Computational human-robot interaction

A Thomaz, G Hoffman, M Cakmak - Foundations and Trends® …, 2016 - nowpublishers.com
We present a systematic survey of computational research in humanrobot interaction (HRI)
over the past decade. Computational HRI is the subset of the field that is specifically …

[PDF][PDF] Learning from demonstration (programming by demonstration)

S Calinon - Encyclopedia of robotics, 2018 - idiap.ch
Learning from demonstration (LfD), also called Programming by demonstration (PbD), refers
to the process used to transfer new skills to a machine by relying on demonstrations from a …

The effects of a robot's performance on human teachers for learning from demonstration tasks

E Hedlund, M Johnson, M Gombolay - Proceedings of the 2021 ACM …, 2021 - dl.acm.org
Learning from Demonstration (LfD) algorithms seek to enable end-users to teach robots new
skills through human demonstration of a task. Previous studies have analyzed how robot …

Why robots should be social: Enhancing machine learning through social human-robot interaction

J De Greeff, T Belpaeme - PLoS one, 2015 - journals.plos.org
Social learning is a powerful method for cultural propagation of knowledge and skills relying
on a complex interplay of learning strategies, social ecology and the human propensity for …

Towards grounding concepts for transfer in goal learning from demonstration

C Chao, M Cakmak, AL Thomaz - 2011 IEEE International …, 2011 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
We aim to build robots that frame the task learning problem as goal inference so that they
are natural to teach and meet people's expectations for a learning partner. The focus of this …

Discovering task constraints through observation and active learning

B Hayes, B Scassellati - 2014 IEEE/RSJ International …, 2014 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
Effective robot collaborators that work with humans require an understanding of the
underlying constraint network of any joint task to be performed. Discovering this network …

Machine learning for interactive systems and robots: a brief introduction

H Cuayáhuitl, M Van Otterlo, N Dethlefs… - Proceedings of the 2nd …, 2013 - dl.acm.org
Research on interactive systems and robots, ie interactive machines that perceive, act and
communicate, has applied a multitude of different machine learning frameworks in recent …

Interactive teaching and experience extraction for learning about objects and robot activities

GH Lim, M Oliveira, V Mokhtari… - The 23rd IEEE …, 2014 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
Intelligent service robots should be able to improve their knowledge from accumulated
experiences through continuous interaction with the environment, and in particular with …

Augmented reinforcement learning for interaction with non-expert humans in agent domains

M Sridharan - 2011 10th International Conference on Machine …, 2011 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
In application domains characterized by dynamic changes and non-deterministic action
outcomes, it is frequently difficult for agents or robots to operate without any human …

A taxonomy for characterizing modes of interactions in goal-driven, human-robot teams

P Parashar, LM Sanneman, JA Shah… - 2019 IEEE/RSJ …, 2019 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
As robots and other autonomous agents are increasingly incorporated into complex
domains, characterizing interaction within heterogeneous teams that include both humans …