3 papers
cs.RO2026
PredVLA: Predictive Sensorimotor Modeling for Sub-Million-Parameter Robot Manipulation
Hiroki Sawada, Shunichi Kasahara
Large pretrained vision-language-action models achieve strong robot-manipulation performance, while compact alternatives have largely pursued efficiency by compressing the prevaili…
cs.HC2026
Does Listening Matter? Backchanneling and Nodding in AI Clone
Koji Inoue, Kazushi Kato, Tatsuya Kawahara +1
AI clones that imitate a specific person typically reproduce what the person says and how they sound, but not how they listen. We investigate whether adding multimodal listening be…
cs.HC2023
'I am both here and there' Parallel Control of Multiple Robotic Avatars by Disabled Workers in a Café
Giulia Barbareschi, Midori Kawaguchi, Hiroki Kato +6
Robotic avatars can help disabled people extend their reach in interacting with the world. Technological advances make it possible for individuals to embody multiple avatars simult…