Task analysis based on observing hands and objects by vision

In order to transmit, share and store human knowledge, it is important for a robot to be able to acquire task models and skills by observing human actions. Since vision plays an important role for observation, we propose a technique for measuring the position and posture of objects and hands in 3-dimensional space at high speed and with high precision by vision. Next, we show a framework for the analysis and description of a task by using an object functions as elements.

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