Search for dissertations about: "humanoid robotics"
Showing result 1 - 5 of 6 swedish dissertations containing the words humanoid robotics.
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1. Embodying Politeness in Persuasive Humanoid Agents for Small Group Scenarios
Abstract : In both physical and virtual environments, small group interactions significantly shape our social experiences. Understanding and replicating situated group interactions with virtual agents or physical robots pose possibilities and challenges. READ MORE
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2. Visual Attention in Active Vision Systems : Attending, Classifying and Manipulating Objects
Abstract : This thesis has presented a computational model for the combination of bottom-up and top-down attentional mechanisms. Furthermore, the use for this model has been demonstrated in a variety of applications of machine and robotic vision. READ MORE
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3. Evolutionary Humanoids for Embodied Artificial Intelligence
Abstract : The work presented in this thesis aims at investigating the potential of a proposed methodology to create a cognitive control architecture for a humanoid robot. This architecture comprises three hierarchical layers: the reactive layer, the model building layer, and the reasoning layer. READ MORE
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4. Applications of the Virtual Holonomic Constraints Approach : Analysis of Human Motor Patterns and Passive Walking Gaits
Abstract : In the field of robotics there is a great interest in developing strategies and algorithms to reproduce human-like behavior. One can think of human-like machines that may replace humans in hazardous working areas, perform enduring assembly tasks, serve the elderly and handicapped, etc. READ MORE
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5. Grounding Emotion Appraisal in Autonomous Humanoids
Abstract : The work presented in this dissertation investigates the problem for resource management of autonomous robots. Acting under the constraint of limited resources is a necessity for every robot which should perform tasks independent of human control. READ MORE