Human robot interaction by understanding upper body gestures

• Main Authors: Xiao, Yang, Zhang, Zhijun, Beck, Aryel, Yuan, Junsong, Thalmann, Daniel
• Other Authors: School of Electrical and Electronic Engineering
• Format: Article
• Language: English
• Published: 2014
• Subjects: DRNTU::Engineering::Mechanical engineering::Robots
• Online Access: https://hdl.handle.net/10356/100584; http://hdl.handle.net/10220/24134
• Institution: Nanyang Technological University

In this paper, a human–robot interaction system based on a novel combination of sensors is proposed. It allows one person to interact with a humanoid social robot using natural body language. The robot understands the meaning of human upper body gestures and expresses itself by using a combination o...