Cognitive map architecture: Facilitation of human - Robot interaction in humanoid robots

IEEE Robotics and Automation Magazine

Volumn 16, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 55-66

  Ng Thow Hing, Victor ^a   Thorisson, Kristinn R ^b   Sarvadevabhatla, Ravi Kiran ^a   Wormer, Joel A ^a   List, Thor ^c  

^a Honda R&D Americas Inc   (United States)

^b Center for Analysis and Design of Intelligent Agents   (Iceland)

^c UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Cognitive Map; Communication middleware; Humanoid robots; Robot architecture

Indexed keywords

ALTERNATIVE APPROACHES; COGNITIVE MAP; COMMUNICATION INTERFACES; COMMUNICATION MIDDLEWARE; EXISTING SYSTEMS; HONDA MOTOR CO.; HUMAN-ROBOT INTERACTIONS; HUMANOID ROBOTS; HYBRID ROBOTS; LEGACY CODES; LOOSE COUPLINGS; MATRIXES; MEMORY CARDS; MULTI-COMPONENT SYSTEMS; MULTI-MODAL COMMUNICATIONS; ROBOT ARCHITECTURE; RUN-TIME;

APPLICATION PROGRAMMING INTERFACES (API); APPLICATIONS; ARCHITECTURE; COMMUNICATION; CONFORMAL MAPPING; HUMAN COMPUTER INTERACTION; INTELLIGENT ROBOTS; LEGACY SYSTEMS; MAN MACHINE SYSTEMS; MIDDLEWARE;

ROBOTICS;

EID: 64049090032     PISSN: 10709932     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/MRA.2008.931634     Document Type: Article

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