Search Results - "Simmons, Reid"

Statistical probabilistic model checking with a focus on time-bounded properties by Younes, Håkan L.S., Simmons, Reid G.

“…Probabilistic verification of continuous-time stochastic processes has received increasing attention in the model-checking community in the past five years,…”
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Exploring Control Authority Preferences in Robotic Arm Assistance for Power Wheelchair Users by Styler, Breelyn Kane, Deng, Wei, Simmons, Reid, Admoni, Henny, Cooper, Rory, Ding, Dan

“…This paper uses mixed methods to explore the preliminary design of control authority preferences for an Assistive Robotic Manipulator (ARM). To familiarize…”
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Machine Teaching for Human Inverse Reinforcement Learning by Lee, Michael S, Admoni, Henny, Simmons, Reid

“…As robots continue to acquire useful skills, their ability to teach their expertise will provide humans the two-fold benefit of learning from robots and…”
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COMPANION: A Constraint-Optimizing Method for Person-Acceptable Navigation by Kirby, R., Simmons, R., Forlizzi, J.

“…This paper introduces the COMPANION framework: a constraint-optimizing method for person-acceptable navigation. In this framework, human social conventions,…”
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A receptionist robot for Brazilian people: study on interaction involving illiterates by Trovato, Gabriele, Ramos, Josue G., Azevedo, Helio, Moroni, Artemis, Magossi, Silvia, Simmons, Reid, Ishii, Hiroyuki, Takanishi, Atsuo

“…The receptionist job, consisting in providing useful indications to visitors in a public office, is one possible employment of social robots. The design and…”
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Erratum to “A receptionist robot for Brazilian people: study on interaction involving illiterates” by Trovato, Gabriele, Ramos, Josue G., Azevedo, Helio, Moroni, Artemis, Magossi, Silvia, Simmons, Reid, Ishii, Hiroyuki, Takanishi, Atsuo

“…The original article was published in Paladyn, Journal of Behavioral Robotics, 2017, 8(1), 1-17, . The aim of this erratum is to report the results of a new…”
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Socially Distributed Perception: GRACE plays social tag at AAAI 2005 by Michalowski, Marek P., Šabanović, Selma, DiSalvo, Carl, Busquets, Didac, Hiatt, Laura M., Melchior, Nik A., Simmons, Reid

“…Issue Title: Special Issue on the Science Behind Embodied AI: The Robots of the AAAI Competition and Exhibition. This paper presents a robot search task…”
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Effects of Feedback Styles on Performance and Preference for an Exercise Coach by Kaushik, Roshni, Simmons, Reid

“…Different people respond to feedback and guidance in different ways. Their preferences may even change depending on their mood, fatigue, physical health, etc…”
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Rhythmic attention in child-robot dance play by Michalowski, M.P., Simmons, R., Kozima, H.

“…Human social behavior is rhythmic, and synchrony plays an important role in coordinating and regulating our interactions. We are developing technology that…”
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CLARAty: Challenges and Steps toward Reusable Robotic Software by Nesnas, Issa A.D., Simmons, Reid, Gaines, Daniel, Kunz, Clayton, Diaz-Calderon, Antonio, Estlin, Tara, Madison, Richard, Guineau, John, McHenry, Michael, Shu, I-Hsiang, Apfelbaum, David

“…We present in detail some of the challenges in developing reusable robotic software. We base that on our experience in developing the CLARAty robotics…”
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Affective social robots by Kirby, Rachel, Forlizzi, Jodi, Simmons, Reid

“…For human–robot interaction to proceed in a smooth, natural manner, robots must adhere to human social norms. One such human convention is the use of…”
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Collision-free motion coordination of heterogeneous robots by Ko, Nak Yong, Seo, Dong Jin, Simmons, Reid G.

“…This paper proposes a method to coordinate the motion of multiple heterogeneous robots on a network. The proposed method uses prioritization and avoidance…”
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Affective Robot Behavior Improves Learning in a Sorting Game by Kaushik, Roshni, Simmons, Reid

“…Nonverbal communication in the field of education can allow teachers to emotionally support their students and improve educational experience and performance…”
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The Role of Adaptation in Collective Human-AI Teaming by Zhao, Michelle, Simmons, Reid, Admoni, Henny

“…This paper explores a framework for defining artificial intelligence (AI) that adapts to individuals within a group, and discusses the technical challenges for…”
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Expressive motion with x, y and theta: Laban Effort Features for mobile robots by Knight, Heather, Simmons, Reid

“…There is a saying that 95% of communication is body language, but few robot systems today make effective use of that ubiquitous channel. Motion is an essential…”
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Incorporating a user model to improve detection of unhelpful robot answers by Makatchev, M., Simmons, R.

“…Dialogues with robots frequently exhibit social dialogue acts such as greeting, thanks, and goodbye. This opens the opportunity of using these dialogue acts…”
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Natural person-following behavior for social robots by Gockley, Rachel, Forlizzi, Jodi, Simmons, Reid

“…We are developing robots with socially appropriate spatial skills not only to travel around or near people, but also to accompany people side-by-side. As a…”
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Keep on dancing: Effects of expressive motion mimicry by Simmons, Reid, Knight, Heather

“…Expressive motion refers to movements that help convey an agent's attitude towards its task or environment. People frequently use expressive motion to indicate…”
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Coordination With Humans Via Strategy Matching by Zhao, Michelle, Simmons, Reid, Admoni, Henny

“…Human and robot partners increasingly need to work together to perform tasks as a team. Robots designed for such collaboration must reason about how their…”
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Tradeoff-Focused Contrastive Explanation for MDP Planning by Sukkerd, Roykrong, Simmons, Reid, Garlan, David

“…End-users' trust in automated agents is important as automated decision-making and planning is increasingly used in many aspects of people's lives. In…”
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