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Adam, George
Technological Educational Institute of Larissa
Larissa, Greece
 
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  Fusion of threshold rules for target detection in wireless sensor networks
Zhu M., Ding S., Wu Q., Brooks R., Rao N., Iyengar S.  ACM Transactions on Sensor Networks 6(2): 1-7, 2010. Type: Article

Zhu et al. present in this research paper an interesting approach to the application of fusion threshold rules for target detection in wireless sensor networks (WSNs). They “propose a binary decision fusion rule that reaches a global...

Jul 16 2010  
  The Epi.q-1 hybrid mobile robot
Quaglia G., Maffiodo D., Franco W., Appendino S., Oderio R.  International Journal of Robotics Research 29(1): 81-91, 2010. Type: Article

The Epi.q-1 is a very interesting small mobile robot. As an adaptable “wheel-legged” hybrid robot, it utilizes a locomotion system that combines the advantages of both wheeled and legged robots, which allows it to move on flat, steep, ...

May 6 2010  
  Robot building for beginners
Cook D.,  Apress, Berkeley, CA, 2010. 600 pp. Type: Book

Basic, practical knowledge on how to build an amateur homemade robot is provided in this book. The robot described and built is battery-powered, autonomous, and about the size of a lunchbox. According to the publisher, “This book is aimed...

May 4 2010  
  An integrated approach to emotional speech and gesture synthesis in humanoid robots
Robbel P., Hoque M., Breazeal C.  AFFINE 2009 (Proceedings of the International Workshop on Affective-Aware Virtual Agents and Social Robots, Boston, MA,  Nov 6, 2009) 1-4, 2009. Type: Proceedings

This paper describes an integrated approach to recognizing and generating affect in a humanoid robot, as it interacts with a human user. Robbel et al. present a method for detecting basic affect signals in the user’s speech input and...

Feb 25 2010  
  Human machine interaction: research results of the MMI program
Lalanne D., Kohlas J.  Springer-Verlag, Berlin, Heidelberg, 2009. Type: Divisible Book

The Hasler Foundation of Switzerland funded a research program that focused on specific subdomains of human-machine interaction, including multimodal interaction, tangible user interfaces, information and scientific visualization, augmented...

Jan 21 2010  
  The art of agent-oriented modeling
Sterling L., Taveter K.,  The MIT Press, Cambridge, MA, 2009. 408 pp. Type: Book

This book covers modeling systems with multiple agents that interact with a diverse collection of hardware and software. In particular, it presents an approach for modeling complex systems of people, devices, and software agents that interact...

Nov 17 2009  
  Unifying perspectives in computational and robot vision (Lecture Notes in Electrical Engineering)
Kragic D., Kyrki V., Kragic D., Kyrki V.,  Springer Publishing Company, Incorporated, 2008. 250 pp. Type: Book

“From Features to Actions: Unifying Perspectives in Computational and Robot Vision” was a workshop organized by the editors at the IEEE International Conference on Robotics and Automation, held in Rome in April 2007. This book is a...

Dec 4 2008  
  Carnegie Mellon’s entertainment technology center: combining the left and right brain
Pausch R., Marinelli D.  Communications of the ACM 50(7): 50-57, 2007. Type: Article

Carnegie Mellon University (CMU) created its Entertainment Technology Center in 1999, to prepare students for the themed and digital and video-game entertainment industries. This paper describes this very interesting innovative course in...

May 30 2008  
  Getting used with groupware: a first class experience
Pumareja T., Sikkel K.  AI & Society 20(2): 189-201, 2006. Type: Article

This paper presents an empirical investigation of long-term use of a groupware system in a spatially and massively distributed network of educators. It is a case study aimed at understanding the impacts of collaboration technology in supporting...

Dec 21 2007  
  Building robot systems to interact with people in real environments
Maxwell B.  Autonomous Robots 22(4): 353-367, 2007. Type: Article

Interacting with people poses a unique challenge for robots. For this reason, the American Association for Artificial Intelligence (AAAI) robot competition has encouraged the development of robots that interact with people through competitions,...

Oct 29 2007  
 
 
 
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