The power of prediction : robots that read intentions

• Author(s): Bicho, E. ; Erlhagen, Wolfram ; Sousa, Emanuel ; Louro, Luís ; Meulenbroek, Ruud ; Bekkering, Harold ; Hipólito, Nzoji ; Silva, Eliana Costa e ; Silva, Rui Manuel Gomes ; Ferreira, Flora ; Machado, T. ; Hulstijn, M. ; Maas, Y. ; Bruijn, E. de ; Cuijpers, R. H. ; Norlund, R. Newman ; Schie, H. van
• Date: 2012
• Persistent ID: http://hdl.handle.net/1822/21507
• Origin: RepositóriUM - Universidade do Minho
• Subject(s): Prediction; Intention reading; Goal inference; Error detection; Action understanding; Human-robot collaboration; Human-robot interaction; Human- robot joint action
• Document Type: Conference Object
• Language: English

Description

Humans are experts in cooperating in a smooth and proactive manner. Action and intention understanding are critical components of efficient joint action. In the context of the EU Integrated Project JAST [16] we have developed an anthropomorphic robot endowed with these cognitive capacities. This project and respective robot (ARoS) is the focus of the video. More specifically, the results illustrate crucial cognitive capacities for efficient and successful human-robot collaboration such as goal inference, error detection and anticipatory action selection. Results were considered one of the ICT "success stories"