Multimodal Object Attention System for Cognitive Robots: Human-like Object Perception and Scene Modeling for Intelligent Service Robots - Softcover

Haasch, Axel

Softcover

ISBN 10: 3836499401 ISBN 13: 9783836499408

Publisher: VDM Verlag Dr. Müller, 2008

Synopsis

Robots that are used to support humans in dangerous environments, e.g., in manufacture facilities are established for decades. Now, a new generation of service robots is focus of current research and about to be introduced. These intelligent service robots are intended to support humans in everyday life. Thus, it is imperative for the acceptance of such robots to provide interaction interfaces that we humans are accustomed to in comparison to human-human communication. Consequently, intuitive modalities like gestures or spontaneous speech are needed to teach the robot previously unknown objects and locations. Then, the robot can be entrusted with tasks like, fetch-and-carry orders even without an extensive training of the user. In this context, this work introduces the multimodal Object Attention System which offers a flexible integration of common interaction modalities in combination with state-of-the-art image and speech processing techniques from other research projects.This book targets researchers, students, and interested audience in the field of cognitive robotics.

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About the Author

Axel Haasch passed an apprenticeship as electronics technician at the Deutsche Telekom in 1994. Then, he received the diploma in Applied Computer Science in the Natural Sciences with focus on Physics from Bielefeld University, Germany, in 2003 and the Ph.D. degree (Dr.-Ing.) in 2007. Currently, he is working as software engineer for the Siemens AG.

Edition details

• Publisher: VDM Verlag Dr. Müller
• Publication date: 2008
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 3836499401
• ISBN 13: 9783836499408
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 164