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Document Type thesis

Author Name Ponsler, Brett

URN etd-011711-092639

Title Recognizing Engagement Behaviors in Human-Robot Interaction

Degree MS

Department Computer Science

Advisors
Charles Rich, Advisor
Joseph Beck, Reader
Michael Gennert, Department Head

Keywords
open source
robot operating system
ROS
humanoid
engagement
recognizing
computer science
hri
interaction
human-robot

Date of Presentation/Defense 2010-12-16

Availability unrestricted

Abstract
Based on analysis of human-human interactions, we have developed an initial model of engagement for human-robot interaction which includes the concept of connection events, consisting of: directed gaze, mutual facial gaze, conversational adjacency pairs, and backchannels. We implemented the model in the open source Robot Operating System and conducted a human-robot interaction experiment to evaluate it.

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bponsler.pdf

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Document Type	thesis
Author Name	Ponsler, Brett
URN	etd-011711-092639
Title	Recognizing Engagement Behaviors in Human-Robot Interaction
Degree	MS
Department	Computer Science
Advisors	Charles Rich, Advisor Joseph Beck, Reader Michael Gennert, Department Head
Keywords	open source robot operating system ROS humanoid engagement recognizing computer science hri interaction human-robot
Date of Presentation/Defense	2010-12-16
Availability	unrestricted
Abstract Based on analysis of human-human interactions, we have developed an initial model of engagement for human-robot interaction which includes the concept of connection events, consisting of: directed gaze, mutual facial gaze, conversational adjacency pairs, and backchannels. We implemented the model in the open source Robot Operating System and conducted a human-robot interaction experiment to evaluate it.
Files	bponsler.pdf