3 accepted papers
For many robotic tasks, particularly those of service robots operating in human environments, the scope of object detection needs is greater than the available data. Either public datasets do not contain the entire set of objects needed for the task, and/or it is a commercial application that cannot…
The ability to hand objects to users is a key skill for service robots. While the main purpose of a handover action is to successfully transfer an object to the user, it is also relevant that the robot takes the user's preferences into consideration when deciding which handover strategy to use. In a…
Spatial affordance can be defined as the functionality a space, or place, lends to human activity. Different places afford different activity possibilities - sleeping is mostly done in the bedroom, and cooking is mostly done in the kitchen. Semantic place labels like kitchen and bedroom, therefore,…