Modeling peripersonal action space for a virtual human by learning a tactile body schema

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Modeling peripersonal action space for a virtual human by learning a tactile body schema
Verfasser
Nguyen, Nhung ; Wachsmuth, Ipke
Herausgeber
Mertsching, Bärbel ; Hund, Marcus ; Aziz, Zaheer Muhammad
Erschienen
2009
Sprache
Englisch
Dokumenttyp
Aufsatz in einem Sammelwerk
Schlagwörter
body schema / virtual agents / virtual environment / peripersonal space
ISBN
3642046169
URN
urn:nbn:de:0070-pub-21445996
DOI
10.1007/978-3-642-04617-9_65

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We propose a computational model for building a tactile body schema for a virtual human. The learned body structure of the agent can enable it to acquire a perception of the space surrounding its body, namely its peripersonal space. The model uses tactile and proprioceptive informations and relies on an algorithm which was originally applied with visual and proprioceptive sensor data. As there is not only a technical motivation for devising such a model but also an application of peripersonal action space, an interaction example with a virtual agent is described and the idea of extending the reaching space to a lean-forward space is presented.

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