From First Contact to Close Encounters:
A Developmentally Deep Perceptual System for a Humanoid Robot
by
Paul Michael Fitzpatrick
B.Eng., University of Limerick (1995)
M.Eng., University of Limerick (1997)
Submitted to the Department of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science
in partial fulfillment of the requirements for the degree of
Doctor of Philosopy in Computer Science and Engineering
at the
MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY
June 2003
c Massachusetts Institute of Technology 2003. All rights reserved.
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Department of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science
May 22, 2003
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Rodney A. Brooks
Fujitsu Professor of Computer Science and Engineering
Thesis Supervisor
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Arthur C. Smith
Chairman, Department Committee on Graduate Students