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Mediating between qualitative and quantitative representations for task-orientated human-robot interaction.

  • Michael Brenner
  • , John Kelleher
  • , Nick Hawes
  • , Jeremy Wyatt

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Abstract

In human-robot interaction (HRI) it is essential that the robot interprets and reacts to a human’s utterances in a manner that reflects their intended meaning. In this paper we present a collection of novel techniques that allow a robot to interpret and execute spoken commands describing manipulation goals involving qualitative spatial constraints (e.g. “put the red ball near the blue cube”). The resulting implemented system integrates computer vision, potential field models of spatial relationships, and action planning to mediate between the continuous real world, and discrete, qualitative representations used for symbolic reasoning.
Original languageEnglish
Title of host publicationIJCAI-07
Subtitle of host publicationProceedings of the Twentieth International Joint Conference on Artificial Intelligence
PublisherAAAI Press
ISBN (Print)9781577352983
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - 1 Jan 2007
Externally publishedYes

Publication series

NameProceedings of IJCAI-07

Keywords

  • human-robot interaction
  • HRI
  • robot
  • utterances
  • intended meaning
  • spoken commands
  • manipulation goals
  • qualitative spatial constraints
  • computer vision
  • potential field models
  • spatial relationships
  • action planning
  • symbolic reasoning

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