Computer Science Program Presents
Choreographic Abstractions for Design-by-Humans of Heterogeneous Human Behaviors - Amy Laviers
How do you get a robot to do the disco? Or perform a cheerleading routine? These acts require a quantitative understanding of two distinct movement behaviors and pose new problems for the high-level control of humanoid robots. This talk will discuss the use of movement observation, taxonomy, and expert knowledge, for example, as found in Laban/Bartenieff Movement Studies, an embodied theoretical framework developed by dancers, to facilitate the production of diverse robotic behaviors. In this talk, a `behavior' will be defined by a set of movement primitives that are scaled and sequenced differently in different behaviors. Methods toward extracting such primitives automatically from human movement will be discussed as well as methods that allow for different scaling sequencing schemes. These methods will be applied to real robotic platforms and presented in a context that motivates the fundamental value of high-level abstractions that produce a wide array of behavior.
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Location: Reem-Kayden Center 115