory formation and planning, learning from demonstration, oculomotor control, and interactive behaviors. The team has already demonstrated paddling a single ball on a racket, learning a folk dance by observing a human perform it, drumming synchronized to sounds the robot hears (karaoke drumming), juggling three balls, performing a T'ai Chi exercise in contact with a human, and various oculomotor behaviors.
Year
DOI
Venue
2000
10.1109/5254.867912
IEEE Intelligent Systems
Keywords
Field
DocType
various oculomotor behavior,program behavior,fellow human being,hydraulic anthropomorphic robot,humanoid robots,computer system,oculomotor control,interactive behavior,chi exercise,humanoid robot,study human behavior,current robot,behavioural sciences,human behavior,inverse kinematics,path planning
Motion planning,Robot vision,Simulation,Computer science,Learning from demonstration,Oculomotor control,Learning by example,Behavioural sciences,Artificial intelligence,Trajectory,Humanoid robot
Journal
Volume
Issue
ISSN
15
4
1094-7167
Citations 
PageRank 
References 
105
15.49
7
Authors
12
Search Limit
100105
Name
Order
Citations
PageRank
Christopher G. Atkeson15441849.86
Joshua G. Hale213818.86
Frank E. Pollick327438.14
Marcia Riley437437.87
shinya kotosaka510918.04
s schaul610515.49
takashi shibata710515.49
Gaurav Tevatia814823.61
Ales Ude989885.11
Sethu Vijayakumar101465144.22
e kawato1110515.49
Mitsuo Kawato122306447.03