Human Machine Interaction - Getting Closer

Издательство InTech, 2011, -270 pp. The way in which humans and the devices that surround them interact is changing fast. The gaming business is pushing the trend towards more natural ways of interaction; the WII and KINNECT are good examples of this. Children are becoming familiar with these new interaction approaches, guaranteeing that we will use them in more serious applications in the future. Human-robot interaction is one of those applications that have attracted the attention of the research community. Here, the space sharing between robots and humans introduces an additional challenge, the risk management. In this book, the reader will find a set of papers divided into two sections. The first one presents different proposals focused on the development process itself. The second one is devoted to different aspects of the interaction, with special emphasis on the physical interaction. Part 1 HCI Development Process Automated Generation of User Interfaces - A Comparison of Models and Future Prospects Human-Machine Interaction and Agility in the Process of Developing Usable Software: A Client-User Oriented Synergy Affect Interpretation in Metaphorical and Simile Phenomena and Multithreading Dialogue Context Learning Physically Grounded Lexicons from Spoken Utterances New Frontiers for WebGIS Platforms Generation Ergonomic Design of Human-CNC Machine Interface Part 2 Human Robot Interaction Risk Assessment and Functional Safety Analysis to Design Safety Function of a Human-Cooperative Robot Improving Safety of Human-Robot Interaction Through Energy Regulation Control and Passive Compliant Design Monitoring Activities with Lower-Limb Exoskeletons Sensori-Motor Appropriation of an Artefact: A Neuroscientific Approach Cognitive Robotics in Industrial Environments Intelligent Object Exploration