Modeling robot "psycho-physical" state and reactions - A new option in human-robot communication part 1: Concept and background

Journal of Intelligent and Robotic Systems: Theory and Applications

Volumn 35, Issue 4, 2002, Pages 339-352

  Potkonjak, Veljko ^a   Radojicic, Jelena ^a   Tzafestas, Spyros ^b  

^a School of Electrical Engineering   (Serbia)

^b NATIONAL TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF ATHENS   (Greece)

Author keywords

Gestural language; Human robot communication; Humanoids; Psycho physical state; Redundancy; Robot fatigue

Indexed keywords

ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE; EXPERT SYSTEMS; HUMAN COMPUTER INTERACTION; REDUNDANCY; SPEECH COMMUNICATION; SPEECH RECOGNITION;

GESTURAL LANGUAGE;

ROBOTICS;

EID: 0036949985     PISSN: 09210296     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1022322131004     Document Type: Article

References (17)

1. Chan, T. F. and Dubey, R. V.: A weighted least-norm solution based scheme for avoiding joint limits for redundant joint manipulators, IEEE Trans. Robotics Automat. 11(2) (1995), 286-292.
2. Cruse, H., Wischmeyer, E., Bruwer, M., Brockfield, P., and Dress, A.: On the cost functions for the control of the human arm movement, Biological Cybernetics 62 (1990), 519-528.
3. Fukuda, T., Michelini, R., Polkonjak, V., Tzafestas, S., Valavanis, K., and Vukobratovic, M.: How far away is "Artificial Mann", IEEE Robotics Automat. Mag. (March 2001), 66-73.
4. Giat, Y, Mizrahi, J., and Levy, M.: A model of fatigue and recovery in paraplegic's quadriceps muscle subjected to intermittent FES, J. Biomechanical Engrg. 118 (August 1996).
5. International Federation of Robotics (IFR), Web site www. ifr. org, and World Robotics 1999: Statistics, Market Analysis, Forecasts, Case Studies and Profitability of Robot Investment, IFR Publications.
6. Jung, E. S., Choe, J., and Kim, S. H.: Psycho-physical cost function of joint movement for arm reach posture prediction, in: Proc. of the Human Factors and Ergonomics Society 38th Annual Meeting, 1994.
7. Liégeois, A.: Automatic supervisory control of the configuration and behavior of multibody mechanisms, IEEE Trans. Systems Man Cybernet. 7(12) (1977), 868-871.
8. Potkonjak, V., Kostic, D., Rasic, M., and Djordjevic, G. S.: Motion in human and machine: A virtual fatigue approach, IEEE Trans. Systems Man Cybernet. Part B: Cybernetics, accepted for publication.
9. Potkonjak, V., Kostic, D., Tzafestas, S., Popovic, M., Lazarevic, M., and Djordjevic, G.: Human-like behavior of robot arms: General considerations and the handwriting task, Part II: The robot arm in handwriting, Robotics CIM 17 (2001), 317-327.
10. Potkonjak, V., and Krstulovic, A.: Contribution to the kinematics and dynamics of redundant robots via distributed positioning, J. Intelligent Robotic Systems 5 (1992), 229-239.
11. Potkonjak, V., and Krstulovic, A.: Part I: Mathematical modeling of a redundant anthropomorphic arm, Part II: Simulation of a redundant anthropomorphic arm, Robotics Autonom. Systems 9(1992), 165-179.
12. Potkonjak, V., Popovic, M., Lazarevic, M., and Sinanovic, J.: Redundancy problem in writing: From human to anthropomorphic robot arm, IEEE Trans. Part B: Cybernetics 28(6) (1998), 790-805.
13. Potkonjak, V., Tzafestas, S., Kostic, D., Djordjevic, G., and Rasic, M.: Man-machine motion analogy in robotics: The handwriting problem, IEEE Robotics Automat. Mag. - Special Issue on Robotics in Bio-Engineering, (accepted for publication).
14. Potkonjak, V., Tzafestas, S., Kostic, D., and Djordjevic, G.: Human-like behavior of robot arms: General considerations and the handwriting task, Part I: Mathematical description of humanlike motion: Distributed positioning and virtual fatigue, Robotics CIM (Elsevier) 17 (2001), 305-315.
15. Potkonjak, V.: Distributed positioning for redundant robotic systems, Robotica 8(1) (1990), 61-76.
16. Sciavicco, L., and Siciliano, B.: Modeling and Control of Robot Manipulators, McGraw-Hill, New York, 1996.
17. Vodovnik, L. and Rebersek, S.: Improvements in voluntary control of paretic muscles due to electrical stimulation, in: Electrical Stimulation as a Rehabilitation Method to Improve Abnormal Locomotion and Manipulation, Final Report, Ljubljana, 1975, pp. 64-78.