One precondition for bringing humanoid robots to market is, that they can be adapted to new domains and tasks flexibly. Furthermore it is important that non-experts are able to adapt the robots internal knowledge to their environment. This article introduces two approaches concerning knowledge acquisition and knowledge transfer between humans and robots that are currently researched within the German humanoid project. The programming by demonstration paradigm can help to enhance the robots task knowledge. Interactive object modeling enables even laymen to extend the robots world knowledge. The target system is the humanoid robot ARMAR-III (AnthRopomorphic Multi-Arm-Robot).
Print ISSN: 1611-2776
Volume: 49, 04/2007
Pages: 224 - 231