UNIVERSITY OF HERTFORDSHIRE
		 COMPUTER SCIENCE RESEARCH COLLOQUIUM


              "UH Research in the RobotCub European Project: 
         Interaction Histories, Kinesics and Sensorimotor Maps"


                          Naeem Assif Mirza
                     (School of Computer Science, 
                     University of Hertfordshire)

        	       26 April 2006 (Wednesday) 

                          Lecture Theatre E350
		       Hatfield, College Lane Campus
			       3 - 4 pm

       	       Coffee/tea and biscuits will be available.
			 [Catering Permitting]

		    Everyone is Welcome to Attend
			  [Space Permitting]



Abstract:


RobotCub is a 5-year European Integrated Project to build an open platform
for research into cognition in robots. 16 partners worldwide are
contributing to building a child-sized humanoid robot, studying the
neuroscience and developmental psychology underlying the developmental of
cognitive behaviour of children and ultimately creating a developmental
cognitive system able to learn through interaction with human partners.
Hertfordshire (Adaptive Systems Research Group) are contributing expertise
in human-robot interaction and sensor adaptation using information theoretic
techniques. I will describe our work in the areas of Interaction Kinesics
(Aibo-child studies, KASPAR a robot platform built at Herts), building and
using adaptive sensorimotor maps, and the development and use of Interaction
Histories (with examples of an Aibo playing a peekaboo game).

EU RobotCub Project: http://www.robotcub.org
Adaptive Systems Research Group: http://adapsys.feis.herts.ac.uk

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