Co-verbal gestures are an important part of human communication, improving its efficiency
for information conveyance. A key component of such improvement is the observer's ability …

Co-verbal gestures are an important part of human communication, improving its efficiency
and efficacy for information conveyance. One possible means by which such multi-modal …

We formalize the representation of gestures and present a model that is capable of
synchronizing expressive and relevant gestures with text-to-speech input. A gesture consists …

Co-verbal gestures, the spontaneous gestures that accompany human speech, form an
integral part of human communications; they have been shown to have a variety of …

Effective human-robot communication is one of the main concerns in modern robotics.
Involved systems should be very robust, allowing little chance for misunderstanding users …

Collaboration between human and robot requires effective modes of communication to
assign robot tasks and coordinate activities. As communication can utilize different …

Gesture is an important feature of social interaction, frequently used by human speakers to
illustrate what speech alone cannot provide, eg to convey referential, spatial or iconic …

We present an approach to enhance the interaction abilities of the Nao humanoid robot by
extending its communicative behavior with non-verbal gestures (hand and head …

Humanoid with spoken language communication ability is proposed and developed. To
make humanoid live with people, spoken language communication is fundamental because …

Non-verbal, or visual, communication is an important factor of daily human-to-human
interaction. Gestures make up one mode of visual communication, where movement of the …