Simulation Modeling and Analysis
Simulation Modeling and Analysis
Evaluation of Supervisory vs. Peer-Peer Interaction with Human-Robot Teams
HICSS '04 Proceedings of the Proceedings of the 37th Annual Hawaii International Conference on System Sciences (HICSS'04) - Track 5 - Volume 5
Agent-based support for balancing teleoperation and autonomy in urban search and rescue
International Journal of Robotics and Automation
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This paper reports on a simulation conducted to determine the number of semiautonomous robots that one operator can handle. Robots can be teleoperated, meaning a human controls the robot and tells it what to do; autonomous, where the robot makes its own decisions; or teleautonomous, a combination of the two. The use of autonomous robots may reduce operator errors due to fatigue. However, at times, these robots may require human intervention, e.g., if they get stuck or in Urban Search and Rescue if a victim is found. A simulation of multiple autonomous robots and one human operator was conducted. The results indicate that while 7--10 robots give the operator barely any idle time, 1--4 robots allow too much. Based on these results, a single human operator handling somewhere between 5--6 robots might be ideal.