Journal Papers
2012
Iterative Grasp Adaptation Learning with Tactile Corrections
E. Sauser, B. Argall, G. Metta, and A. Billard
Robotics and Autonomous Systems, 60(1):55-71, 2012 [pdf]
2011
Tactile Guidance for Policy Adaptation
B. Argall, E. Sauser and A. Billard
Foundations and Trends in Robotics, 1(2):79-133 , 2011 [pdf]
2010
Learning and reproduction of gestures by imitation: An approach based on Hidden Markov Model and Gaussian Mixture Regression
S. Calinon, F. D'halluin, E. Sauser, D. Caldwell and A. Billard
IEEE Robotics and Automation Magazine, 17:44-54, 2010 [pdf]
2008
Online learning of the body schema
M. Hersch, E. Sauser and A. Billard
International Journal of Humanoid Robotics, 5:161-181, 2008 [pdf]
2006
Dynamic Updating of Distributed Neural Representations using Forward Models
E. Sauser and A. Billard
Biological Cybernetics, 95(6):567-588, 2006 [pdf]
Parallel and Distributed Neural Models of the Ideomotor Principle: An Investigation of Imitative Cortical Pathways
E. Sauser and A. Billard
Neural Networks, 19(3):285-298, 2006 [pdf]
2005
Three Dimensional Frames of References Transformations using Recurrent Populations of Neurons
E. Sauser and A. Billard
Neurocomputing, 64:5-24, 2005 [pdf]
2004
Coevolution of active vision and feature selection
D. Floreano, T. Kato, D. Marocco and E. Sauser
Biological Cybernetics, 90:218-228, 2004 [pdf]
Peer-Reviewed Conference Papers
2011
The life of iCub, a little humanoid robot learning from humans through tactile sensing
E. Sauser, B. Argall and A. Billard
International Conference on Human-Robot Interaction (HRI), Lausanne, Switzerland, 2011 [pdf] [video]
Chief Cook and Keepon in the Bot's Funk
E. Sauser, M. Michalowski, A. Billard and H.Kozima
International Conference on Human-Robot Interaction (HRI), Lausanne, Switzerland, 2011 [pdf] [video]
2010
Tactile Guidance for Policy Refinement and Reuse
B. Argall, E. Sauser and A. Billard
IEEE International Conference on Development and Learning (ICDL), Ann Arbor, MI, USA, 2010 [pdf]
Policy Adaptation through Tactile Correction
B. Argall, E. Sauser and A. Billard
Thirty Sixth Annual Convention of the Society for the Study of Artificial Intelligence and Simulation of Behaviour (AISB'10), 2010 [pdf]
2009
Evaluation of a probabilistic approach to learn and reproduce gestures by imitation
S. Calinon, E. Sauser, A. Billard and D. Caldwell
IEEE International Conference on Robotics and Automation (ICRA), 2009
2007
Interferences in the Transformation of Reference Frames during a Posture Imitation Task
E. Sauser and A. Billard
In Proceeding of the International Conference on Artificial Neural Networks, ICANN 07, Porto, Portugal, 2007 [pdf]
2006
Biologically Inspired Multimodal Integration: Interferences in a Human-Robot Interaction Game
E. Sauser and A. Billard
In Proceedings of IROS'2006, Beijing, China, 2006 [pdf]
2005
View Sensitive Cells as a Neural Basis for the Representation of Others in a Self-Centered Frame of Reference
E. Sauser and A. Billard
In Proceedings of the Third International Symposium on Imitation in Animals and Artifacts, 119-127, 2005 [pdf]
2004
Neural Model of the Transformation from Allo-centric to Ego- centric Representation of Motions
E. Sauser and A. Billard
In Proceedings of Fourteenth Annual Computational Neuroscience Meeting CNS*2005, Madison, USA, 2004 [pdf]
Three dimensional frames of reference transformations using gain modulated populations of neurons
E. Sauser and A. Billard
Proceedings of 12th European Symposium on Artificial Neural Networks, Brugges, Belgium, 2004 [pdf]
2003
Modeling directional firing properties of place cells
R. Chavarriaga, E. Sauser and W. Gerstner
Proceedings of Twelfth Annual Computational Neuroscience Meeting CNS*2003, 2003
Talks at International Workshops
2010
Programming by demonstration on the iCub platform
E. Sauser et al.
iCub and friends, a workshop on open-source robotics, Humanoids Conference, Nashville, U.S., 2010
Human corrections for the refinement of adaptive control policies on a humanoid robot endowed with tactile sensing
E. Sauser, B. Argall and A. Billard
Humanoid robots learning from human interaction workshop, Humanoids Conference, Nashville, U.S., 2010
Tactile Guidance for Policy Adaptation
E. Sauser, B. Argall and A. Billard
Learning for Human-Robot Interaction Modeling Workshop, Robotics Science and Systems Conference (RSS), Zaragoza, Spain, 2010
2006
Dynamic velocity integration and discrimination in neural fields: Discrimination between self and others
E. Sauser and A. Billard
Continuous Attractor Neural Networks Workshop, Computational Neuroscience meeting (CNS), Edinburgh, U.K., 2006
2004
Three dimensional frames of reference transformations using neural populations
E. Sauser and A. Billard
nEUro-IT.net Workshop on the Neural Mechanisms of Imitation, NIPS, Whistler, Canada, 2004
Abstracts
2011
Policy Adaptation with Tactile Feedback
B. Argall, E. Sauser and A. Billard
International Conference on Human-Robot Interaction (HRI), Lausanne, Switzerland, 2011
2009
Tactile Correction and Multiple Training Data Sources for Robot Motion Control
B. Argall, E. Sauser and A. Billard
NIPS 2009 Workshop on Learning from Multiple Sources with Application to Robotics, 2009
Ph.D. Thesis
2007
Neural modeling of the cortical processes underlying imitative behaviors
E. Sauser
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