Time-of-flight (TOF) cameras provide a depth value at each pixel, from which the 3D
structure of the scene can be estimated. This new type of active sensor makes it possible to …

The combination of range sensors with color cameras can be very useful for robot
navigation, semantic perception, manipulation, and telepresence. Several methods of …

This paper proposes a robot that acquires multi-modal information, ie auditory, visual, and
haptic information, fully autonomous way using its embodiment. We also propose an online …

In this paper, we propose a robot that acquires multimodal information, ie visual, auditory,
and haptic information, fully autonomously using its embodiment. We also propose batch …

In this study, we present a visual recognition system that enables a robot to clean a tabletop.
The proposed system comprises object recognition, material recognition and ungraspable …

In general, a good interaction including communication can be achieved when verbal and
non-verbal information such as body movements, gestures, facial expressions, can be …

抄録 There has been many problems in situations surrounding children such as child
neglect, deterioration in the quality of play, etc. We believe that robotic playmates would …

This paper proposes a novel object detection method in which a set of local features inside
the superpixels are extracted from the image under analysis acquired by a 3D visual sensor …

We propose a playmate robot system that can play with a child. Unlike many therapeutic
service robots, our proposed playmate system is implemented as a functionality of the …

In this study, we address the issue on multilevel object recognition. The multilevel object
recognition is object recognition in various levels, that is, simultaneous recognition of its …