Learning of gestures by imitation in a humanoid robot

Imitation and Social Learning in Robots, Humans and Animals: Behavioural, Social and Communicative Dimensions

Volumn , Issue , 2007, Pages 153-178

  Calinon, Sylvain ^a   Billard, Aude ^a  

^a EPFL   (Switzerland)

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EID: 84927100227     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.1017/CBO9780511489808.012     Document Type: Chapter

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