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The effects of avatar based customization on player identification
, 2014 Games allow players to perceive themselves in alternate ways in imagined worlds. Player identification is one of the outcomes of gameplay experiences in these worlds and has been shown to affect enjoyment and reduce self-discrepancy.
Türkay, Selen +3 more
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Behavioral SciencesVirtual agents powered by large language models are increasingly deployed in digital mental health services, yet the influence of avatar appearance on users’ emotional, cognitive, and physiological responses remains insufficiently understood.
Han Zhang, Shiyi Wang, Rui Peng
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Muscle Control of an Extra Robotic Digit
Advanced Robotics Research, EarlyView.This study compares muscle‐ and movement‐based control for operating a supernumerary robotic thumb. While movement control performs better in the proposed tasks, muscle‐based (EMG) control promotes broader motor learning. The results highlight the promise and challenges of using biosignals for human augmentation, offering new insights into intuitive ...
Julien Russ +7 more
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Avatar|Avatar: Reflections in/on the Virtual [PDF]
, 2016 Utilizing a documentary I created involving Dr. Christine Ballengee Morris, called Avatar|Avatar, I reflect on the concept of the virtual to understand the site of agency in art education.
Knochel, Aaron D
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Hybrid Continuum Robot Designs and Architectures for Healthcare Applications
Advanced Robotics Research, EarlyView.Hybrid continuum robots represent an emerging class of flexible manipulators that blend materials, structures, and actuation concepts from the established fields of soft and continuum robotics. This review introduces an accessible framework to distinguish key hybridization approaches, surveys current designs aimed at complex clinical applications, and ...
Burak Ozdemir +4 more
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Advanced Robotics Research, EarlyView.This review maps the methods to monitor robots’ health by fusing vibration, sound, control signals, vision, force, and oil information with artificial intelligence. It identifies deep learning, transfer learning, digital twins, and physics‐informed models as key methodological pathways enabling earlier diagnosis, safer human–robot collaboration, and ...
Yuting Qiao +6 more
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Functional Fibers in Soft Robotics: Advances in Material, Structural, and Systemic Tactics
Advanced Robotics Research, EarlyView.Fiber‐form robotic systems offer a scalable pathway toward embodied intelligence in soft robotics. This review surveys functional fibers as material, structural, and systemic elements, highlighting advances in responsive materials, architectural programing, and fabrication strategies.
Joonhee Won +5 more
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Designing realistic and interactive avatars in virtual reality environment with embedded serious games: a farm for mental health using Indigenous healers and a museum tour for older adults with cognitive impairment [PDF]
The utilization of avatars in virtual reality (VR) has emerged as a powerful tool for addressing psychological and cognitive disorders, offering unique opportunities to enhance therapeutic and rehabilitative interventions.
Bani Saeed, Amir
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Flexible Sensors for Robotics Tactile Perception: A Review
Advanced Robotics Research, EarlyView.Flexible tactile sensing for robotics is reviewed through four interconnected dimensions. Physical mechanisms include piezoresistive, capacitive, piezoelectric, triboelectric, iontronic, and optical sensing. Structural design includes bioinspired, defect‐based, and MEMS‐based tactile systems.
Yu Song, Ying Chen, Yihao Chen, Xue Feng
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Pareronia avatar subsp. avatar avatar (Moore 1858
, 2020 <p> 65. <i>Pareronia avatar avatar</i> (Moore, [1858]) *</p> <p>Published records: Varshney & Smetacek, 2015: 82.</p> <p>Sighting locality: 2, 17, 29, 32, 51, 68.</p>Published as part of <i> ...
Fric, Zdenek Faltynek +7 more
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