Robots that imitate humans

Trends in Cognitive Sciences

Volumn 6, Issue 11, 2002, Pages 481-487

  Breazeal, Cynthia ^a   Scassellati, Brian ^b  

^a MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^b Yale University   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ROBOT LEARNING; ROBOTS; SENSORY PERCEPTION;

HUMANOIDS;

ROBOTICS;

ATTENTION; METHODOLOGY; MOVEMENT PERCEPTION; PERCEPTION; REVIEW; ROBOTICS; SOCIAL ASPECT; TASK PERFORMANCE;

EID: 0036850702     PISSN: 13646613     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1364-6613(02)02016-8     Document Type: Review

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