Evaluating Human-Robot Interaction during a Manipulation Experiment Conducted in Immersive Virtual Reality

Duguleană, Mihai; Bărbuceanu, Florin; Mogan, Gheorghe

doi:10.1007/978-3-642-22021-0_19

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“…The aim of this questionnaire, inspired by the HRI questionnaire adopted in [20], is to evaluate the naturalness of the interaction from the operator's point of view.…”

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An extensible architecture for robust multimodal human-robot communication

Rossi

Leone

Fiore

et al. 2013

2013 IEEE/RSJ International Conference on Intelligent Robots and Systems

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Human safety and effective human-robot communication are main concerns in HRI applications. In order to achieve such goals, a system should be very robust, allowing little chance for misunderstanding the user's commands. Moreover, the system should permit natural interaction reducing the time and the effort needed to achieve tasks. The main purpose of this work is to develop a general framework for flexible and multimodal human-robot communication. The proposed architecture should be easy to modify and expand, adding or modifying input channels and changing the multimodal fusion strategies. In this paper, we introduce our general approach and provide a case study with two modalities (gesture and speech).

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“…The aim of this questionnaire, inspired by the HRI questionnaire adopted in [20], is to evaluate the naturalness of the interaction from the operator's point of view.…”

Section: A System Testingmentioning

confidence: 99%

An extensible architecture for robust multimodal human-robot communication

Rossi

Leone

Fiore

et al. 2013

2013 IEEE/RSJ International Conference on Intelligent Robots and Systems

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“…This is because of the flexibility this technology provides to researchers allowing them to avoid the overhead associated with handling technical and hardware issues (e.g., in our case autonomous detection of battery and screws positions). Additionally, previous research has found that using virtual reality can be a valid option to study human-robot interaction in manipulation scenarios ( Duguleana et al, 2011 ). This makes the use of mixed reality a plausible option for an initial step toward our goals.…”

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Trust Dynamics and Verbal Assurances in Human Robot Physical Collaboration

Alhaji

Prilla

Rausch

2021

Front. Artif. Intell.

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Trust is the foundation of successful human collaboration. This has also been found to be true for human-robot collaboration, where trust has also influence on over- and under-reliance issues. Correspondingly, the study of trust in robots is usually concerned with the detection of the current level of the human collaborator trust, aiming at keeping it within certain limits to avoid undesired consequences, which is known as trust calibration. However, while there is intensive research on human-robot trust, there is a lack of knowledge about the factors that affect it in synchronous and co-located teamwork. Particularly, there is hardly any knowledge about how these factors impact the dynamics of trust during the collaboration. These factors along with trust evolvement characteristics are prerequisites for a computational model that allows robots to adapt their behavior dynamically based on the current human trust level, which in turn is needed to enable a dynamic and spontaneous cooperation. To address this, we conducted a two-phase lab experiment in a mixed-reality environment, in which thirty-two participants collaborated with a virtual CoBot on disassembling traction batteries in a recycling context. In the first phase, we explored the (dynamics of) relevant trust factors during physical human-robot collaboration. In the second phase, we investigated the impact of robot’s reliability and feedback on human trust in robots. Results manifest stronger trust dynamics while dissipating than while accumulating and highlight different relevant factors as more interactions occur. Besides, the factors that show relevance as trust accumulates differ from those appear as trust dissipates. We detected four factors while trust accumulates (perceived reliability, perceived dependability, perceived predictability, and faith) which do not appear while it dissipates. This points to an interesting conclusion that depending on the stage of the collaboration and the direction of trust evolvement, different factors might shape trust. Further, the robot’s feedback accuracy has a conditional effect on trust depending on the robot’s reliability level. It preserves human trust when a failure is expected but does not affect it when the robot works reliably. This provides a hint to designers on when assurances are necessary and when they are redundant.

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“…Although they note the generalizability of VR to the real world has not been tested in detail VR is still a useful tool to provide good experimental control [37]. Also, a study conducted by Duguleana showed that using VR was a feasible way of simulating robotic scenarios but they also reported differences in participant behavior between the real world experiment and the virtual environment, with the participants giving more personal space to robots in the real world [11]. Wijnen et al (2020) investigated whether studies run in VR yield realistic results and thus provide support to the idea that VR is a valid platform for HRI and user studies in general [53].…”

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The Influence of Robot Designs on Human Compliance and Emotion: A Virtual Reality Study in the Context of Future Public Transport

Herzog¹,

Forchhammer²,

Kong³

et al. 2022

J. Hum.-Robot Interact.

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As robots enter everyday environments, they start performing tasks originally performed by humans. One field of application is the public transport sector. The deployment of autonomous transport systems comes with a lack of human contact persons for help, guidance, and crowd management. This elicits challenges regarding redirecting and managing passengers. Current solutions on platforms can be replaced or enriched with service robots whose task includes crowd management as well as social interaction. This study investigates how the human-likeness of a robot influences the compliance and emotions of public transport users. A Virtual Reality experiment was conducted (N=33) to evaluate two different robot designs in a bus stop boarding scenario. The two robot designs differ in terms of humanoid appearance. In different experimental trials, participants had to perform a given task that was nullified by instructions from one of the two robots. Additionally, the dissonance of the situation was altered so that the environment either justified the robot's interference or not. Compliant behavior, pleasure, and arousal ratings, as well as task processing times were recorded. The experiment included an individual interview and a post-study questionnaire. The results suggest that future deployment of service robots has the potential to redirect passengers. In dissonant situations, clear reasoning must be given to make the robot effective. However, the robot's visual appearance has a more substantial impact on arousal and subjective preferences than on evoked behavior. The study implies that the presence of a service robot can influence peoples’ choices and gives hints about the importance of giving a reason. However, objectively, the level of the robot's humanoid appearance did not make a difference.

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Evaluating Human-Robot Interaction during a Manipulation Experiment Conducted in Immersive Virtual Reality

Cited by 23 publications

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An extensible architecture for robust multimodal human-robot communication

An extensible architecture for robust multimodal human-robot communication

Trust Dynamics and Verbal Assurances in Human Robot Physical Collaboration

The Influence of Robot Designs on Human Compliance and Emotion: A Virtual Reality Study in the Context of Future Public Transport

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