Social Robotics: Second International Conference on Social Robotics, ICSR 2010, Singapore, November 23-24, 2010. Proceedings

Front Matter....Pages -
A Multimodal Human-Robot-Dialog Applying Emotional Feedbacks....Pages 1-10
Pseudo Swarm Implementation Using Robotic Agents and Graphical Simulation....Pages 11-19
User Identification for Healthcare Service Robots: Multidisciplinary Design for Implementation of Interactive Services....Pages 20-29
Using a Social Robot as a Gaming Platform....Pages 30-39
Robotic Platform: A XML-Based Extensible Robot Intelligence Architecture (XRIA)....Pages 40-49
Socializing with Olivia, the Youngest Robot Receptionist Outside the Lab....Pages 50-62
Minimal Set of Recognizable Gestures for a 10 DOF Anthropomorphic Robot....Pages 63-70
STB: Intentional Stance Grounded Child-Dependent Robot....Pages 71-80
Using the Interaction Rhythm as a Natural Reinforcement Signal for Social Robots: A Matter of Belief....Pages 81-89
Case Study of a Multi-robot Healthcare System: Effects of Docking and Metaphor on Persuasion....Pages 90-99
State Representation with Perceptual Constancy Based on Active Motion....Pages 100-109
Selection of Actions for an Autonomous Social Robot....Pages 110-119
On Internal Knowledge Representation for Programming Mobile Robots by Demonstration....Pages 120-130
A Software Framework for Multi Player Robot Games....Pages 131-140
A Behavior Adaptation Method for an Elderly Companion Robot-—Rui....Pages 141-150
An Adaptive Information System for an Empathic Robot Using EEG Data....Pages 151-160
Mind Robotic Rehabilitation Based on Motor Imagery Brain Computer Interface....Pages 161-171
COSA Finger: A Coupled and Self-Adaptive Under-actuated Unit for Humanoid Robotic Hand....Pages 172-181
A Humanoid Robot Upper Limb System with Anthropomorphic Robot Hand: GCUA Hand II....Pages 182-191
Improving Positioning Accuracy of Robotic Systems by Using Environmental Support Constraints – A New Bionic Approach....Pages 192-201
Nonlinear Control of a Robot Manipulator with Time-Varying Uncertainties....Pages 202-211
Adaptive Motion Synchronization of Bilateral Teleoperation Systems with Time-Varying Communication Delays....Pages 212-221
Design of Robot Assisted Observation System for Therapy and Education of Children with Autism....Pages 222-231
Study on an Assistive Robot for Improving Imitation Skill of Children with Autism....Pages 232-242
Developing Play Scenarios for Tactile Interaction with a Humanoid Robot: A Case Study Exploration with Children with Autism....Pages 243-252
Development of PARO Interventions for Dementia Patients in Dutch Psycho-geriatric Care....Pages 253-258
Short Term Effect Evaluation of IROMEC Involved Therapy for Children with Intellectual Disabilities....Pages 259-264
Adaptive Robot Design with Hand and Face Tracking for Use in Autism Therapy....Pages 265-274
Selecting When Acting: How Human Perception Is Tuned to Action Goals and How Robotics Can Benefit from That....Pages 275-284
The Evaluation of Empathy, Autonomy and Touch to Inform the Design of an Environmental Monitoring Robot....Pages 285-294
Attention Determination for Social Robots Using Salient Region Detection....Pages 295-304
Bimodal Emotion Recognition....Pages 305-314
Objective Evaluation of Spatial Information Acquisition Using a Visuo-tactile Sensory Substitution Device....Pages 315-324
Can I Help You?....Pages 325-334
A Persuasive Robotic Agent to Save Energy: The Influence of Social Feedback, Feedback Valence and Task Similarity on Energy Conservation Behavior....Pages 335-344
Understanding Communication Patterns for Designing Robot Receptionist....Pages 345-354
Do Social Robots Walk or Roll?....Pages 355-361
Synthetic Skins with Humanlike Warmth....Pages 362-371
Entrainment of Pointing Gestures by Robot Motion....Pages 372-381
Emo-dramatic Robotic Stewards....Pages 382-391
Fusion and Self-adaptation of Color and Gradient Based Models for Object Detection and Localization in Applications of Service Robots....Pages 392-400
Development of Robotic Arm Rehabilitation Machine with Biofeedback That Addresses the Question on Filipino Elderly Patient Motivation....Pages 401-409
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