A message from the ECHORD coordinator Alois Knoll

We have built two example collection of commands to model the two application domains. The sentences have been collected from the students of the class “Seminars AI and Robotics”, section on Natural Language Processing. The goal was experimenting the process of acquiring domain specific information, and the collections...

In the last bimester, we have consolidated the S4R activities related with Task 1, and we have completed the S4R activities planned in Task 2, concerning the design of the process for the generation Vocal User Interface for specific robotic applications. The details are available in the Technical report released at the end of...

The latest development of the RODIN project contains the conception and design of the experiment system setup. After the requirements for the natural stone carving experiments were identified, now the analysis of the sculptor and the construction of the input handle have been discussed. In addition the system theoretic...

In the last bimester we have worked on with the activities of Task 3: System Development, Implementation, Integration and Testing, namely on the implementation and testing of the first prototype of the VUI for the chosen domains. According to the results of the design phase, we are focusing on the generalized components that...

In this period the D1.1 Hardware and Software specifications of the modified platform was written. The technical choices are done and kompaï robot is planned to be built. Vicomtech start working on task 2: Locating people at a medium/long distance.

The last two month work consists in analyzing the system and its capabilities in order to define scenarios that will point out the developments done for the project. Test Scenarios Test case 1 The purpose of this test is to check the person behavior monitoring vision system alone. For this purpose the next test case...

During the last two months the work has been focused on the scientific and technical aspects regarding person detection and tracking, and gesture spotting. For the person detection, the work is further divided into face detection and tracking and body features detection and tracking. In face detection, the work has been...

In the last bimester we have worked on with the activities of Task 3: System Development, Implementation, Integration and Testing, namely on the implementation and testing of the first prototype of the VUI for the chosen domains. This effort will be reported in Deliverable 3.1, Mid-term Home Service Prototype and...

In the last bimester, we have focussed our work on with the refinement and testing of the Service Prototype and Demonstrator, (Deliverable 3.1) which is part of the Task 3: System Development, Implementation, Integration and Testing. Specifically, we have completed the interface to the MS dictation engine, in preparation to a...

In the previous months the work has been devoted to the encoding of facial expressions in a coherent, accurate and efficient manner using FACS. After achieving a satisfactory result, then the target of the work has moved to the rest of the body. During the last two months the work has been focused on obtaining a suitable...