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A Framework for Modelling Local Human-Robot Interactions Based on Unsupervised Learning

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Social Robotics (ICSR 2016)

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This paper addresses the problem of teaching a robot interaction behaviors using the imitation learning paradigm. Particularly, the approach makes use of Gaussian Mixture Models (GMMs) to model the physical interaction of the robot and the person when the robot is teleoperated or guided by an expert. The learned models are integrated into a sample-based planner, an RRT*, at two levels: as a cost function in order to plan trajectories considering behavior constraints, and as configuration space sampling bias to discard samples with low cost according to the behaviors. The algorithm is successfully tested in the laboratory using an actual robot and real trajectories examples provided by an expert.

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  1. School of Engineering, Universidad Pablo de Olavide, Crta. Utrera km 1, Seville, Spain

    Rafael Ramón-Vigo, Noé Pérez-Higueras & Luis Merino

  2. Department of System Engineering and Automation, University of Seville, Camino de Los Descubrimientos, s/n, Seville, Spain

    Fernando Caballero

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    John-John Cabibihan

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  4. Department of Systems Engineering and Automation, University Carlos III de Madrid, madrid, Spain

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Ramón-Vigo, R., Pérez-Higueras, N., Caballero, F., Merino, L. (2016). A Framework for Modelling Local Human-Robot Interactions Based on Unsupervised Learning. In: Agah, A., Cabibihan, JJ., Howard, A., Salichs, M., He, H. (eds) Social Robotics. ICSR 2016. Lecture Notes in Computer Science(), vol 9979. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-47437-3_4

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