Computational analysis of motionese toward scaffolding robot action learning

IEEE Transactions on Autonomous Mental Development

Volumn 1, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 44-54

  Nagai, Yukie ^a   Rohlfing, Katharina J ^a  

^a BIELEFELD UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

Author keywords

Bottom up visual attention; Motionese; Parental scaffolding; Robot action learning

Indexed keywords

BODY MOVEMENTS; BOTTOM-UP ATTENTION; BOTTOM-UP VISUAL ATTENTION; COMPUTATIONAL ANALYSIS; FINAL STATE; MOTIONESE; PARENTAL SCAFFOLDING; ROBOT ACTION LEARNING; ROBOT ACTIONS; SOCIAL SIGNALS;

EDUCATION;

ROBOTS;

EID: 76249095334     PISSN: 19430604     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/TAMD.2009.2021090     Document Type: Article

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