Control and Automation

The ability to recognize and replicate upper body control is a core cognitive ability and is intimately related to imitation. Imitative behaviour is thought to be an signicant factor in the development of motor, social and cognitive skills of children. The study of gesture recognition and reproduction aims at discovering processes by which such skills can develop and at exploring the opportunities they offer in terms of further cognitive development.

This research opens a wide range of possible applications in the fields of human-machine interaction, programming by demonstration and autonomous robotics.

Our research on gesture recognition and reproduction focuses mainly on the following topics:

	Robot Programming by Demonstration
	Tools for Human-Robot Interaction
	Entertainement