3 accepted papers
Programming by Demonstration (PbD) lets users with little technical background program a wide variety of manipulation tasks for robots, but it should be as intuitive as possible for users while requiring as little time as possible. In this paper, we present a Programming by Demonstration system that…
This paper presents findings from two deployments of an autonomous mobile robot in older adult low income Supportive Apartment Living (SAL) facilities. Design guidelines for the robot hardware and software were based on query of clinicians, caregivers and older adults through focus groups, member ch…
Programming robots to do manipulation tasks requires users to specify relevant perceptual landmarks, which include objects, parts of objects, or parts of the workspace. While many techniques have been developed for object detection, few are designed to detect arbitrary parts of objects or of the wor…