We are a member of the German Collaborative Research Center 588 on “Humanoid Robots”. In this project we contribute key components for the visual perception of people and their activities to the Karlsruhe humanoid robot.

For a humanoid robot, the perception of the users, their locations, identities, gestures, and other communicative cues is an essential necessity for efficient and safe interaction. It allows the robot to understand what users want, and to generate an appropriate response. We are working on the visual perception capabilities of the humanoid robot Armar-III with respect to the user and his activities.