On-Line Learning of the Visuomotor Transformations on a Humanoid Robot
AbstractIn infant primates, the combination of looking and reaching to the same target is used to establish an implicit sensorimotor representation of the peripersonal space. This representation is...
View ArticlePhysical Interaction: The Contribution of Tactile Sensors
AbstractTouch is the ability to sense at the finger-object level [71]. It is known that there are about 17000 mechanoreceptors distributed along the fingers and the palm of the human hand, which...
View ArticleA Framework for Sensor-Based Physical Interaction
AbstractThe grasp and the task are two actions closely related. A grasp is always performed with a purpose in mind, and the execution of a task requires a suitable task-oriented grasp in most of the...
View ArticleIntroduction
AbstractAccording to the World Robotics 2011 report [79], up to the end of 2014, more than 14 million service robots will populate the world. A service robot is a robot which operates partially of...
View ArticleConclusions
AbstractThis chapter concludes the book, by remarking the main achievements of our research, and mentioning a number of future lines that have not been addressed throughout the document.
View ArticlePhysical Interaction: When Only Force Is Available
AbstractForce feedback represents a fundamental requirement for the success of any task that involves physical interaction with the environment. When combined with the touch sense, dexterous...
View ArticleModeling the user acceptance of long-term evolution (LTE) services
AbstractWith an integrated framework, this paper aims to analyze user perception and acceptance toward long-term evolution (LTE) services, focusing on factors that may influence the intention to use....
View ArticleTechnology Acceptance Model for the Use of Tablet PCs
AbstractTablet personal computers (tablet PCs) are popular electronic devices worldwide. They influence many aspects of our social lives. Compared with laptop computers, tablet PCs feature...
View ArticleAnimal Social Behaviour: A Visual Analysis
AbstractSocial activities are among the most striking of animal behaviours, providing knowledge about their intelligence, cognition and evolution. However, their observation in the field can be...
View ArticleThe Robot Programming Network
AbstractThe Robot Programming Network (RPN) is an initiative for creating a network of robotics education laboratories with remote programming capabilities. It consists of both online open course...
View ArticleAn Ever-Developing Research Framework
AbstractThis chapter presents a number of issues and developments related to possible extensions of the model in Chaps. 4, 5 and 6. Some aspects are controversial and need additional neuroscience data...
View ArticleExtraction of Grasp-Related Visual Features
AbstractThis chapter describes how we model the integration of on-line, action-oriented visual information (dorsal pathway) with knowledge about the target object and memories of previous grasping...
View ArticleIntelligent Robotic Grasping?
AbstractMutual interest between the fields of robotics and cognitive sciences has been steadily growing in the recent years, especially through the bridging of artificial intelligence research....
View ArticleVisuomotor Transformations for Grasp Planning and Execution
AbstractThis chapter deals with the tasks of transforming object properties, relevant for grasping purposes, into suitable hand configurations, and executing an appropriate grasping action on the...
View ArticleVision-Based Grasping, Where Robotics Meets Neuroscience
AbstractThis chapter describes how we model the integration of on-line, action-oriented visual information (dorsal pathway) with knowledge about the target object and memories of previous grasping...
View ArticleThe Neuroscience of Action and Perception
AbstractThe visual cortex of humans and other primates is composed of two main information pathways, called ventral stream and dorsal stream in relation to their location in the brain. The traditional...
View ArticleIntroduction
AbstractThis book introduces a full framework of the sequence of sensorimotor transformations required to plan and execute hand movements suitable to grasp nearby objects. Present day research on...
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