Effects of anticipatory action on human-robot teamwork efficiency, fluency, and perception of team
Proceedings of the ACM/IEEE international conference on Human-robot interaction
Robotic etiquette: results from user studies involving a fetch and carry task
Proceedings of the ACM/IEEE international conference on Human-robot interaction
Improved human-robot team performance using chaski, a human-inspired plan execution system
Proceedings of the 6th international conference on Human-robot interaction
Using spatial and temporal contrast for fluent robot-human hand-overs
Proceedings of the 6th international conference on Human-robot interaction
Proceedings of the 8th ACM/IEEE international conference on Human-robot interaction
Legibility and predictability of robot motion
Proceedings of the 8th ACM/IEEE international conference on Human-robot interaction
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There is an emerging desire across manufacturing industries to deploy robots that support people in their manual work, rather than replace human workers. This paper explores one such opportunity, which is to field a mobile robotic assistant that travels between part carts and the automotive final assembly line, delivering tools and materials to the human workers. We compare the performance of a mobile robotic assistant to that of a human assistant to gain a better understanding of the factors that impact its effectiveness. Statistically significant differences emerge based on type of assistant, human or robot. Interaction times and idle times are statistically significantly higher for the robotic assistant than the human assistant. We report additional differences in participant's subjective response regarding team fluency, situational awareness, comfort and safety. Finally, we discuss how results from the experiment inform the design of a more effective assistant.