Imitation learning of dual-arm manipulation tasks in humanoid robots

International Journal of Humanoid Robotics

Volumn 5, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 183-202

  Asfour, T ^a   Azad, P ^a   Gyarfas, F ^a   Dillmann, R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF KARLSRUHE   (Germany)

Author keywords

Cognitive behavior; Dual arm manipulation; Hidden Markov models; Human motion capture; Imitation learning

Indexed keywords

COMPUTATIONAL GRAMMARS; INTELLIGENT ROBOTS; LEARNING SYSTEMS; MARKOV PROCESSES; OBJECT RECOGNITION; ROBOTICS; ROBOTS;

ARM MOVEMENTS; COGNITIVE BEHAVIOR; CONTINUOUS HIDDEN MARKOV MODELS; DUAL-ARM MANIPULATION; HUMAN MOTION CAPTURE; HUMAN UPPER BODIES; HUMANOID ROBOTS; IMITATION LEARNING; IMITATION LEARNINGS; JOINT CONFIGURATIONS; KINEMATICS MODELS; MANIPULATION TASKS; PRE-PROCESSING; STATE SEQUENCES;

HIDDEN MARKOV MODELS;

EID: 56349089640     PISSN: 02198436     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1142/S0219843608001431     Document Type: Article

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