In this paper we present results of our ongoing research on non-verbal human-robot interaction that is heavily inspired by recent experimental findings about the neuro-cognitive mechanisms supporting joint action in humans. The robot control architecture implements the joint coordination of actions and goals as a dynamic process that integrates contextual cues, shared task knowledge and the predicted outcome of the user’s motor behavior. The architecture is formalized by a coupled system of dynamic neural fields representing a distributed network of local but connected neural populations with specific functionalities. We validate the approach in a task in which a robot and a human user jointly construct a toy ’vehicle’. We show that the context-dependent mapping from action observation onto appropriate complementary actions allows the robot to cope with dynamically changing joint action situations. This includes a basic form of error monitoring and compensation. ; Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia (FCT) - POCI/V.5/A0119/2005, CONC-REEQ/17/2001


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    Title :

    A dynamic field approach to goal inference and error monitoring for human-robot interaction


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    Publication date :

    2009-01-01


    Type of media :

    Conference paper


    Type of material :

    Electronic Resource


    Language :

    English



    Classification :

    DDC:    629