Robot Imitation: Body Schema and Body Percept

There are two functional elements used by humans to understand and perform actions. These elements are: the body schema and the body percept. The first one is a representation of the body that contains information of the body's capabilities. The second one is a snapshot of the body and its rela...

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Main Authors: C. A. Acosta-Calderon, H. Hu
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Wiley 2005-01-01
Series:Applied Bionics and Biomechanics
Online Access:http://dx.doi.org/10.1533/abbi.2004.0043
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description There are two functional elements used by humans to understand and perform actions. These elements are: the body schema and the body percept. The first one is a representation of the body that contains information of the body's capabilities. The second one is a snapshot of the body and its relation with the environment at a given instant. These elements interact in order to generate, among other abilities, the ability to imitate. This paper presents an approach to robot imitation based on these two functional elements. Our approach is gradually expanded throughout three developmental stages used by humans to refine imitation. Experimental results are presented to support the feasibility of the proposed approach at the current stage for 2D movements and simple manipulation actions.
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spelling doaj-art-b934cfa7b1af4e569e2e7ff39fdb66d72025-02-03T01:26:52ZengWileyApplied Bionics and Biomechanics1176-23221754-21032005-01-0123-413114810.1533/abbi.2004.0043Robot Imitation: Body Schema and Body PerceptC. A. Acosta-Calderon0H. Hu1Department of Computer Science, University of Essex, Wivenhoe Park, Colchester CO4 3SQ, UKDepartment of Computer Science, University of Essex, Wivenhoe Park, Colchester CO4 3SQ, UKThere are two functional elements used by humans to understand and perform actions. These elements are: the body schema and the body percept. The first one is a representation of the body that contains information of the body's capabilities. The second one is a snapshot of the body and its relation with the environment at a given instant. These elements interact in order to generate, among other abilities, the ability to imitate. This paper presents an approach to robot imitation based on these two functional elements. Our approach is gradually expanded throughout three developmental stages used by humans to refine imitation. Experimental results are presented to support the feasibility of the proposed approach at the current stage for 2D movements and simple manipulation actions.http://dx.doi.org/10.1533/abbi.2004.0043
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