Active Vision for Sociable Robots

Abstract

In 1991, Ballard described the implications of having a visual system that could actively position the camera coordinates in response to physical stimuli. In humanoid robotic systems, or in any animate vision system that interacts with people, social dynamics provide additional levels of constraint and provide additional opportunities for processing economy. In this paper, we describe an integrated visual-motor system that has been implemented on a humanoid robot to negotiate the robot's physical constraints, the perceptual needs of the robot's behavioral and motivational systems, and the social implications of motor acts.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Jan 01, 2001
Accession Number
ADA434703

Entities

People

  • Aaron Edsinger
  • Brian Scassellati
  • Cynthia Breazeal
  • Paul Fitzpatrick

Organizations

  • Massachusetts Institute of Technology

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Autonomy

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Artificial Intelligence
  • Body Regions
  • Caregivers
  • Computer Science
  • Computer Vision
  • Computers
  • Control Systems
  • Detection
  • Detectors
  • Electrical Engineering
  • Engineering
  • Eye
  • Eye Movements
  • Motor Skills
  • Object Recognition
  • Operating Systems
  • Visual Perception

Readers

  • Agent-Based Social Robotics and Mobile-Assisted Learning in Virtual Environments.
  • Brain and Cognitive Science; Experimental Psychology; Cognitive Neuroscience
  • Robotics and Automation.

Technology Areas

  • AI & ML
  • AI & ML - Autonomous Systems
  • Autonomy