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2008-01-14

Robot Drawing Portraits

Fields covered at LASA include: Learning and Dynamical Systems, Neural Computation and Modeling, Human-Machine Interaction, Humanoids Robotics, Mechatronics, Design of Therapeutic and Educational Robotic Systems.

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Control and Automation
The recognition and reproduction of gestures and actions is a key element of autonomous humanoid robotics and natural human-machine interactions. The aim is to design robots able to capture the essence of a given gesture, so as to reproduce variants of the gesture in a new context. In order to accomplish this task, the robot must extract a coarse but adequate representation of the gesture.

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If you’re looking for a quick memory fix, move your eyes from side-to-side for 30 seconds, researchers say.

Horizontal eye movements are thought to cause the two hemispheres of the brain to interact more with one another, and communication between brain hemispheres is important for retrieving certain types of memories.

Previous studies have suggested that horizontal eye movements improve how well people recall specific words they have just seen. But Andrew Parker and his colleagues at Manchester Metropolitan University in England wanted to know whether such eye movements might also help people recognize words they have just seen.

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2007-11-15

Moving Your Eyes Improves Memory

Moving Your Eyes Improves Memory, Study Suggests | LiveScience