Employer Behavior – Grasping a Phantom

A Taxonomy of Human Grasping Behavior for Transfer to Robotic Grasping

As a first step towards transferring human grasping capabilities to robots, we analyzed the grasping behavior of human subjects. We derived a taxonomy in order to adequately represent the observed strategies. During the analysis of the recorded data, this classification scheme helped us to obtain a better understanding of human grasping behavior. We will provide support for our hypothesis that ...

How the Brain Analyzes Object Shape to Support Grasping Behavior

Reaching out and grasping an object is second nature to us, but this simple task requires various brain regions to analyze visual features, such as the 3-D shape of the object, and use that information to plan and execute actions (Fig. 1). Past studies have shown that neurons in a brain region called the anterior intraparietal area (AIP) respond selectively to 3-D shape and are active during ob...

Employer Attitudes, the Marginal Employer and the Ethnic Wage Gap

Employer Attitudes, the Marginal Employer and the Ethnic Wage Gap Ethnic minorities have lower wages compared to the ethnic majority in most EU-countries. However, to what extent these wage gaps are the result of prejudice toward ethnic minority workers is virtually unknown. This study sets out to examine what role prejudice play in the creation of the ethnic wage gap in one of Europe’s most eg...

What Makes a Company a Best Employer?

How do organizations achieve long-term sustainability? How do they focus their resources (including talent) most effectively to drive business success? To help organizations address these questions, Hewitt Associates conducts Best Employer research globally. Our research, in over 50 markets, 5,000 organizations, and 60 industries, reveals how organizations differentiate and achieve a competitiv...

Employer-based health insurance: a balance sheet.