Humanoid Robot Interaction Project
This article investigates the possibilities of human-humanoid interaction with robots whose computational power is limited. The project has been carried out during a year of work at the Computer and Robot Vision Laboratory (VisLab), part of the Institute for Systems and Robotics in Lisbon, Portugal.
Communication, the basis of interaction, is simultaneously visual, verbal, and gestural. The robot’s algorithm provides users with natural language communication, allowing them to catch and understand the person’s needs and feelings. The design of the system should, consequently, give it the capability to dialogue with people in a way that makes understanding their needs possible.
The whole experience, to be natural, is independent of the GUI and is used just as an auxiliary instrument. Furthermore, the humanoid can communicate with gestures, touch, and visual perceptions and feedback.
This creates a totally new type of interaction where the robot is not just a machine to use but a figure to interact and talk with a social robot.
