This paper deals with fundamental issues of human–robot cooperation in precise
positioning of a flat object on a target. Based on the analysis of human–human interaction …

In the Turing test a computer model is deemed to “think intelligently” if it can generate
answers that are indistinguishable from those of a human. We developed an analogous …

Manipulation of heavy objects in industries is very necessary, but manual manipulation is
tedious, adversely affects a worker's health and safety, and reduces efficiency. On the …

This article investigates the necessity of inclusion of cognitive information regarding weight
perception in the control algorithm of a power assist robotic system (PARS) for object …

The objective was to investigate the impacts of the robot's dynamic affective expressions in
task-related scenarios on human–robot collaboration (HRC) and performance in human …

In the past, working spaces of humans and robots were strictly separated, but recent
developments have sought to bring robots into closer interaction with humans. In this …

We developed a 1-DOF power assist robot system for lifting objects by two humans
cooperatively. We hypothesized that weight perception due to inertia might be different from …

In the Turing test, a computer model is deemed to think intelligently if it can generate
answers indistinguishable from those of a human. We proposed a Turing-like handshake …

This paper presents an evaluation of the maneuverability of impedance-controlled robot
motion during a human-robot cooperative positioning task. The objectives of this study are to …

We conducted two experiments. In the first experiment, we made two objects with identical
appearance. One was lifted by humans in constrained condition, another was lifted in …