Optometrist's Algorithm for Personalizing Robot-Human Handovers

Vivek Gupte, Dan R. Suissa, Yael Edan

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Abstract

With an increasing interest in human-robot collaboration, there is a need to develop robot behavior while keeping the human user's preferences in mind. Highly skilled human users doing delicate tasks require their robot partners to behave according to their work habits and task constraints. To achieve this, we present the use of the Optometrist's Algorithm (OA) to interactively and intuitively personalize robot-human handovers. Using this algorithm, we tune controller parameters for speed, location, and effort. We study the differences in the fluency of the handovers before and after tuning and the subjective perception of this process in a study of N = 30 non-expert users of mixed background - evaluating the OA. The users evaluate the interaction on trust, safety, and workload scales, amongst other measures. They assess our tuning process to be engaging and easy to use. Personalization leads to an increase in the fluency of the interaction. Our participants utilize the wide range of parameters ending up with their unique personalized handover.

Original languageEnglish
Title of host publication2023 32nd IEEE International Conference on Robot and Human Interactive Communication, RO-MAN 2023
PublisherInstitute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers
Pages2366-2372
Number of pages7
ISBN (Electronic)9798350336702
DOIs
StatePublished - 1 Jan 2023
Event32nd IEEE International Conference on Robot and Human Interactive Communication, RO-MAN 2023 - Busan, Korea, Republic of
Duration: 28 Aug 202331 Aug 2023

Publication series

NameIEEE International Workshop on Robot and Human Communication, RO-MAN
ISSN (Print)1944-9445
ISSN (Electronic)1944-9437

Conference

Conference32nd IEEE International Conference on Robot and Human Interactive Communication, RO-MAN 2023
Country/TerritoryKorea, Republic of
CityBusan
Period28/08/2331/08/23

ASJC Scopus subject areas

  • Artificial Intelligence
  • Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition
  • Human-Computer Interaction
  • Software

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