Humanoids2000 - The First IEEE-RAS International Conference on
Humanoid Robots

Humanoids2000 - Papers by First Author's Name

H. Aldridge; W. Bluethmann; R. Ambrose; M. Diftler
NASA Johnson Space Center, Robotics Systems Technology Branch, Houston, TX, USA; Hernandez Engineering Inc., Houston, TX, USA; Metrica Inc., Houston, TX, USA; Lockheed Martin Space Mission Systems and Services, Houston, TX, USA

Control Architecture for the Robonaut Space Humanoid

M. Asada; K. F. MacDorman; Y. Kuniyoshi; H. Ishiguro
Adaptive Machine Systems, Osaka University, Suita, Japan; Department of Systems and Human Science, Osaka University, Toyonaka, Japan; Humanoid Interaction Laboratory, ETL, Tsukuba; Computer and Communication Sciences, Wakayama University, Wakayama, Japan

Cognitive Developmental Robotics As a New Paradigm for the Design of Humanoid Robots

F. Asano; M. Yamakita
Department of Control Engineering, Tokyo Institute of Technology; Department of Control and Systems Engineering, Tokyo Institute of Technology, Japan

Extended PVFC with Variable Velocity Fields for Kneed Biped

T. Asfour; K. Berns; R. Dillmann
Institute for Process Control and Robotics, Computer Science Department, University of Karlsruhe and Forschungszentrum Informatik Karlsruhe, Germany

The Humanoid Robot ARMAR: Design and Control

D. Bentivegna; C. G. Atkeson
ATR-International, Information Sciences Division, Kyoto, Japan; College of Computing, Georgia Institute of Technology, GA, USA

Using Primitives in Learning From Observation

A. Billard; M. Mataric
Computer Science Department, University of Southern California, Los Angeles, CA, USA

Learning human arm movements by imitation: Evaluation of a biologically-inspired connectionist architecture

R. Bischoff
Bundeswehr University Munich, The Institute of Measurement Science, Neubiberg, Germany

Towards the Development of ‘Plug-and-Play’ Personal Robots

T. Bräunl
The University of Western Australia, Centre for Intelligent Information Processing Systems (CIIPS), Department of Electrical and Electronic Engineering, Perth, Western Australia

Design of Low-Cost Android Robots

C. Breazeal; L. Aryananda
Artificial Intelligence Laboratory, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, MA, USA

Recognition of Affective Communicative Intent in Robot-Directed Speech

C. Breazeal; A. Edsinger; P. Fitzpatrick; B. Scassellati
Artificial Intelligence Laboratory, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, MA, USA

Social constraints on animate vision

J. W. Brown; D. Bullock; S. Grossberg
Department of Cognitive and Neural Systems, Center for Adaptive Systems, Boston University, Boston, MA, USA; Vanderbilt Vision Research Center, Vanderbilt University, Nashville, TN, USA

Biomimetic Circuits for Automonomously Learning to Selectively Respond to Unexpected Reward Related Events

Caffaz; G. Casalino; G. Cannata; G. Panin; E. Massucco
DIST, University of Genoa, Italy

The DIST-Hand, an Anthropomorphic, Fully Sensorized Dexterous Gripper

C. Campbell
Department of Engineering Mathematics, Bristol University, Bristol, UK

Machine Learning Strategies for Complex Tasks

G. Cheng; A. Nagakubo; Y. Kuniyoshi
Humanoid Interaction Laboratory, Intelligent Systems Division, Electrotechnical Laboratory, Ibariki, Tsukuba, Japan

Continuous Humanoid Interaction: An Integrated Perspective - Gaining Adaptivity, Redundancy, Flexibility - in one

J. Coelho; J. Piater; R. Grupen
Laboratory for Perceptual Robotics, Department of Computer Science, University of Massachusetts, Amherst, MA, USA

Developing Haptic and Visual Perceptual Categories for Reaching and Grasping with a Humanoid Robot

A. Fod; M. Mataric; O. C. Jenkins
Computer Science Department, University of Southern California, Los Angeles, CA, USA

Automated Extraction of Primitives for Movement Classification

M. Folgheraiter; G. Gini
DEI, Politecnico di Milano, Milano, Italy

Blackfingers: An Artificial Hand that Copies Human Hand on Structure, Size, and Functions

R. L. B. French; R. I. Damper; T. W. Scutt
Image, Speech and Intelligent Systems Research Group, Department of Electronics and Computer Science, University of Southampton, UK; Core Design Ltd., Derby, UK

The Hi-NOON Neural Simulator and its Applications to Animal, Animat and Humanoid Studies

T. Furuta; Y. Okomura; K. Tomiyama
Eng. Systems Lab., Aoyama Gakuin University, Tokyo, Japan

Design and Construction of a Series of Compact Humanoid Robots and Development of Biped Walk Control Strategies

S. F. Giszter; K. A. Moxon; I. A. Rybak; J. K. Chapin
Department of Neurobiology and Anatomy, MCPHU School of Medicine, Philadelphia, PA, USA; School of Biomedical Engineering, Science and Health Systems, Drexel University, Philadelphia, PA, USA; Dept. Physiology, Health Science Center, SUNY Downstate, Brooklyn, NY, USA

Neurobiological and neurorobotic approaches to a control architecture for a humanoid motor system

J. H. Graham
Intelligent Systems Laboratory, Computer Engineering and Computer Science Dept., University of Louisville, Louisville, KY, USA

Safety Considerations for Humanoid Robots

J. G. Hale; F. E. Pollick
Human Information Processing Labs, ATR International; Dept. of Computer Science, University of Glasgow; Dept. of Psychology, University of Glasgow, Scotland, UK

Playing "Sticky Hands" With A Humanoid Robot

S. Hashimoto; S. Narita; H. Kasahara; K. Shirai; T. Kobayashi; A. Takanishi; S. Sugano; J. Yamaguchi; H. Sawada; H. Takanobu; K. Shibuya; T. Morita; T. Kurata; N. Onoe; K. Ouchi; T. Noguchi; Y. Niwa; S. Nagayama; ; H. Tabayashi; I. Matsui; M. Obata; H. Matsuzaki; A. Murasugi; T. Kobayashi; S. Haruyama; T. Okada; Y. Hidaki; Y. Taguchi; K. Hoashi; E. Morikawa; Y. Iwano; D. Araki; J. Suzuki; M. Yokoyama; I. Dawa; D. Nishino; S. Inoue; T. Hirano; E. Soga; S. Gen; T. Yanada; K. Kato; S. Sakamoto; Y. Ishii; S. Matsuo; Y. Yamamoto; K. Sato; T. Hagiwara; T. Ueda; N. Honda; K. Hashimoto; T. Hanamoto; S. Kayaba; T. Kojima, H. Iwata; H. Kubodera; R. Matsuki; T. Nakajima; K. Nitto; D. Yamamoto; Y. Kamizaki; S. Nagaike; Y. Kunitake; S. Morita
Humanoid Research Institute, Waseda University, Tokyo, Japan

Humanoid Robots in Waseda University -- Hadaly-2 and WABIAN

J. Hu; G. Pratt
Artificial Intelligence Laboratory, Massachuetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, MA, USA

Nonlinear Switching control of Bipedal Walking Robots with Provable Stability

J. Huang; M. A. Jabri; O. J.-M. D. Coenen; T. J. Sejnowski
Computer Engineering Laboratory, School of Electrical and Information Engineering, The University of Sidney, Australia; Computational Neurobiology Laboratory, UCSD Biology Dept., Physics Dept.; Howard Hughes Medical Institute, The Salk Institute, La Jolla, CA, USA; Oregon Graduate Institute of Science & Technology, Electrical and Computer Engineering Department, Beaverton, OR, USA

Models of Basal Ganglia and Cerebellum for Sensorimotor Integration and Predictive control

H. Inoue; S. Tachi; K. Tanie; K.Yokoi; S. Hirai; H. Hirukawa; K. Hirai; S. Nakayama; K. Sawada; T. Nishiyama; O. Miki; T. Itoko; H. Inaba; M. Sudo
University of Tokyo; Mechanical Engineering Laboratory, AIST, MITI; Electrotechnical Laboratory, AIST, MITI; Honda R & D Co. Ltd. Wako Research Center; Advanced Technology Research Laboratory, Matsushita Electric Works Ltd.; Electronic and Control Technology Development Center, Kawasaki Heavy Industries, Ltd; Fanuc, Ltd., Japan

HRP: Humanoid Robotics Project of MITI

H. Iwata; H. Hoshino; T. Morita; S. Sugano
Department of Mechanical Engineering, Waseda University, Tokyo, Japan

Human Robot Physical Interaction Utilizing Force Detectable Tactile Covers

O. C. Jenkins; M. J. Mataric; S. Weber
Comp. Science Dept., University of Southern California, Los Angeles, CA, USA

Primitive-Based Movement Classification for Humanoid Imitation

B. Jia; N. Ohnishi
Bio-Mimetic Control Research Center, RIKEN, Nagoya, Japan

A Real-time Binocular Tracking System

S. Kagami; K. Nishiwaki; T. Kitagawa; T. Sugihara; M. Inaba; H. Inoue
Dept. of Mechano-Informatics, University of Tokyo, Japan

A Fast Generation Method of Dynamically Stable Humanoid Robot Trajectory with Enhanced ZMP Constraint

F. Kanehiro; M. Inaba; H. Inoue; S. Hirai
Electrotechnical Laboratory, Tsukuba, Ibaraki, Japan; Dept. of Mechano-Informatics, University of Tokyo, Tokyo, Japan

Developmental Realization of Whole-Body Humanoid Behaviors Based on StateNet Architecture Containing Error Recovery Functions

S. Kawaji; K. Ogasawara
Graduate School of Science and Technology, Kumamoto University, Kumamoto, Japan

Rhythm-based Locomotion Control for Biped Robots

K. Kawamura; A. Alford; K. Hambuchen; M. Wilkes
Center for Intelligent Systems, Vanderbilt University, Nashville, TN, USA

Towards a Unified Framework for Human-Humanoid Interaction

J. Kuffner, Jr.; S. Kagami; M. Inaba; H. Inoue
Dept. of Mechano-Informatics, University of Tokyo, Japan

Dynamically-stable Motion Planning for Humanoid Robots

A. L. Kun; W. T. Miller III
University of New Hampshire, ECE Department, Kingsbury Hall, Durham, NH, USA

The Design Process of the Unified Walking Controller for the UNH Biped

C. Laschi; P. Dario; M. C. Carrozza; E. Guglielmelli; G. Teti; D. Taddeucci; F. Leoni; B. Massa; M. Zecca; R. Lazzarini
Scuola Superiore Sant' Anna, Pisa, Italy; Centro INAIL RTR, Viareggio, Italy

Grasping and Manipulation in Humanoid Robotics

H. Lim; A. Takanishi
Department of System Design Engineering, Kanagawa Institute of Technology, Kanagawa, Japan; Department of Mechanical Engineering, Waseda University, Tokyo, Japan; Humanoid Research Institute, Waseda University, Tokyo, Japan

A Biped Humanoid Robot for Human-robot Coexistence

O. Lorch; J. Denk; J. F. Seara; M. Buss; F. Freyberger; G. Schmidt
Institute of Automatic Control Engineering, Technische Universität München, Germany

ViGWaM - An Emulation Environment for a Vision Guided Virtual Walking Machine

T. Lourens; K. Nakadai; H. G. Okuno; H. Kitano
Kitano Symbiotic System Project, ERATO, Tokyo; Japan Science and Technology Corporation, Tokyo, Japan

Selective Attention by Integration of Vision and Audition

C. Malcolm
Institute of Perception Action & Behaviour, Division of Informatics, Edinburgh University, Scotland, UK

From COGWHEELS to COGNITION - The knowledgeable Robot

E. Mousset; M. Jabri; S. Carlile; T. Sejnowski
Computer Engineering Laboratory, School of Electrical and Information Engineering, The University of Sydney, Australia; Auditory Neuroscience Laboratory, Department of Physiology, The University of Sydney, Australia; Computational Neurobiology Laboratory, The Salk Institute for Biological Studies, La Jolla, CA, USA

Gaze-Shifting in Humans and Humanoids

S. Nahavandi; A. Z. Kouzani
School of Engineering and Technology, Deakin University, Geelong, Victoria, Australia

Development of a rotary pneumatic muscle-based actuator for anthropomorphic joints

K. Nakadai; H. G. Okuno; T. Laurens; H. Kitano
Kitano Symbiotic Systems Project, ERATO, Japan Science and Technology Corp., Tokyo, Japan; Department of Information Sciences, Science University of Tokyo, Noda, Japan; Sony Computer Science Laboratories, Inc., Shinagawa, Tokyo, Japan

Humanoid Active Audition System

Y. Nakamura; H. Hirukawa; K. Yamane; S. Kajita; K. Yokoi; K. Tanie; M. G. Fujie; A. Takanishi; K. Fujiwara; F. Kanehiro; T. Suehiro; N. Kita; Y. Kita; S. Hirai; F. Nagashima; Y. Murase; M. Inaba; H. Inoue
University of Tokyo; Electrotechnical Laboratory, MITI; Mechanical Engineering Laboratory, MITI; Mechanical Engineering Research Laboratory, Hitachi Ltd.; Waseda University; Fujitsu Laboratories Ltd., Japan

V-HRP: Virtual Humanoid Robot Platform

Y. Nakamura; K. Yamane
Department of Mechano-Informatics, University of Tokyo; CREST, Japan Science and Technology Corporation, Japan

Interactive Motion Generation of Humanoid Robots via Dynamics Filter

T. Ogata; S. Sugano
Department of Mechanical Engineering, Waseda University, Tokyo, Japan

Emotional Communication Robot: WAMOEBA-2R -- Emotion Model and Evaluation Experiments

K. Ogawara; J. Takamatsu; S. Iba; T. Tanuki; H. Kimura; K. Ikeuchi
Institute of Industrial Science, University of Tokyo, Japan; The Robotics Institute, Carnegie Mellon University, Pittsburgh PA, USA; Research Division, Komatsu Ltd. Kanagawa, Japan; University of Electro-Communications, Tokyo, Japan

Acquiring hand-action models in task and behavior levels by a learning robot through observing human demonstrations

D. Paluska; J. Pratt; D. Robinson; G. Pratt
MIT Leg Laboratory, Cambridge, MA, USA

Design of a Humanoid Biped Robot for Walking Research

M. Pomplun; M. Mataric;
University of Toronto, Ontario, Canada; Comp. Science Dept., University of Southern California, Los Angeles, CA, USA

Evaluation Metrics and Results of Human Arm Movement Imitation

M. J. E. Richardson; T. Flash
Laboratoire de Physique Statistique, Ecole Normale Superieure, Paris, France; Department of Applied Mathematics, The Weizmann Institute of Science, Rehovot, Israel

On the Emulation of Natural Movements by Humanoid Robots

M. Riley; C. Atkeson
ATR Human Information Processing Research Laboratories, Kyoto, Japan; College of Computing, Georgia Institute of Technology, Atlanta, GA, USA

Robot Catching

B. Scassellati
Artificial Intelligence Lab, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, MA, USA

Theory of Mind for a Humanoid Robot

S. Schaal; S. Kotosaka; D. Sternad
Computer Science and Neuroscience, University of Southern California, Los Angeles CA, USA; Department of Kinesiology, Pennsylvania State University, PA, USA; Kawato Dynamic Brain Project (ERATO/JST) Kyoto, Japan

Nonlinear dynamical systems as movement primitives

C. Schäfer; R. Dillmann
Dpto. de Automatica (DISAM), Universidad Politecnica de Madrid, Madrid, Spain; Inst. for Process Control and Robotics, University of Karlsruhe, Karlsruhe, Germany

Building Bodies for Brains: The Mechatronics of Anthropomorphic Robot Arms

M. Shimizu; T. Furuta; K. Tomiyama
Aoyama Gakuin University, Tokyo, Japan

An Autonomous Behaviour Generation Architecture for Humanoids

K.-T. Song; Y.-H. Chen
Department of Electrical and Control Engineering, National Chiao Tung University, Hsinchu,Taiwan, R.O.C

Robot control in dynamic environments using a fuzzy clustering network

A. Stoica
Jet Propulsion Laboratory, Pasadena, CA, USA

Robot Fostering Techniques for Sensory-Motor Development of Humanoid Robots

H. Sugiuchi; Y. Hasegawa; S. Watanabe; M. Nomoto; H. Yagi
Yokohama National University, Yokohama, Japan; Yamatake Techno-Systems Co., Ltd., Yokohama, Japan; The University of Tokyo, Tokyo, Japan; United Systems Engineers Inc., Shiojiri Nagano, Japan

A Task Description System for Multi-Fingered Robotic Hand with Distributed Touch Sensor

M. Tada; M. Imai; T. Ogasawara
Graduate School of Information Science, Nara Institute of Science and Technology, Nara, Japan

Development of Simultaneous Measurement System of Incipient Slip and Grip/Load Force

D. Taddeucci; P. Gorce; Y. Burnod; J. Lopez-Coronado; J. L. Pedreño-Molina; A. Guerrero-González; C. Laschi; P. Dario
Scuola Superiore Sant' Anna, Pisa, Italy; U483 INSERM, Universite Pierre et Marie Curie, Paris, France; Universidad Politecnica de Cartagena, Spain

SYNERAGH, a European Project on Anthropomorphic Grasping and Handling for Humanoid Robots

H. Takanobu; E. Guglielmelli; H. Tabayashi; S. Narita; A. Takanishi; P. Dario
Department of Mechanical Engineering, Waseda University, Tokyo, Japan; ARTS Lab (Advanced Technology and Systems Laboratory), Scuola Superiore Sant' Anna, Italy; Humanoid Robotics Institute, Waseda University, Tokyo, Japan

Waseda-SSSA Joint Research for Human and Humanoid Robot Interaction

A. Ude; C. Man; M. Riley; C. G. Atkeson
ATR-I Information Sciences Division, Kyoto, Japan; College of Computing, Georgia Institute of Technology, Atlanta, GA, USA

Automatic Generation of Kinematic Models for the Conversion of Human Motion Capture Data into Humanoid Robot Motion

E. Vatikiotis-Bateson; C. Kroos; T. Kuratate; K. G. Munhall; P. Rubin; H. C. Yehia
ATR-I Information Sciences Division, Kyoto, Japan; Psychology Dept., Queens University, Kingston, Ontario, Canada; Haskins Laboratories and Yale University School of Medicine, New Haven, CT, USA; Dept. Engenharia Electronica, UFMG, Belo Horizonte, Brazil

Building Talking Heads: Production Based Synthesis of Audiovisual Speech

S. Vijayakumar; S. Schaal
Computer Science & Neuroscience and Kawato Dynamic Brain Project, University of Southern Calif., Los Angeles, CA, USA

Real Time Learning in Humanoids: A challenge for scalability of online algorithms

J. A. Waskan
Philosophy Department, William Paterson University, Wayne, NJ, USA

A Virtual Solution to the Frame Problem

J. Weng; W. S. Hwang; Y. Zhang; C. Yang; R. J. Smith
Department of Computer Science and Engineering, Michigan State University, East Lansing, MI, USA

Developmental Humanoids: Humanoids that Develop Skills Automatically

F. Yamasaki; T. Matsui; T. Miyashita; H. Kitano
Kitano Symbiotic Systems Project, ERATO, Japan Science and Technology Corporation, Tokyo, Japan

PINO - The Humanoid that Walks

X. Yin; M. Xie
Robotic Research Center, School of Mechanical and Production Engineering, Nanyang Technological University, Singapore

Finger Identification in Hand Gesture Based Human-Robot Interaction

C. Zhou
Department of Electrical and Electronical Engineering, Singapore Polytechnic, Singapore

Linguistic and Numeral Heterogenous Data Integration with Reinforcement Learning for Humanoid Robots


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