Human-Robot-Interaction for mobile industrial robot teams

Human Robot Interaction in Mobile Robot Applications

We want to reveal the usefulness of mobile robots by showing concrete applications in human daily life through this study. In this paper, our trials to realize several specific tasks are shown. The development of an Intelligent Escort Robot moving together with human is presented first. A teleoperated book browsing robot is described next. And finally, a network-based stationeries rental servic...

Model-Based Programming for Mobile Robot Teams

The Problem: As we increasingly depend on teams of robots to explore our universe, there is a need for these robots to have a flexible level of autonomy. In the case of a Mars exploration team, the human controllers would ideally set high-level goals that the rover team achieves autonomously using an on-board planner and executive. A successful adjustably-autonomous system would have the flexib...

Tactile Man-Robot Interaction for an Industrial Service Robot

Human Robot Interaction for Multi-robot Systems

The multi-robot manipulation task, where a team of robots cooperatively lift and move objects, is exceptionally difficult due to the synchronization between the robots. Although increasing the number of robots can expand the area that the robots can cover within a bounded period of time, a poor human-robot interface will ultimately compromise the performance of the team of robots. However, intr...

Teams for Teams Performance in Multi-Human/Multi-Robot Teams

The present study addresses the interaction between automation and organization of human teams in controlling large robot teams performing an Urban Search and Rescue (USAR) task. We identify three subtasks: perceptual visual search for victims, assistance teleoperation to assist robot, and navigation path planning and coordination. For the studies reported, navigation was selected for automatio...