Publications by authors named "Muneeb I Ahmad"
Point cloud completion is the task of producing a complete 3D shape given an input of a partial point cloud. It has become a vital process in 3D computer graphics, vision and applications such as autonomous driving, robotics, and augmented reality. These applications often rely on the presence of a complete 3D representation of the environment.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFArticle Synopsis
- Smart speakers are commonly used at home for various tasks but face acceptance challenges in workplaces, potentially due to privacy concerns and their lack of social cues.
- A study compared the effectiveness of a humanoid robot, a smart speaker, and a dialogue manager in a first responder team setting, examining trust, engagement, and performance.
- Results showed that the humanoid robot was more trusted and led to better task engagement and performance than the smart speaker, suggesting that more human-like embodiments could improve the adoption of conversational agents in professional environments.
Past work has not considered social robots as proctors or monitors to prevent cheating or maintain discipline in the context of exam invigilation with adults. Further, we do not see an investigation into the role of invigilation for the robot presented in two different embodiments (physical vs. virtual).
View Article and Find Full Text PDF