CHARLIE: An adaptive robot design with hand and face tracking for use in autism therapy

International Journal of Social Robotics

Volumn 3, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 337-347

  Boccanfuso, Laura ^a   O'Kane, Jason M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH CAROLINA   (United States)

Author keywords

Adaptive robotics; Hand detection; Hand tracking; Human robot interaction

Indexed keywords

AGRICULTURAL ROBOTS; COMPUTER GAMES; DEGREES OF FREEDOM (MECHANICS); FACE RECOGNITION; HUMAN ROBOT INTERACTION; MACHINE DESIGN; MAN MACHINE SYSTEMS; PALMPRINT RECOGNITION; REMOTE CONTROL; SOCIAL ROBOTS;

EFFECTIVE COMMUNICATION; ENTERTAINMENT COMPUTING; HAND AND FACE TRACKING; HAND DETECTION; HAND TRACKING; NON-VERBAL COMMUNICATIONS; SOCIAL INTERACTIONS; TWO DEGREES OF FREEDOM;

ECONOMIC AND SOCIAL EFFECTS;

EID: 84857583855     PISSN: 18754791     EISSN: 18754805     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s12369-011-0110-2     Document Type: Article

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