A Multi - Agent System for Programming Robotic Agents by Human Demonstration Richard

This paper explores Gesture-Based Programming as a paradigm for programming robotic agents. Gesture-Based Programming is a form of programming by human demonstration that focuses the development of robotic systems on task experts rather than programming experts. The technique relies on the existence of previously acquired ro-botic skills (which are called " sensorimotor primitives ") which are approximately the robotic equivalent of everyday human experiences. The interpretation of the human's demonstration and subsequent matching to robotic primitives is a qualitative problem that we approach with a community of skilled agents. A simple manipulative task is programmed to demonstrate the system.