Learning attributes of real-world objects by clustering multimodal sensory data

dc.contributor.advisorStone, Peter, 1971-
dc.contributor.committeeMemberThomaz, Andrea
dc.creatorKhante, Priyanka
dc.date.accessioned2017-12-04T15:30:44Z
dc.date.available2017-12-04T15:30:44Z
dc.date.created2017-05
dc.date.issued2017-05-05
dc.date.submittedMay 2017
dc.date.updated2017-12-04T15:30:44Z
dc.description.abstractThe goal of this work is to propose a framework for learning attributes of real-world objects via a clustering-based approach that aims to reduce the amount of human effort required in the form of labels for object categorization. Due to clustering, with just a single annotation, we can get information about all the objects in a cluster. In the field of robotics, even though studies have focused on the problem of object categorization, the aspect of the amount of workload for a user has not been explored much. However, as the presence of robots has started growing in our daily lives, it is important to reduce the human effort required in labelling for a robot to learn about its environment. Therefore, we propose a hierarchical clustering-based model that can learn the attributes of objects without any prior knowledge about them. It clusters multi-modal sensory data obtained by exploring real-world objects in an unsupervised fashion and then obtains labels for these clusters with the help of a human and uses this information to predict attributes of novel objects.
dc.description.departmentComputer Sciences
dc.format.mimetypeapplication/pdf
dc.identifierdoi:10.15781/T2C53FH6B
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/2152/62887
dc.language.isoen
dc.subjectRobot
dc.subjectMulti-modal sensory data
dc.subjectClustering
dc.subjectAttribute labelling
dc.subjectHuman effort
dc.titleLearning attributes of real-world objects by clustering multimodal sensory data
dc.typeThesis
dc.type.materialtext
thesis.degree.departmentComputer Sciences
thesis.degree.disciplineComputer Science
thesis.degree.grantorThe University of Texas at Austin
thesis.degree.levelMasters
thesis.degree.nameMaster of Science in Computer Sciences

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