Experiments in synthetic psychology for tactile perception in robots: steps towards implementing humanoid robots

Proceedings - IEEE International Conference on Robotics and Automation

Volumn 3, Issue , 1998, Pages 2262-2267

  Taddeucci, Davide ^a   Dario, Paolo ^a  

^a SCUOLA SUPERIORE SANT ANNA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Anthropomorphism; Cognitive robotics; Human robot interaction; Humanoid robots; Intelligent robots; Pediatrics; Psychology; Robot sensing systems; Sensor systems; Tactile sensors

Indexed keywords

ANTHROPOMORPHIC ROBOTS; BEHAVIORAL RESEARCH; COGNITIVE SYSTEMS; INTELLIGENT ROBOTS; NEURAL NETWORKS; PEDIATRICS; REINFORCEMENT LEARNING; ROBOTICS; LEARNING SYSTEMS; SENSOR DATA FUSION; SENSORS;

ANTHROPOMORPHISM; COGNITIVE ROBOTICS; HUMANOID ROBOT; PSYCHOLOGY; ROBOT SENSING SYSTEM; SENSOR SYSTEMS; TACTILE SENSORS;

HUMAN ROBOT INTERACTION; ANTHROPOMORPHIC ROBOTS;

HUMANOID ROBOTS; REINFORCEMENT LEARNING; SYNTHETIC PSYCHOLOGY;

EID: 0031621497     PISSN: 10504729     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1109/ROBOT.1998.680660     Document Type: Conference Paper

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