Theory and Evaluation of Human Robot Interactions

  • Authors:
  • Jean Scholtz

  • Affiliations:
  • -

  • Venue:
  • HICSS '03 Proceedings of the 36th Annual Hawaii International Conference on System Sciences (HICSS'03) - Track 5 - Volume 5
  • Year:
  • 2003

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Abstract

Human-robot interaction (HRI) for mobile robotsis still in its infancy. Most user interactions withrobots have been limited to tele-operation capabilitieswhere the most common interface provided to the userhas been the video feed from the robotic platform andsome way of directing the path of the robot. Formobile robots with semi-autonomous capabilities, theuser is also provided with a means of setting waypoints. More importantly, most HRI capabilities havebeen developed by robotics experts for use by roboticsexperts. As robots increase in capabilities and areable to perform more tasks in an autonomous mannerwe need to think about the interactions that humanswill have with robots and what software architectureand user interface designs can accommodate thehuman in-the-loop. We also need to design systems thatcan be used by domain experts but not robotics experts.This paper outlines a theory of human-robotinteraction and proposes the interactions andinformation needed by both humans and robots for thedifferent levels of interaction, including an evaluationmethodology based on situational awareness.