by Hyung-gun Chi | Feb 24, 2023 | 2023, Hyunggun Chi, Karthik Ramani, Publications, Seunggeun Chi
Accurately estimating the human pose is an essential task for many applications in robotics. However, existing pose estimation methods suffer from poor performance when occlusion occurs. Recent advances in NLP have been very successful in predicting the missing words...
by Ziyi Liu | Feb 24, 2023 | 2023, Ana Villanueva, Featured Publications, Karthik Ramani, Publications, Recent Publications, Tianyi Wang, Xun Qian, Zhengzhe Zhu, Ziyi Liu
Augmented Reality tutorials, which provide necessary context by directly superimposing visual guidance on the physical referent, represent an effective way of scaffolding complex instrument operations. However, current AR tutorial authoring processes are not seamless...
by Zhengzhe Zhu | Feb 24, 2023 | 2023, Karthik Ramani, Publications, Recent Publications, Zhengzhe Zhu, Ziyi Liu
The rapid growth of Internet-of-Things (IoT) applications has generated interest from many industries and a need for graduates with relevant knowledge. An IoT system is comprised of spatially distributed interactions between humans and various interconnected IoT...
by Ana Villanueva | Feb 24, 2023 | 2023, Ana Villanueva, Karthik Ramani, Karthik Ramani, Publications, Recent Publications
Interaction in mid-air can be fatiguing. A model-based method to quantify cumulative subjective fatigue for such interaction was recently introduced in HCI research. This model separates muscle units into three states: active (MA) fatigued (MF) or rested (MR) and...
by Convergence Design Lab Admin | Dec 2, 2022 | Karthik Ramani, News
The Purdue Table Tennis Club recently placed first in the NCTTA Fall Divisional Tournament, strengthening the team’s chances of competing in the regional and national competitions. “Anyone in the community can play,” Karthik Ramani, the Donald W....
by Zhengzhe Zhu | Nov 10, 2022 | 2022, Ana Villanueva, Featured Publications, Karthik Ramani, Karthik Ramani, Pashin Raja, Publications, Recent Publications, Tianyi Wang, Xun Qian, Zhengzhe Zhu, Ziyi Liu
Augmented Reality (AR), which blends physical and virtual worlds, presents the possibility of enhancing traditional toy design. By leveraging bidirectional virtual-physical interactions between humans and the designed artifact, such AR-enhanced toys can provide more...