Plamen Prodanov
École Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne, Lonza (Switzerland)
Papers
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Total Citations
96
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About
Plamen Prodanov is a pioneering researcher in human-robot interaction, with a focused expertise on developing voice-enabled interfaces for autonomous mobile robots. His most significant contributions center on designing and implementing interactive tour-guide robots, particularly for large-scale public exhibitions like the Swiss National Exhibition (Expo.02). Prodanov’s work addresses the critical challenge of enabling robust spoken dialogue between robots and humans in noisy, dynamic environments. He is best known for his innovative use of Bayesian networks to manage multimodal interaction, fusing speech with laser scanner data for error handling and dialogue management. This approach allowed robots to interpret user intentions and repair communication breakdowns in real time, a major advancement for autonomous service robots. His most cited paper, "Voice Enabled Interface for Interactive Tour-Guide Robots" (2002, 24 citations), laid the groundwork for this research, while subsequent works on Bayesian network-based fusion (20 citations) refined these techniques. Prodanov’s research has been instrumental in moving tour-guide robots from lab prototypes to real-world deployment, demonstrating how graphical models can achieve low-level grounding in conversational systems. His work remains a key reference for anyone developing multimodal, speech-based interfaces for mobile service robots.
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- 1Voice Enabled Interface for Interactive Tour-Guide Robots24 citations · 2002
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- 3Voice enabled interface for interactive tour-guide robots14 citations · 2003
- 4On developing a voice-enabled interface for interactive tour-guide robots10 citations · 2003
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