Bruce A. MacDonald

188 papers A* 17A 21B 34C 2Misc 5Journal 57Unranked 50

Year	Rank	Type	Title / Venue / Authors
2025	J	`jnl`	A Deep Dive into Human-Robot Interaction in Hospitals: Scoping Review on the Services Provided, Engagement Behaviours and Interaction Outcomes. Int. J. Soc. Robotics Tingting Zhu, Ho Seok Ahn, Elizabeth Broadbent, Bruce A. MacDonald, Norina Gasteiger
2025	J	`jnl`	Benefits, Challenges, and Opportunities for Empathetic Social Assistance Robots in Hospitals: An Acceptability Study. Int. J. Soc. Robotics Norina Gasteiger, Andy Kweon, Mehdi Hellou, JongYoon Lim, Chiara Gasteiger, Deborah L. Johanson, Elizabeth Broadbent, Bruce A. MacDonald, Ho Seok Ahn
2025	—	`conf`	Bounded Active Exploration for Model-Based Reinforcement Learning. CASE Ting Qiao, Henry Williams, Bruce A. MacDonald
2025	A*	`conf`	CTD4 - a Deep Continuous Distributional Actor-Critic Agent with a Kalman Fusion of Multiple Critics. AAAI David Valencia, Henry Williams, Yuning Xing, Trevor Gee, Bruce A. MacDonald, Minas Liarokapis
2025	B	`conf`	DeepSignV1: Pretrained Vision Transformer for Isolated Sign Language Recognition. RO-MAN Edmond Liu, Bruce A. MacDonald, Ho Seok Ahn
2025	A*	`conf`	How About Them Apples: 3D Pose and Cluster Estimation of Apple Fruitlets in a Commercial Orchard. ICRA Ans Qureshi, David Smith, Trevor Gee, Ho Seok Ahn, Ben McGuinness, Catherine Downes, Rahul Jangali, Kale Black, Hin Lim, Mike Duke, Bruce A. MacDonald, Henry Williams
2025	—	`conf`	Human Motion Mimicking and Motion Translation for Different Social Robots. ICSR+AI (2) Finn Tracey, Bruce A. MacDonald, Ho Seok Ahn
2025	B	`conf`	Optimization of Two-Stage Facial Expression Mimicking Systems: Enhancing Emotional Representation in the EveR-4 H22 Robot. RO-MAN Minwoo Lee, Chan Yoo, Bruce A. MacDonald, Ho Seok Ahn
2025	A	`conf`	OrchardDepth++: Binned KL-Flood Regularization for Monocular Depth Estimation of Orchard Scene. IROS Zhichao Zheng, Henry Williams, Trevor Gee, Bruce A. MacDonald
2025	J	`jnl`	OrchardDepth: Precise Metric Depth Estimation of Orchard Scene from Monocular Camera Images. CoRR Zhichao Zheng, Henry Williams, Bruce A. MacDonald
2025	J	`jnl`	Reward Prediction Error Prioritisation in Experience Replay: The RPE-PER Method. CoRR Hoda Yamani, Yuning Xing, Lee Violet C. Ong, Bruce A. MacDonald, Henry Williams
2025	B	`conf`	SignPepper: Machine Learning Powered Sign Language Teaching Robot with Dynamic Lesson Feedback. RO-MAN Edmond Liu, Finn Tracey, Bruce A. MacDonald, Ho Seok Ahn
2025	A*	`conf`	SignPepper: Multimodal Social Robot for Sign Language Teaching. HRI Edmond Liu, Jong Yoon Lim, Vineeth Johnson, Bruce A. MacDonald, Ho Seok Ahn
2025	A*	`conf`	Using Social Robots to Enhance Cognitive Health in Older Adults with Mild Cognitive Impairment. HRI Yuan Gao, Ngaire Kerse, Bruce A. MacDonald, Elizabeth Broadbent
2024	J	`jnl`	A Scoping Review of the Literature On Prosodic Elements Related to Emotional Speech in Human-Robot Interaction. Int. J. Soc. Robotics Norina Gasteiger, JongYoon Lim, Mehdi Hellou, Bruce A. MacDonald, Ho Seok Ahn
2024	A	`conf`	Archie Jnr: A Robotic Platform for Autonomous Cane Pruning of Grapevines. IROS Henry Williams, David Smith, Jalil Shahabi, Trevor Gee, Ans Qureshi, Benjamin McGuinness, Scott Harvey, Catherine Downes, Rahul Jangali, Kale Black, Hin Lim, Mike Duke, Bruce A. MacDonald
2024	A	`conf`	Archie Snr: A Robotic Platform for Autonomous Apple Fruitlet Thinning. IROS Henry Williams, Ans H. Qureshi, David Smith, Trevor Gee, Ben McGuinness, Rahul Jangali, Kale Black, Scott Harvey, Catherine Downes, Hin Lim, Richard Oliver, Mike Duke, Bruce A. MacDonald
2024	J	`jnl`	Bounded Exploration with World Model Uncertainty in Soft Actor-Critic Reinforcement Learning Algorithm. CoRR Ting Qiao, Henry Williams, David Valencia, Bruce A. MacDonald
2024	J	`jnl`	CTD4 - A Deep Continuous Distributional Actor-Critic Agent with a Kalman Fusion of Multiple Critics. CoRR David Valencia, Henry Williams, Trevor Gee, Bruce A. MacDonald, Minas V. Liarokapis
2024	—	`conf`	Development of a Novel Multipurpose Robotic End Effector for Fruitlet Thinning and Fruit Harvesting of Apples. CASE Rahul Jangali, Benjamin McGuinness, Hin Lim, Henry Williams, Ans Qureshi, David Smith, Bruce A. MacDonald, Mike Duke
2024	—	`conf`	Emotional Talking Face Generation with a Single Image. UR Gayeon Kim, Yugyeong Hong, Jong Yoon Lim, Trevor Gee, Bruce A. MacDonald, Ho Seok Ahn
2024	—	`conf`	Enhancing Human-Robot Interaction: Integrating ASL Recognition and LLM-Driven Co-Speech Gestures in Pepper Robot with a Compact Neural Network. UR JongYoon Lim, Inkyu Sa, Bruce A. MacDonald, Ho Seok Ahn
2024	A	`conf`	Image-Based Deep Reinforcement Learning with Intrinsically Motivated Stimuli: On the Execution of Complex Robotic Tasks. IROS David Valencia, Henry Williams, Yuning Xing, Trevor Gee, Minas Liarokapis, Bruce A. MacDonald
2024	J	`jnl`	Image-Based Deep Reinforcement Learning with Intrinsically Motivated Stimuli: On the Execution of Complex Robotic Tasks. CoRR David Valencia, Henry Williams, Yuning Xing, Trevor Gee, Minas V. Liarokapis, Bruce A. MacDonald
2024	J	`jnl`	Multi-Layer, Sensorized Kirigami Grippers for Delicate Yet Robust Robot Grasping and Single-Grasp Object Identification. IEEE Access Joao Buzzatto, Haodan Jiang, Junbang Liang, Bryan Busby, Angus Lynch, Ricardo V. Godoy, Saori Matsunaga, Rintaro Haraguchi, Toshisada Mariyama, Bruce A. MacDonald, Minas V. Liarokapis
2024	—	`conf`	Social Robots in Hospital Settings: An Initial Exploration of the Services Provided, Interaction Style and in the Field Evaluation. HRI (Companion) Norina Gasteiger, Tingting Zhu, Elizabeth Broadbent, JongYoon Lim, Bruce A. MacDonald, Ho Seok Ahn
2024	J	`jnl`	Textile Anomaly Detection: Evaluation of the State-of-the-Art for Automated Quality Inspection of Carpet. CoRR Briony Forsberg, Henry Williams, Bruce A. MacDonald, Tracy Chen, Kirstine Hulse
2024	—	`conf`	Utilising Explainable Techniques for Quality Prediction in a Complex Textiles Manufacturing Use Case. CASE Briony Forsberg, Henry Williams, Bruce A. MacDonald, Tracy Chen, Reza Hamzeh, Kirstine Hulse
2024	J	`jnl`	Utilising Explainable Techniques for Quality Prediction in a Complex Textiles Manufacturing Use Case. CoRR Briony Forsberg, Henry Williams, Bruce A. MacDonald, Tracy Chen, Reza Hamzeh, Kirstine Hulse
2024	B	`conf`	Weighted Multi-modal Sign Language Recognition. RO-MAN Edmond Liu, Jong Yoon Lim, Bruce A. MacDonald, Ho Seok Ahn
2023	J	`jnl`	A Sign Language Recognition System with Pepper, Lightweight-Transformer, and LLM. CoRR JongYoon Lim, Inkyu Sa, Bruce A. MacDonald, Ho Seok Ahn
2023	A	`conf`	A Soft, Multi-Layer, Kirigami Inspired Robotic Gripper with a Compact, Compression-Based Actuation System. IROS Joao Buzzatto, Junbang Liang, Mojtaba Shahmohammadi, Saori Matsunaga, Rintaro Haraguchi, Toshisada Mariyama, Bruce A. MacDonald, Minas V. Liarokapis
2023	A*	`conf`	Comparison of Model-Based and Model-Free Reinforcement Learning for Real-World Dexterous Robotic Manipulation Tasks. ICRA David Valencia, John Jia, Raymond Li, Alex Hayashi, Megan Lecchi, Reuel Terezakis, Trevor Gee, Minas V. Liarokapis, Bruce A. MacDonald, Henry Williams
2023	B	`conf`	Development and Validation of a Motion Dictionary to Create Emotional Gestures for the NAO Robot. RO-MAN Mehdi Hellou, Norina Gasteiger, Andy Kweon, JongYoon Lim, Bruce A. MacDonald, Angelo Cangelosi, Ho Seok Ahn
2023	A	`conf`	Employing Multi-Layer, Sensorised Kirigami Grippers for Single-Grasp Based Identification of Objects and Force Exertion Estimation. IROS Junbang Liang, Joao Buzzatto, Bryan Busby, Ricardo V. Godoy, Saori Matsunaga, Rintaro Haraguchi, Toshisada Mariyama, Bruce A. MacDonald, Minas V. Liarokapis
2023	J	`jnl`	Look how they have grown: Non-destructive Leaf Detection and Size Estimation of Tomato Plants for 3D Growth Monitoring. CoRR Yuning Xing, Dexter Pham, Henry Williams, David Smith, Ho Seok Ahn, JongYoon Lim, Bruce A. MacDonald, Mahla Nejati
2023	J	`jnl`	Robot Dialog System in the Context of Hospital Receptionist and its Demonstration. Int. J. Soc. Robotics Eui Jun Hwang, Byeong-Kyu Ahn, Jong Yoon Lim, Bruce A. MacDonald, Ho Seok Ahn
2023	A	`conf`	Seeing the Fruit for the Leaves: Robotically Mapping Apple Fruitlets in a Commercial Orchard. IROS Ans Qureshi, David Smith, Trevor Gee, Mahla Nejati, Jalil Shahabi, JongYoon Lim, Ho Seok Ahn, Benjamin McGuinness, Catherine Downes, Rahul Jangali, Kale Black, Hin Lim, Mike Duke, Bruce A. MacDonald, Henry Williams
2023	J	`jnl`	Seeing the Fruit for the Leaves: Robotically Mapping Apple Fruitlets in a Commercial Orchard. CoRR Ans Qureshi, David Smith, Trevor Gee, Mahla Nejati, Jalil Shahabi, JongYoon Lim, Ho Seok Ahn, Benjamin McGuinness, Catherine Downes, Rahul Jangali, Kale Black, Hin Lim, Mike Duke, Bruce A. MacDonald, Henry Williams
2023	J	`jnl`	Seeing the Fruit for the Leaves: Towards Automated Apple Fruitlet Thinning. CoRR Ans Qureshi, Neville Loh, Young Min Kwon, David Smith, Trevor Gee, Oliver Batchelor, Josh McCulloch, Mahla Nejati, JongYoon Lim, Richard D. Green, Ho Seok Ahn, Bruce A. MacDonald, Henry Williams
2023	J	`jnl`	Visual based Tomato Size Measurement System for an Indoor Farming Environment. CoRR Andy Kweon, Vishnu Hu, Jong Yoon Lim, Trevor Gee, Edmond Liu, Henry Williams, Bruce A. MacDonald, Mahla Nejati, Inkyu Sa, Ho Seok Ahn
2022	J	`jnl`	Design, Implementation, and Performance Evaluation of a Web-Based Multiple Robot Control System. J. Robotics U. U. Samantha Kumara Rajapaksha, Chandimal Jayawardena, Bruce A. MacDonald
2022	B	`conf`	Moving away from robotic interactions: Evaluation of empathy, emotion and sentiment expressed and detected by computer systems. RO-MAN Norina Gasteiger, JongYoon Lim, Mehdi Hellou, Bruce A. MacDonald, Ho Seok Ahn
2022	A	`conf`	On Robotic Manipulation of Flexible Flat Cables: Employing a Multi-Modal Gripper with Dexterous Tips, Active Nails, and a Reconfigurable Suction Cup Module. IROS Joao Buzzatto, Jayden Chapman, Mojtaba Shahmohammadi, Felipe Sanches, Mahla Nejati, Saori Matsunaga, Rintaro Haraguchi, Toshisada Mariyama, Bruce A. MacDonald, Minas V. Liarokapis
2022	J	`jnl`	Participatory Design, Development, and Testing of Assistive Health Robots with Older Adults: An International Four-year Project. ACM Trans. Hum. Robot Interact. Norina Gasteiger, Ho Seok Ahn, Christopher Lee, JongYoon Lim, Bruce A. MacDonald, Geon Ha Kim, Elizabeth Broadbent
2022	A	`conf`	Soft, Multi-Layer, Disposable, Kirigami Based Robotic Grippers: On Handling of Delicate, Contaminated, and Everyday Objects. IROS Joao Buzzatto, Mojtaba Shahmohammadi, Junbang Liang, Felipe Sanches, Saori Matsunaga, Rintaro Haraguchi, Toshisada Mariyama, Bruce A. MacDonald, Minas V. Liarokapis
2022	J	`jnl`	deepNIR: Datasets for Generating Synthetic NIR Images and Improved Fruit Detection System Using Deep Learning Techniques. Sensors Inkyu Sa, Jong Yoon Lim, Ho Seok Ahn, Bruce A. MacDonald
2022	J	`jnl`	deepNIR: Datasets for generating synthetic NIR images and improved fruit detection system using deep learning techniques. CoRR Inkyu Sa, JongYoon Lim, Ho Seok Ahn, Bruce A. MacDonald
2021	A	`conf`	A Dexterous, Reconfigurable, Adaptive Robot Hand Combining Anthropomorphic and Interdigitated Configurations. IROS Geng Gao, Jayden Chapman, Saori Matsunaga, Toshisada Mariyama, Bruce A. MacDonald, Minas V. Liarokapis
2021	A*	`conf`	A Locally-Adaptive, Parallel-Jaw Gripper with Clamping and Rolling Capable, Soft Fingertips for Fine Manipulation of Flexible Flat Cables. ICRA Jayden Chapman, Gal Gorjup, Anany Dwivedi, Saori Matsunaga, Toshisada Mariyama, Bruce A. MacDonald, Minas V. Liarokapis
2021	J	`jnl`	Accelerated superpixel image segmentation with a parallelized DBSCAN algorithm. J. Real Time Image Process. Seng Cheong Loke, Bruce A. MacDonald, Matthew Parsons, Burkhard Claus Wünsche
2021	—	`conf`	Action-Conditioned Frame Prediction Without Discriminator. LOD David Valencia, Henry Williams, Bruce A. MacDonald, Ting Qiao
2021	J	`jnl`	Case studies on the usability, acceptability and functionality of autonomous mobile delivery robots in real-world healthcare settings. Intell. Serv. Robotics Mikaela Law, Ho Seok Ahn, Elizabeth Broadbent, Kathy Peri, Ngaire Kerse, Eve Topou, Norina Gasteiger, Bruce A. MacDonald
2021	J	`jnl`	Empathetic Speech Synthesis and Testing for Healthcare Robots. Int. J. Soc. Robotics Jesin James, Balamurali B. T., Catherine Inez Watson, Bruce A. MacDonald
2021	J	`jnl`	Evaluating the quality of kiwifruit pollinated with an autonomous robot. Field Robotics Henry Williams, Jamie Bell, Mahla Nejati, Salome Hussein, Nicky Penhall, Jong Yoon Lim, Mark Hedley Jones, Ho Seok Ahn, Stuart Bradley, Peter Schaare, Paul Martinsen, Melissa Broussard, Matthew Seabright, Mike Duke, Alistair J. Scarfe, Bruce A. MacDonald
2021	C	`conf`	ROS Based Heterogeneous Multiple Robots Control Using High Level User Instructions. TENCON U. U. Samantha Kumara Rajapaksha, Chandimal Jayawardena, Bruce A. MacDonald
2021	Misc	`conf`	Real-time Caustics and Dispersion on Arbitrary Surfaces in GPU-Accelerated Ray Tracing. IVCNZ Fung Yang, Burkhard Claus Wünsche, Bruce A. MacDonald
2021	J	`jnl`	Robot-Delivered Cognitive Stimulation Games for Older Adults: Usability and Acceptability Evaluation. ACM Trans. Hum. Robot Interact. Norina Gasteiger, Ho Seok Ahn, Chiara Gasteiger, Christopher Lee, JongYoon Lim, Christine Fok, Bruce A. MacDonald, Geon Ha Kim, Elizabeth Broadbent
2021	J	`jnl`	Subsentence Extraction from Text Using Coverage-Based Deep Learning Language Models. CoRR JongYoon Lim, Inkyu Sa, Ho Seok Ahn, Norina Gasteiger, Sanghyub John Lee, Bruce A. MacDonald
2021	J	`jnl`	Subsentence Extraction from Text Using Coverage-Based Deep Learning Language Models. Sensors JongYoon Lim, Inkyu Sa, Ho Seok Ahn, Norina Gasteiger, Sanghyub John Lee, Bruce A. MacDonald
2020	J	`jnl`	Autonomous pollination of individual kiwifruit flowers: Toward a robotic kiwifruit pollinator. J. Field Robotics Henry Williams, Mahla Nejati, Salome Hussein, Nicky Penhall, Jong Yoon Lim, Mark Hedley Jones, Jamie Bell, Ho Seok Ahn, Stuart Bradley, Peter Schaare, Paul Martinsen, Mohammad Alomar, Purak Patel, Matthew Seabright, Mike Duke, Alistair J. Scarfe, Bruce A. MacDonald
2020	B	`conf`	Combining Programming by Demonstration with Path Optimization and Local Replanning to Facilitate the Execution of Assembly Tasks. SMC Gal Gorjup, George P. Kontoudis, Anany Dwivedi, Geng Gao, Saori Matsunaga, Toshisada Mariyama, Bruce A. MacDonald, Minas V. Liarokapis
2020	J	`jnl`	Deep Neural Network Based Real-time Kiwi Fruit Flower Detection in an Orchard Environment. CoRR JongYoon Lim, Ho Seok Ahn, Mahla Nejati, Jamie Bell, Henry Williams, Bruce A. MacDonald
2020	A*	`conf`	Demonstration of Hospital Receptionist Robot with Extended Hybrid Code Network to Select Responses and Gestures. ICRA Eui Jun Hwang, Byeong-Kyu Ahn, Bruce A. MacDonald, Ho Seok Ahn
2020	J	`jnl`	Design and Development of a Robotic Vehicle for Shallow-Water Marine Inspections. CoRR Parag Tarwadi, Yuta Shiraki, Ori Ganoni, Shanghai Wei, Ho Seok Ahn, Bruce A. MacDonald
2020	J	`jnl`	Design of a sensing module for a kiwifruit flower pollinator robot. CoRR Mahla Nejati, Ho Seok Ahn, Bruce A. MacDonald
2020	Misc	`conf`	Fast Portrait Segmentation of the Head and Upper Body. IVCNZ Seng Cheong Loke, Bruce A. MacDonald, Matthew Parsons, Burkhard C. Wünsche
2020	J	`jnl`	Improvements to and large-scale evaluation of a robotic kiwifruit harvester. J. Field Robotics Henry Williams, Canaan Ting, Mahla Nejati, Mark Hedley Jones, Nicky Penhall, JongYoon Lim, Matthew Seabright, Jamie Bell, Ho Seok Ahn, Alistair J. Scarfe, Mike Duke, Bruce A. MacDonald
2020	J	`jnl`	Kiwifruit detection in challenging conditions. CoRR Mahla Nejati, Nicky Penhall, Henry Williams, Jamie Bell, JongYoon Lim, Ho Seok Ahn, Bruce A. MacDonald
2020	J	`jnl`	Smiling and use of first-name by a healthcare receptionist robot: Effects on user perceptions, attitudes, and behaviours. Paladyn J. Behav. Robotics Deborah L. Johanson, Ho Seok Ahn, Craig J. Sutherland, Bianca Brown, Bruce A. MacDonald, Jong Yoon Lim, Byeong-Kyu Ahn, Elizabeth Broadbent
2019	—	`conf`	End-to-End Dialogue System with Multi Languages for Hospital Receptionist Robot. UR Eui Jun Hwang, Bruce A. MacDonald, Ho Seok Ahn
2019	B	`conf`	Hospital Receptionist Robot v2: Design for Enhancing Verbal Interaction with Social Skills. RO-MAN Ho Seok Ahn, Wesley Yep, Jong Yoon Lim, Byeong-Kyu Ahn, Deborah L. Johanson, Eui Jun Hwang, Min Ho Lee, Elizabeth Broadbent, Bruce A. MacDonald
2019	—	`conf`	Novel Algorithm for Identification and Differentiation of Shuffling from Walking. ICHI Nethra Ganesh Chigateri, Ngaire Kerse, Bruce A. MacDonald
2019	—	`conf`	RoboLang: A Simple Domain Specific Language to Script Robot Interactions. UR Craig J. Sutherland, Bruce A. MacDonald
2019	—	`conf`	System designed to enable scientific analysis on robot pollination algorithm for orchard robot research. ICEIC Fung Yang, Ho Seok Ahn, Jong Yoon Lim, Mahla Nejati, Henry Williams, Bruce A. MacDonald
2019	A*	`conf`	The Doctor will See You Now: Could a Robot Be a medical Receptionist? ICRA Craig J. Sutherland, Byeong-Kyu Ahn, Bianca Brown, Jong Yoon Lim, Deborah L. Johanson, Elizabeth Broadbent, Bruce A. MacDonald, Ho Seok Ahn
2019	B	`conf`	User Testing of Cognitive Training Games for People with Mild Cognitive Impairment: Design Implications. ICSR Mikaela Law, Ho Seok Ahn, Bruce A. MacDonald, Dina-Sara Vasjakovic, Jong Yoon Lim, Min Ho Lee, Craig J. Sutherland, Kathy Peri, Ngaire Kerse, Elizabeth Broadbent
2018	—	`ed.`	2018 IEEE International Conference on Simulation, Modeling, and Programming for Autonomous Robots, SIMPAR 2018, Brisbane, Australia, May 16-19, 2018 SIMPAR Hanna Kurniawati, Evan M. Drumwright, Bruce A. MacDonald, Thierry Fraichard, Nan Ye
2018	J	`jnl`	An Overview of Perception Methods for Horticultural Robots: From Pollination to Harvest. CoRR Ho Seok Ahn, Feras Dayoub, Marija Popovic, Bruce A. MacDonald, Roland Siegwart, Inkyu Sa
2018	B	`conf`	Artificial Empathy in Social Robots: An analysis of Emotions in Speech. RO-MAN Jesin James, Catherine Inez Watson, Bruce A. MacDonald
2018	—	`conf`	Can robots improve the quality of life in people with dementia? APAScience Elizabeth Broadbent, Ho Seok Ahn, Ngaire Kerse, Kathy Peri, Craig J. Sutherland, Mikaela Law, Bruce A. MacDonald, Geon Ha Kim, Miguel A. Salichs, Dympna Casey, Megan Burke, Sally Whelan, Adam Santorelli, Aisling Dolan, Eva Barrett, Kathy Murphy, Keith Cortis, Tanja Kovacic, Christos Kouroupetroglou, Massimiliano Raciti, Alessandro Russo, Geoff Pegman, Peter Ford Dominey, Jocelyne Ventre-Dominey, Victor Paleologue, Amit Kumar Pandey
2018	—	`conf`	Design of Low Cost Pneumatic Robot Arm Control System. UR Ho Seok Ahn, Edwin Jin, Guangyu Zhu, Bruce A. MacDonald
2018	—	`conf`	Development of a Wind Tunnel Experimental Setup for Testing Multirotor Unmanned Aerial Vehicles in Turbulent Conditions. AIM Jérémie Xavier Joseph Bannwarth, Zhenrong Jeremy Chen, Karl A. Stol, Bruce A. MacDonald, Peter John Richards
2018	A	`conf`	Diversity in Pedestrian Safety for Industrial Environments Using 3D Lidar Sensors and Neural Networks*Research supported by the New Zealand Ministry for Business Innovation and Employment (MBIE) on contract UOAX1414. IROS Jamie Bell, Bruce A. MacDonald, Ho Seok Ahn
2018	J	`jnl`	How Could Companion Robots Be Useful in Rural Schools? Int. J. Soc. Robotics Elizabeth Broadbent, Danielle Feerst, Seung Ho Lee, Hayley Robinson, Jordi Albo-Canals, Ho Seok Ahn, Bruce A. MacDonald
2018	—	`conf`	NaoBlocks: A Case Study of Developing a Children's Robot Programming Environment. UR Craig J. Sutherland, Bruce A. MacDonald
2018	B	`conf`	Robotic Healthcare Service System to Serve Multiple Patients with Multiple Robots. ICSR Ho Seok Ahn, Sheng Zhang, Min Ho Lee, Jong Yoon Lim, Bruce A. MacDonald
2017	—	`conf`	Architecture of an Extensible Visual Programming Environment for Authoring Behaviour of Personal Service Robots. IRC Chandan Datta, Bruce A. MacDonald
2017	B	`conf`	Design and Implementation of a Device Management System for Healthcare Assistive Robots: Sensor Manager System Version 2. ICSR Sheng Zhang, Ho Seok Ahn, Jong Yoon Lim, Min Ho Lee, Bruce A. MacDonald
2017	J	`jnl`	Designing an API at an appropriate abstraction level for programming social robot applications. J. Vis. Lang. Comput. James P. Diprose, Bruce A. MacDonald, John G. Hosking, Beryl Plimmer
2017	—	`conf`	Gathering Healthcare Service Robot Requirements from Young People's Perceptions of an Older Care Robot. IRC Ho Seok Ahn, Min Ho Lee, Elizabeth Broadbent, Bruce A. MacDonald
2017	—	`conf`	Is Entertainment Services of a Healthcare Service Robot for Older People Useful to Young People? IRC Ho Seok Ahn, Min Ho Lee, Elizabeth Broadbent, Bruce A. MacDonald
2016	—	`conf`	Formalizing the specifications of a domain-specific language for authoring behaviour of personal service robots. SIMPAR Chandan Datta, Elizabeth Broadbent, Bruce A. MacDonald
2016	A	`conf`	Row following in pergola structured orchards. IROS Jamie Bell, Bruce A. MacDonald, Ho Seok Ahn
2016	J	`jnl`	Socially Assistive Robot HealthBot: Design, Implementation, and Field Trials. IEEE Syst. J. Chandimal Jayawardena, I-Han Kuo, Elizabeth Broadbent, Bruce A. MacDonald
2016	B	`conf`	User perceptions of soft robot arms and fingers for healthcare. RO-MAN Dong Hyun Kim, Bruce A. MacDonald, Andrew McDaid, Sadao Kawamura, Hye-Jong Kim, Elliot Thompson Bean, Forest Fraser, Elizabeth Broadbent
2015	—	`conf`	Entertainment services of a healthcare robot system for older people in private and public spaces. ICARA Ho Seok Ahn, Chandan Datta, I-Han Kuo, Rebecca Q. Stafford, Ngaire Kerse, Kathy Peri, Elizabeth Broadbent, Bruce A. MacDonald
2015	B	`conf`	Healthcare Robots in Homes of Rural Older Adults. ICSR Josephine R. Orejana, Bruce A. MacDonald, Ho Seok Ahn, Kathryn Peri, Elizabeth Broadbent
2015	B	`conf`	Healthcare robot systems for a hospital environment: CareBot and ReceptionBot. RO-MAN Ho Seok Ahn, Min Ho Lee, Bruce A. MacDonald
2015	J	`jnl`	People respond better to robots than computer tablets delivering healthcare instructions. Comput. Hum. Behav. Jordan A. Mann, Bruce A. MacDonald, I-Han Kuo, Xingyan Li, Elizabeth Broadbent
2015	B	`conf`	The cost-effectiveness of a robot measuring vital signs in a rural medical practice. RO-MAN Elizabeth Broadbent, Josephine R. Orejana, Ho Seok Ahn, Jiao Xie, Paul Rouse, Bruce A. MacDonald
2014	B	`conf`	A human-centric API for programming socially interactive robots. VL/HCC James P. Diprose, Beryl Plimmer, Bruce A. MacDonald, John G. Hosking
2014	—	`conf`	Design of a Healthcare Sensor Managing System for Vital Sign Measuring Devices. SIMPAR Min Ho Lee, Ho Seok Ahn, Kevin Wang, Bruce A. MacDonald
2014	—	`conf`	Design of a Kiosk Type Healthcare Robot System for Older People in Private and Public Places. SIMPAR Ho Seok Ahn, I-Han Kuo, Chandan Datta, Rebecca Q. Stafford, Ngaire Kerse, Kathy Peri, Elizabeth Broadbent, Bruce A. MacDonald
2014	B	`conf`	Development of Brain Training Games for a Healthcare Service Robot for Older People. ICSR Ho Seok Ahn, Mary Pauline Grace Santos, Charu Wadhwa, Bruce A. MacDonald
2014	J	`jnl`	Does the Robot Have a Mind? Mind Perception and Attitudes Towards Robots Predict Use of an Eldercare Robot. Int. J. Soc. Robotics Rebecca Q. Stafford, Bruce A. MacDonald, Chandimal Jayawardena, Daniel M. Wegner, Elizabeth Broadbent
2014	J	`jnl`	Older People's Prior Robot Attitudes Influence Evaluations of a Conversational Robot. Int. J. Soc. Robotics Rebecca Q. Stafford, Bruce A. MacDonald, Xingyan Li, Elizabeth Broadbent
2014	B	`conf`	Robots in Older People's Homes to Improve Medication Adherence and Quality of Life: A Randomised Cross-Over Trial. ICSR Elizabeth Broadbent, Kathy Peri, Ngaire Kerse, Chandimal Jayawardena, I-Han Kuo, Chandan Datta, Bruce A. MacDonald
2014	—	`ed.`	Simulation, Modeling, and Programming for Autonomous Robots - 4th International Conference, SIMPAR 2014, Bergamo, Italy, October 20-23, 2014. Proceedings SIMPAR Davide Brugali, Jan F. Broenink, Torsten Kroeger, Bruce A. MacDonald
2014	J	`jnl`	The Role of Healthcare Robots for Older People at Home: A Review. Int. J. Soc. Robotics Hayley Robinson, Bruce A. MacDonald, Elizabeth Broadbent
2014	J	`jnl`	Towards a graphical language for quadrotor missions. CoRR Benjamin Schwartz, Ludwig Nägele, Andreas Angerer, Bruce A. MacDonald
2013	—	`conf`	An efficient programming framework for socially assistive robots based on separation of robot behavior description from execution. RAM Chandimal Jayawardena, I-Han Kuo, Bruce A. MacDonald
2013	—	`conf`	Development of a human-like narrator robot system in EXPO. RAM Ho Seok Ahn, Dong-Wook Lee, Bruce A. MacDonald
2013	—	`conf`	My Personal Trainer - An iPhone Application for Exercise Monitoring and Analysis. AUIC Christopher R. Greeff, Joe Yang, Bruce A. MacDonald, Burkhard C. Wünsche
2013	—	`conf`	On the robustness of tiny decoding graphs for voice-based robotic interaction. RAM Abdelaziz A. Abdelhamid, Waleed H. Abdulla, Bruce A. MacDonald
2013	—	`conf`	SPIDER: A continuous speech light decoder. APSIPA Abdelaziz A. Abdelhamid, Waleed H. Abdulla, Bruce A. MacDonald
2013	—	`conf`	Software platform design for personal service robots in healthcare. RAM Chandan Datta, Hong Yul Yang, I-Han Kuo, Elizabeth Broadbent, Bruce A. MacDonald
2013	—	`conf`	The effect of age and native speaker status on synthetic speech intelligibility. SSW Catherine Inez Watson, Wei Liu, Bruce A. MacDonald
2012	J	`jnl`	A Real-Time Method to Detect and Track Moving Objects (DATMO) from Unmanned Aerial Vehicles (UAVs) Using a Single Camera. Remote. Sens. Gonzalo R. Rodríguez-Canosa, Stephen J. Thomas, Jaime del Cerro, Antonio Barrientos, Bruce A. MacDonald
2012	J	`jnl`	Design and Analysis of Visualization Techniques for Mobile Robotics Development. J. WSCG Alex Kozlov, Bruce A. MacDonald, Burkhard Wünsche
2012	—	`conf`	Evaluating the Effectiveness of Mixed Reality Simulations for Developing UAV Systems. SIMPAR Ian Yen-Hung Chen, Bruce A. MacDonald, Burkhard Wünsche
2012	B	`conf`	HRI Evaluation of a Healthcare Service Robot. ICSR I-Han Kuo, Chandimal Jayawardena, Elizabeth Broadbent, Rebecca Q. Stafford, Bruce A. MacDonald
2012	B	`conf`	Identifying Specific Reasons Behind Unmet Needs May Inform More Specific Eldercare Robot Design. ICSR Rebecca Q. Stafford, Bruce A. MacDonald, Elizabeth Broadbent
2012	B	`conf`	Programming Behaviour of a Personal Service Robot with Application to Healthcare. ICSR Chandan Datta, Bruce A. MacDonald, Chandimal Jayawardena, I-Han Kuo
2012	B	`conf`	RoboASR: A Dynamic Speech Recognition System for Service Robots. ICSR Abdelaziz A. Abdelhamid, Waleed H. Abdulla, Bruce A. MacDonald
2012	A	`conf`	RoboStudio: A visual programming environment for rapid authoring and customization of complex services on a personal service robot. IROS Chandan Datta, Chandimal Jayawardena, I-Han Kuo, Bruce A. MacDonald
2012	Misc	`conf`	Using the Kinect as a navigation sensor for mobile robotics. IVCNZ Ayrton Oliver, Steven Kang, Burkhard Wünsche, Bruce A. MacDonald
2012	C	`conf`	Utilizing a closed loop medication management workflow through an engaging interactive robot for older people. Healthcom Chandan Datta, Priyesh Tiwari, Hong Yul Yang, Elizabeth Broadbent, Bruce A. MacDonald
2011	—	`conf`	Feasibility Study of a Robotic Medication Assistant for the Elderly. AUIC Priyesh Tiwari, Jim Warren, Karen Day, Bruce A. MacDonald, Chandimal Jayawardena, I-Han Kuo, Aleksandar Igic, Chandan Datta
2011	A*	`conf`	Generalizing topological task graphs from multiple symbolic demonstrations in programming by demonstration (PbD) processes. ICRA Tanveer Abbas, Bruce A. MacDonald
2011	—	`conf`	Human-Robot Interaction Research to Improve Quality of Life in Elder Care - An Approach and Issues. Human-Robot Interaction in Elder Care Elizabeth Broadbent, Chandimal Jayawardena, Ngaire Kerse, Rebecca Q. Stafford, Bruce A. MacDonald
2011	J	`jnl`	Mental Schemas of Robots as More Human-Like Are Associated with Higher Blood Pressure and Negative Emotions in a Human-Robot Interaction. Int. J. Soc. Robotics Elizabeth Broadbent, Yong In Lee, Rebecca Q. Stafford, I-Han Kuo, Bruce A. MacDonald
2011	J	`jnl`	Multidisciplinary Design Approach for Implementation of Interactive Services - Communication Initiation and User Identification for Healthcare Service Robots. Int. J. Soc. Robotics I-Han Kuo, Chandimal Jayawardena, Elizabeth Broadbent, Bruce A. MacDonald
2011	B	`conf`	Ruru: A spatial and interactive visual programming language for novice robot programming. VL/HCC James P. Diprose, Bruce A. MacDonald, John G. Hosking
2011	J	`jnl`	The Effects of Synthesized Voice Accents on User Perceptions of Robots. Int. J. Soc. Robotics Rie Tamagawa, Catherine Inez Watson, I-Han Kuo, Bruce A. MacDonald, Elizabeth Broadbent
2010	—	`conf`	Analysing Mixed Reality Simulation for Industrial Applications: A Case Study in the Development of a Robotic Screw Remover System. SIMPAR Ian Yen-Hung Chen, Bruce A. MacDonald, Burkhard Wünsche, Geoffrey Biggs, Tetsuo Kotoku
2010	A	`conf`	Deployment of a service robot to help older people. IROS Chandimal Jayawardena, I-Han Kuo, Ulrike Unger, Aleksandar Igic, Richie Wong, Catherine Inez Watson, Rebecca McAulay Quinlan Stafford, Elizabeth Broadbent, Priyesh Tiwari, Jim Warren, Joochan Sohn, Bruce A. MacDonald
2010	—	`conf`	Designing a Mixed Reality Framework for Enriching Interactions in Robot Simulation. GRAPP Ian Yen-Hung Chen, Bruce A. MacDonald, Burkhard Wünsche
2010	A	`conf`	Implementing a reactive semantics using OpenRTM-aist. IROS Geoffrey Biggs, Bruce A. MacDonald
2010	B	`conf`	Improved robot attitudes and emotions at a retirement home after meeting a robot. RO-MAN Rebecca McAulay Quinlan Stafford, Elizabeth Broadbent, Chandimal Jayawardena, Ulrike Unger, I-Han Kuo, Aleksandar Igic, Richie Wong, Ngaire Kerse, Catherine Inez Watson, Bruce A. MacDonald
2010	B	`conf`	On Internal Knowledge Representation for Programming Mobile Robots by Demonstration. ICSR Tanveer Abbas, Bruce A. MacDonald
2010	—	`conf`	Real-Time Robust Image Feature Description and Matching. ACCV (2) Stephen J. Thomas, Bruce A. MacDonald, Karl A. Stol
2010	B	`conf`	User Identification for Healthcare Service Robots: Multidisciplinary Design for Implementation of Interactive Services. ICSR I-Han Kuo, Chandimal Jayawardena, Priyesh Tiwari, Elizabeth Broadbent, Bruce A. MacDonald
2009	J	`jnl`	Acceptance of Healthcare Robots for the Older Population: Review and Future Directions. Int. J. Soc. Robotics Elizabeth Broadbent, Rebecca Q. Stafford, Bruce A. MacDonald
2009	B	`conf`	Age and gender factors in user acceptance of healthcare robots. RO-MAN I-Han Kuo, Joel Marcus Rabindran, Elizabeth Broadbent, Yong In Lee, Ngaire Kerse, Rebecca McAulay Quinlan Stafford, Bruce A. MacDonald
2009	A	`conf`	Expressive facial speech synthesis on a robotic platform. IROS Xingyan Li, Bruce A. MacDonald, Catherine Inez Watson
2009	A*	`conf`	Mixed reality simulation for mobile robots. ICRA Ian Yen-Hung Chen, Bruce A. MacDonald, Burkhard Wünsche
2009	B	`conf`	Retirement home staff and residents' preferences for healthcare robots. RO-MAN Elizabeth Broadbent, Rie Tamagawa, Ngaire Kerse, Brett Knock, Anna Patience, Bruce A. MacDonald
2009	B	`conf`	Robust trajectory segmentation for programming by demonstration. RO-MAN Tanveer Abbas, Bruce A. MacDonald
2009	Misc	`conf`	Towards a flexible platform for voice accent and expression selection on a Healthcare Robot. ALTA Aleksandar Igic, Catherine Inez Watson, Jonathan Teutenberg, Elizabeth Broadbent, Rie Tamagawa, Bruce A. MacDonald
2008	J	`jnl`	A pragmatic approach to dimensional analysis for mobile robotic programming. Auton. Robots Geoffrey Biggs, Bruce A. MacDonald
2008	A*	`conf`	An intuitive interface for a cognitive programming by demonstration system. ICRA David Brageul, Slobodan Vukanovic, Bruce A. MacDonald
2008	A	`conf`	Evaluating a reactive semantics for robotics. IROS Geoffrey Biggs, Bruce A. MacDonald
2008	—	`conf`	Facial Expression Recognition for Human-Robot Interaction - A Prototype. RobVis Matthias Wimmer, Bruce A. MacDonald, Dinuka Jayamuni, Arpit Yadav
2008	—	`conf`	Markerless Augmented Reality for Robotic Helicoptor Applications. RobVis Ian Yen-Hung Chen, Bruce A. MacDonald, Burkhard Wünsche
2007	A	`conf`	Human reactions to good and bad robots. IROS Elizabeth Broadbent, Bruce A. MacDonald, Lana Jago, Meike Juergens, Omar Mazharullah
2006	A*	`conf`	Augmented Reality Visualisation for Player. ICRA T. H. J. Collett, Bruce A. MacDonald
2006	A*	`conf`	Developer oriented visualisation of a robot program. HRI T. H. J. Collett, Bruce A. MacDonald
2006	—	`conf`	Dynamic Reconfiguration for Robot Software. CASE Zheng Yu, Ian Warren, Bruce A. MacDonald
2006	—	`conf`	Evaluation of Dimensional Analysis in Robotics. CASE Geoffrey Biggs, Bruce A. MacDonald
2006	A	`conf`	Specifying Robot Reactivity in Procedural Languages. IROS Geoffrey Biggs, Bruce A. MacDonald
2005	A*	`conf`	A Distributed Real-time Software Framework for Robotic Applications. ICRA Yuan-hsin Kuo, Bruce A. MacDonald
2005	A*	`conf`	A Dynamics Simulation Architecture for Robotic Systems. ICRA Benjamin Moores, Bruce A. MacDonald
2005	Misc	`conf`	A haptic interface for mobile devices. OZCHI Bruce A. MacDonald
2005	—	`conf`	Sidebar - Programming Commercial Robots. PPSDR@ICRA José María Cañas, Vicente Matellán, Bruce A. MacDonald, Geoffrey Biggs
2005	—	`conf`	Software Environments for Robot Programming. PPSDR@ICRA Bruce A. MacDonald, Geoffrey Biggs, Toby Collett
2005	—	`conf`	Trends in Robot Software Domain Engineering. PPSDR@ICRA Davide Brugali, Arvin Agah, Bruce A. MacDonald, Issa A. D. Nesnas, William D. Smart
2005	J	`jnl`	Vision-based localization algorithm based on landmark matching, triangulation, reconstruction, and comparison. IEEE Trans. Robotics David C. K. Yuen, Bruce A. MacDonald
2004	B	`conf`	Complete Coverage by Mobile Robots Using Slice Decomposition Based on Natural Landmarks. PRICAI Sylvia C. Wong, Bruce A. MacDonald
2004	—	`conf`	Embodied time (-) changing our mind. SIGGRAPH Posters Julainne Sumich, Bruce A. MacDonald, Kevin Novins, Simon Chui, HsuHan Chiang
2004	B	`conf`	Theoretical Considerations of Multiple Particle Filters for Simultaneous Localisation and Map-Building. KES David C. K. Yuen, Bruce A. MacDonald
2003	B	`conf`	A Customer Test Generator for Web-Based Systems. XP Rick Mugridge, Bruce A. MacDonald, Partha S. Roop
2003	A	`conf`	A topological coverage algorithm for mobile robots. IROS Sylvia C. Wong, Bruce A. MacDonald
2003	A*	`conf`	An evaluation of the sequential Monte Carlo technique for simultaneous localisation and map-buildin. ICRA David C. K. Yuen, Bruce A. MacDonald
2003	A	`conf`	Distributed mobile robot application infrastructure. IROS Evan Woo, Bruce A. MacDonald, Félix Trépanier
2003	B	`conf`	Five Challenges in Teaching XP. XP Rick Mugridge, Bruce A. MacDonald, Partha S. Roop, Ewan D. Tempero
2002	A*	`conf`	Natural Landmark Based Localisation System using Panoramic Images. ICRA David C. K. Yuen, Bruce A. MacDonald
2001	—	`conf`	Robot Localization Using Omnidirectional Color Images. RobVis David C. K. Yuen, Bruce A. MacDonald
1995	—	`conf`	An Architecture for Understanding Human Instructions, Learning, and Planning. ANNES Bruce A. MacDonald, Jacky Baltes, Istvan Hernadi
1995	—	`conf`	An Instructable Office Clerk. ANNES Pierre Baril, Istvan Hernadi, Bruce A. MacDonald
1994	—	`conf`	A Distributed Architecture for an Instructable Problem Solver. HICSS (3) Jacky Baltes, Bruce A. MacDonald
1993	J	`jnl`	Adaptive robot training by programming and guiding. J. Intell. Manuf. Bruce A. MacDonald, David Pauli
1992	J	`jnl`	Programming by Example: The Human Face of AI. AI Soc. Ian H. Witten, Bruce A. MacDonald, David Maulsby, Rosanna Heise
1991	J	`jnl`	Instructable systems. Knowl. Acquis. Bruce A. MacDonald
1989	J	`jnl`	A framework for knowledge acquisition through techniques of concept learning. IEEE Trans. Syst. Man Cybern. Bruce A. MacDonald, Ian H. Witten
1989	—	`conf`	The Other Side of the Coin: Teaching Artificial Learning Systems. ICCAL Ian H. Witten, Bruce A. MacDonald
1988	J	`jnl`	Using Concept Learning for Knowledge Acquisition. Int. J. Man Mach. Stud. Ian H. Witten, Bruce A. MacDonald
1987	—	`conf`	Connecting to the Past. NIPS Bruce A. MacDonald