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Theses and Dissertations
This collection contains theses and dissertations of graduate students of the University of Alberta. The collection contains a very large number of theses electronically available that were granted from 1947 to 2009, 90% of theses granted from 2009-2014, and 100% of theses granted from April 2014 to the present (as long as the theses are not under temporary embargo by agreement with the Faculty of Graduate and Postdoctoral Studies). IMPORTANT NOTE: To conduct a comprehensive search of all UofA theses granted and in University of Alberta Libraries collections, search the library catalogue at www.library.ualberta.ca - you may search by Author, Title, Keyword, or search by Department.
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Items in this Collection
- 2Human Robot Interaction
- 1Computer Interface
- 1Human-in-the-loop
- 1Proximate Display-based pointing for upper body-disabled persons
- 1Remote Display-based pointing in Tele-Manipulation
- 1Robot Control
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Pointing gestures for Cooperative Human-Robot Manipulation Tasks in Unstructured Environments
DownloadFall 2017
In recent years, robots have started to migrate from industrial to unstructured human environments, some examples include home robotics, search and rescue robotics, assistive robotics and service robotics. However, this migration has been at a slow pace and with only a few successes. One key...
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Fall 2015
In today's world robots work well in structured environments, where they complete tasks autonomously and accurately. This is evident from industrial robotics. However, in unstructured and dynamic environments such as for instance homes, hospitals or areas affected by disasters, robots are still...