Maja Matarić — accepted AI-conference papers

2021

Design and Evaluation of a Hair Combing System Using a General-Purpose Robotic Arm

Nathaniel Dennler, Eura Shin, Maja Matarić, Stefanos Nikolaidis

IROS 2021poster

This work introduces an approach for automatic hair combing by a lightweight robot. For people living with limited mobility, dexterity, or chronic fatigue, combing hair is often a difficult task that negatively impacts personal routines. We propose a modular system for enabling general robot manipul…

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2016

Using nonverbal signals to request help during human-robot collaboration

Elizabeth Cha, Maja Matarić

IROS 2016poster

Non-humanoid robots are becoming increasingly utilized for collaborative tasks that rely on each collaborator's ability to effectively convey their mental state while accurately estimating and interpreting their partner's knowledge, intent, and actions. During these tasks, it may be beneficial or ev…

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