In this paper, we report ubout a new interactionoriented robot, which communicates with humans and will participate in human society as our partner. For realizing such a robot, we have started a new collaborative work between cognitive science and robotics. In the way of robotics, we have developed a humanoid robot named “Robovie” that has enough physical expression abiliry. On the other hand, ...

This paper proposes an interaction learning method suited for semi-autonomous robots that work with or assist a human partner. The method aims at generating a collaborative trajectory of the robot as a function of the current action of the human. The trajectory generation is based on action recognition and prediction of the human movement given intermittent observations of his/her positions und...

This paper presents a first detailed case study of collaborative exploration of a substantial environment.We use a pair of cooperating robots to test multi-robot environment mapping algorithms based on triangulation of free space (see video). The robots observe one another using a robot tracking sensor based on laser range sensing (LIDAR). The environment mapping itself is accomplished using so...

Telerobotic systems have traditionally been designed and operated from a human point of view. Though this approach suffices for some domains, it is clearly sub-optimal for tasks such as operating multiple vehicles or controlling planetary rovers. Thus, I believe it is worthwhile to examine a new teleoperation approach: collaborative control. In this robot-centric model, instead of the human alw...

A teleoperation system has been developed that enables two human operators to safely control two collaborative mobile robots in unknown and dynamic environments from any two PCs connected to the Internet by installing developed client program on them and by using simple force feedback joysticks. On the graphical user interfaces, the operators receive images forwarded by the cameras mounted on t...

Augmented Reality and Virtual Reality can provide to a Human Operator (HO) a real help to complete complex tasks, such as robot teleoperation and cooperative teleassistance. Using appropriate augmentations, the HO can interact faster, safer and easier with the remote real world. In this paper, we present an extension of an existing distributed software and network architecture for collaborative...

Abstract—In this paper, the influence of diversity-related factors on the design of collaborative scenarios is analysed. Based on the evaluation, a framework for simulating human-robot-collaboration is presented that considers both human factors as well as the overall system performance. The implementation of the model is shown on a real-life scenario from industry and validated in terms of tra...

Supporting a wide variety of interaction styles across a diverse set of people is a significant challenge in human-robot interaction (HRI). In this work, we explore a data-driven approach that relies on crowdsourcing as a rich source of interactions that cover a wide repertoire of human behavior. We first develop an online game that requires two players to collaborate to solve a task. One playe...

This paper presents a path recognition and virtual guides (VGs) design method for task of following based on human-robot collaboration (HRC). Firstly, support vector machine (SVM) combined with least squares (LS) is developed to recognize the desired human guidance. Secondly, VGs are designed admittance control collaborative following, which combine human's decision-making robot's accurate exec...

Designed to safely share the same workspace as humans and assist them in various tasks, the new collaborative robots are targeting manufacturing and service applications that once were considered unattainable. The large diversity of tasks to carry out, the unstructured environments, and the close interaction with humans call for collaborative robots to seamlessly adapt their behaviors, so as to...