Interactive Con rmation of Object Functionality

The premise of our most recent work is that a recognition system can and should incorporate both the symbolic labeling of the potential func tionality of an object and the steps to con rm said functionality through interaction Hence the task at hand is as follows A researcher selects an object and places it in the observation area of a robot arm An initial intensity and range im age are acquired This initial state is the input to a two stage recognition system which rst per forms the symbolic labeling of the object s poten tial functionality and produces a plan for inter action for the object The second stage involves the interaction tests guided by the plan for in teraction to con rm the object s functional use in a task This paper describes the current state of the system