Abstract Programming by demonstration is reaching industrial applications, which allows non-experts to teach new tasks without manual code writing. However, a certain level of complexity, such as online decision making or the definition recovery behaviors, still requires experts that use conventional programming methods. Even though, cannot foresee all possible faults in robotic application. To...

These studies are part of a project aiming to reveal relevant aspects of human-dog interactions, which could serve as a model to design successful human-robot interactions. Presently there are no successfully commercialized assistance robots, however, assistance dogs work efficiently as partners for persons with disabilities. In Study 1, we analyzed the cooperation of 32 assistance dog-owner dy...

Abstract– In this document we report on a set of simulation experiments that were conducted to evaluate the Task Graph (TG) protocol as outlined in [1]. The experiments allowed us to identify sources of poor performance due to TCP and other TG protocol related timers. Through these experiments we were able to choose appropriate timer values and achieve better results. We also measured performan...

epidemiological studies and clinical findings have shown an association between trauma and dissociation; dissociative experiences are also more prevalent among select populations such as substance dependent individuals and criminal offenders. in the present non-systematic review, we explored the association between trauma, dissociation, and high-risk behaviors. we aimed to find if the presence ...

In order to take advantage of autonomous robotic systems, and yet ensure successful completion of all feasible tasks, we propose a mediation hierarchy in which an operator can interact at all system levels. Robotic systems are not robust in handling un-modeled events. Reactive behaviors may be able to guide the robot back into a modeled state and to continue. Reasoning systems may simply fail. ...

cognitive deficits such as impairments in attention, memory, information processing and executive functioning can be found in some parkinson's disease (pd) patients. recent studies suggested that pd drivers generally performed poorer than their healthy age-matched controls with regards to their cognitive and motor abilities during the psychometric testing. according to michon’s model of ca...