Building Tool Use From Object Manipulation: A Perception–Action Perspective

Object Use in Children with Autism: Building with Blocks from a Piagetian Perspective

Methods: Starting from Piaget’s classical approach to the sensorimotor and symbolic developmental stages, the study moved toward a socio-material interpretation in which some patterns of interaction involving object manipulation seem to create a space that supports adult–child communication. In videotaped observations of verbal and nonverbal signs during an (organized) free play session, each c...

Building an Eecient Software Manipulation Tool

Passive Non-Prehensile Manipulation of a Specific Object on Predictable Helix Path Based on Mechanical Intelligence

Object manipulation techniques in robotics can be categorized in two major groups including manipulation with and without grasp. The aim of this paper is to develop an object manipulation method where in addition to being grasp-less, the manipulation task is done in a passive approach. In this method, linear and angular positions of the object are changed and its manipulation path is controlled...

Building Software Ecosystems from a Reuse Perspective

Software Ecosystems (SECOs) involve various stakeholders interacting with a shared market for software and services, exchanging information, resources and artifacts within a common technological platform. In this context, well-known software reuse approaches such as Component-Based Development (CBD) and Software Product Lines (SPL) can lead companies to SECOs. This transition depends on decisio...

Building Analysis from a Spatial Cognition Perspective

This short paper focuses on the application of concepts and methods of Spatial Cognition to building analysis. We investigate the close relationship between spatial knowledge and built environment by combining theoretical analysis with user comments and behavioral data. Based on an empirical study in a complex multi-level-building two main aspect of navigational space are considered: architectu...