The goal of my research is to enable end-users to program new capabilities on general-purpose personal robots.
In particular, I am interested in Learning from Demonstration (LfD) in which the user programs new behaviors by providing demonstrations.
My thesis work develops mechanisms for guiding the demonstrator through LfD interactions with robots, in order to make the interaction more efficient and effective when the demonstrator is a non-expert user. This includes mechanisms such as teaching instructions or questions from the robot.
