Models for Human Interaction with Mobile Service Robots

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Models for Human Interaction withMobile Service
Robots

• Helge Hütttenrauch
• hehu_at_nada.kth.se

Helge Hüttenrauch
1999-02-12
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Background

• 1995 Diplom Medieninformatik, Germany
• - CBT, Multi-Media, Design, CS
• 1994-98 Ericsson Business Networks AB
• - Desktop Videoconferencing
• - Usability Engineering Design
• May98 Ph.D. Student HMI

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1999-02-12
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Robot Project

• ISR Intelligent Service Robot
• Interdisciplinary Research Project

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ISR Examples

• Cleaning and Transportation Robots
• Assisting Robots in domestic environment

Husqvarna
PerMobil
Walky
Nomadics
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ISR Overview

• Ambiguous, dynamic environments
• Mobile platform, possible manipulator
• Autonomous Operation
• Multimodal Interaction

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ISR Research Questions

• Interaction Modalities
• Direct Manipulation (e.g. buttons, joystick)
• Graphical User Interface(s)
• Natural Language Interface(s)
• Multimodal, e.g. speech gesture
• Character
• command and instruct proactive agent

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ISR Research Questions II

• Human-Robot Communication
• User needs, expectations, metaphors
• Knowledge representation
• Robot instruction system feedback
• Robot as a physical entity
• Uncertainty resolving situations
• Human-Robot Communicative Acts

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ISR Research Questions III

• Robot Ergonomics (form factor)
• Robot Safety
• Robot and Home Automation

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Research Status

• AMS Project - Scout Robot
• Fetch and Carry Robot
• planned Navigate and deliver office objects
• planned prototype design for GUI
• planned Swedish Natural Language Interface
• project start November 1998
• project end December 1999

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Research Status

• CAS ISR
• Navigate and Manipulate Robot
• working Navigation, English Speech IF
• needed planner-module
• planned gesture speech IF fusion
• planned manipulation of domestic objects

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Methods planned

• Buy and Adapt
• Prototyping
• Iterative Testing with Users
• Wizard-of Oz studies if technology unavailable
  data collection

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Important Issues

• CERTEC know-how experiences in robotics
• Research feedback and commenting
• Joint National Robotics Centre for Rehabilitation
  involvement
• Co-operation in User testing
• Future projects

Helge Hüttenrauch
1999-02-12