Elucidation of motion grammar in human movements

• Project/Area Number: 25870209
• Research Category: Grant-in-Aid for Young Scientists (B)
• Allocation Type: Multi-year Fund
• Research Field: Intelligent informatics; Intelligent robotics
• Research Institution: Tokyo University of Agriculture and Technology
• Principal Investigator: VENTURE Gentiane 東京農工大学, 工学(系)研究科(研究院), 准教授 (30538278)
• Project Period (FY): 2013-04-01 – 2015-03-31
• Project Status: Completed (Fiscal Year 2014)
• Budget Amount: ¥3,250,000 (Direct Cost: ¥2,500,000、Indirect Cost: ¥750,000); Fiscal Year 2014: ¥1,820,000 (Direct Cost: ¥1,400,000、Indirect Cost: ¥420,000); Fiscal Year 2013: ¥1,430,000 (Direct Cost: ¥1,100,000、Indirect Cost: ¥330,000)
• Keywords: 知能ロボティクス / ロボティクス / 動作認識 / 人間動作 / 外力 / IMU

Outline of Final Research Achievements

This research aimed at finding the underlying grammar of human movements (a ruled structure of human movements) using a unique approach which found its foundation in our know-how. For that we will tackle the 3 following issues:
1. Modeling actions (a series of motion primitives that create a motion sentence) in a way that is understandable by an intelligent system. 2. Using this model to recognize actions and also to reproduce them with variability. 3. Using the recognize actions to build a realistic interaction with a humanoid robot.

Research Products

• [Journal Article] This robot is sociable: close-up on the gestures and measured motion of a human responding to a proactive robot (2015)
  • Author(s): R. Baddoura, G. Venture
  • Journal Title: Int. J. of Social Robotics Volume: 印刷中 Issue: 4 Pages: 489-496
  • DOI: 10.1007/s12369-015-0279-x
  • Peer Reviewed
• [Journal Article] Segmentation of human body motion using multi IMU sensor (2015)
  • Author(s): T. Aoki, K. N. Doshida, K. Kitamura, G. Venture
  • Journal Title: Proc. of the ICT International Student Project Volume: 印刷中
  • Peer Reviewed / Acknowledgement Compliant
• [Journal Article] Human Movement Analysis as a Measure for Fatigue: A Hidden Markov-Based Approach (2014)
  • Author(s): M. Karg, G. Venture, J. Hoey, D. Kulic
  • Journal Title: IEEE Trans. on Neural Systems & Rehabilitation Engineering Volume: 22-3 Pages: 1-12
  • Peer Reviewed
• [Journal Article] Motion Recognition from Contact Force Measurement (2013)
  • Author(s): T. Yabuki, G. Venture
  • Journal Title: Proc. of the IEEE Int. Conf. Engineering in Medicine and Biology Volume: 無 Pages: 7245-7248
  • DOI: 10.1109/embc.2013.6611230
  • Peer Reviewed
• [Journal Article] IMU based Single Stride Identification of Humans (2013)
  • Author(s): T. Zhang, M. Karg, J. Lin, D. Kulic, G. Venture
  • Journal Title: Proc. of the IEEE Int. Symp. on Robot and Human Interactive Communication Volume: 無 Pages: 220-225
  • DOI: 10.1109/roman.2013.6628449
  • Peer Reviewed
• [Journal Article] Segmentation of Human Body Movement using Inertial Measurement Unit (2013)
  • Author(s): T. Aoki, D. Kulic, G. Venture
  • Journal Title: Proc. IEEE Int. Conf. System, Man, Cybernetics Volume: 無 Pages: 1181-1186
  • DOI: 10.1109/smc.2013.205
  • Peer Reviewed
• [Presentation] Segmentation of human body motion using multi IMU sensor (2015)
  • Author(s): T. Aoki, K. N. Doshida, K. Kitamura, G. Venture
  • Organizer: ICT International Student Project
  • Place of Presentation: Tokyo, Japan
  • Year and Date: 2015-05-23 – 2015-05-24
• [Presentation] Motion Recognition from Contact Force Measurement (2013)
  • Author(s): T. Yabuki, G. Venture
  • Organizer: IEEE Int. Conf. Engineering in Medicine and Biology
  • Place of Presentation: Osaka International Convention Center, Osaka, Japan
• [Presentation] IMU based Single Stride Identification of Humans (2013)
  • Author(s): T. Zhang, M. Karg, J. Lin, D. Kulic, G. Venture
  • Organizer: IEEE Int. Symp. on Robot and Human Interactive Communication
  • Place of Presentation: Gyeongju Hilton, Gyeongju, Korea
• [Presentation] Segmentation of Human Body Movement using Inertial Measurement Unit (2013)
  • Author(s): T. Aoki, D. Kulic, G. Venture
  • Organizer: Proc. IEEE Int. Conf. System, Man, Cybernetics
  • Place of Presentation: Midland hotel, Manchester, UK
• [Presentation] Personalizing intelligent systems and robots with human motion data (2013)
  • Author(s): G. Venture
  • Organizer: 16th Int. Symp. on Robotics Research
  • Place of Presentation: Mandarin Oriental, Singapore
  • Invited
• [Remarks] GV Lab research web page
  • URL: http://www.tuat.ac.jp/~venture/presentation-e.html