Embodied Proactive Human Interface "PICO-2"

Author

Kurazume, Ryo ; Omasa, Hiroaki ; Uchida, Seiichi ; Taniguchi, Rinichiro ; Hasegawa, Tsutomu

Author_Institution

Kyushu Univ., Fukuoka

Volume

2

fYear

0

fDate

0-0 0

Firstpage

1233

Lastpage

1237

Abstract

We are conducting research on "embodied proactive human interface". The aim of this research is to develop a new human-friendly active interface based on two key technologies, an estimation mechanism of human intention for supporting natural communication named "proactive interface", and a tangible device using robot technology This paper introduces the humanoid-type two-legged robot named "PICO-2 ", which was developed as a tangible telecommunication device for the proactive human interface. In order to achieve the embodied telecommunication with PICO-2, we propose new tracking technique of human gestures using a monocular video camera mounted on PICO-2, and natural gesture reproduction by PICO-2 which absorbs the difference of body structure between the user and the robot

Keywords

gesture recognition; humanoid robots; legged locomotion; video cameras; PICO-2; embodied proactive human interface; human gesture; human-friendly active interface; humanoid-type two-legged robot; monocular video camera; natural gesture reproduction; robot technology; tangible telecommunication device; tracking technique; Cameras; Computer aided instruction; Computer displays; Computer interfaces; Humanoid robots; Humans; Motion estimation; Planing; Robot sensing systems; Robot vision systems;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Pattern Recognition, 2006. ICPR 2006. 18th International Conference on

Conference_Location

Hong Kong

ISSN

1051-4651

Print_ISBN

0-7695-2521-0

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/ICPR.2006.488

Filename

1699432