A Distributed Multi-Modal Sensing Approach for Human Activity Recognition in Real-Time Human-Robot Collaboration
University of Genoa(热那亚大学);The University of Danang–University of Science and Technology(丹江-科学技术大学);Japan Advanced Institute of Science and Technology(日本先进科学研究院)
Valerio Belcamino, Nhat Minh Dinh Le, Quan Khanh Luu, Alessandro Carfì, Van Anh Ho, Fulvio Mastrogiovanni
Human activity recognition (HAR) is fundamental in human-robot collaboration (HRC), enabling robots to respond to and dynamically adapt to human intentions. This paper introduces a HAR system combining a modular data glove equipped with Inertial Measurement Units and a vision-based tactile sensor to capture hand activities in contact with a robot. We tested our activity recognition approach under different conditions, including offline classification of segmented sequences, real-time classification under static conditions, and a realistic HRC scenario. The experimental results show a high accuracy for all the tasks, suggesting that multiple collaborative settings could benefit from this multi-modal approach.
Exploring Human-Robot Collaboration: Analysis of Interaction Modalities in Challenging Tasks
Dalle Molle Institute for Artificial Intelligence (IDSIA), USI-SUPSI(达勒莫勒人工智能研究所(IDSIA));Department of Surgery, Medicine, Dentistry and Morphological Sciences with interest in Transplant, Oncology and Regenerative Medicine, University of Modena and Reggio Emilia(外科、医学、牙科和形态学科学系(关注移植、肿瘤学和再生医学),摩德纳和雷吉奥艾米利亚大学);Department of Sciences and Methods for Engineering (DISMI), University of Modena and Reggio Emilia(工程科学与方法系(DISMI),摩德纳和雷吉奥艾米利亚大学)
Close human-robot interaction (HRI), especially in industrial scenarios, has been vastly investigated for the advantages of combining human and robot skills. For an effective HRI, the validity of currently available human-machine communication media or tools should be questioned, and new communication modalities should be explored. This article proposes a modular architecture allowing human operators to interact with robots through different modalities. In particular, we implemented the architecture to handle gestural and touchscreen input, respectively, using a smartwatch and a tablet. Finall…
Bielefeld University(比勒费尔德大学);Australian Centre for Robotic Vision(澳大利亚机器人视觉中心);Queensland University of Technology(昆士兰科技大学)
This contribution comprises the interplay between a multi-modal variational autoencoder and an environment to a perceived environment, on which an agent can act. Furthermore, we conclude our work with a comparison to curiosity-driven learning.
We present Warp, a hardware platform to support research in approximate computing, sensor energy optimization, and energy-scavenged systems. Warp incorporates 11 state-of-the-art sensor integrated circuits, computation, and an energy-scavenged power supply, all within a miniature system that is just 3.6 cm x 3.3 cm x 0.5 cm. Warp's sensor integrated circuits together contain a total of 21 sensors with a range of precisions and accuracies for measuring eight sensing modalities of acceleration, angular rate, magnetic flux density (compass heading), humidity, atmospheric pressure (elevation), inf…