The terminology to describe so called social robots is not consistent across literature but depends on the particular research emphasis. Robots are often described as “socially evocative“, “socially situated“, “sociable”,…
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Abstract Pictures serve as a memory of situations and experiences that people make. This project places a smartphone in the hands of the humanoid robot Romeo and transfers the act…
This project places a smartphone in the hands of the humanoid robot Romeo and transfers the act of taking a picture to a robot. The robot is no longer the…
Humanoid robots know different states in terms of remaining battery reserve, the temperature of their joints or the strength of the WIFI signal. These conditions are essential for robot to function properly.This…
This report summarizes a group project work for the course “Basics in Human-Robot Interaction ” by Martin Hammerschmid, Maximilian Lehr, Benjamin Stangl, Constantin Walcher in the winter semester 2014/2015. It describes…
Anthropomorphizing the robot ever more by letting it learn a handshake. But an uncanny valley of gestures is opening. The robot’s wrist has utterly different motor functionality opposed to humans.…