A survey of Tactile Human–Robot Interactions

Argall, Brenna; Billard, Aude

doi:10.1016/j.robot.2010.07.002

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“…Automatic recognition and interpretation of the affective content of human originated social touch is essential to support this interaction (Argall and Billard 2010). Different approaches to equipping robots with a sense of touch include covering them with an artificial skin that simulates the human somatosensory systems (Dahiya et al 2010) or the use of fully embodied robots covered with a range of different (e.g., temperature, proximity, pressure) sensors (Stiehl et al 2005).…”

Section: Recognizing and Interpreting Social Touch Signalsmentioning

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Social Touch in Humanâ€“Computer Interaction

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2015

Front. Digit. Humanit.

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Touch is our primary non-verbal communication channel for conveying intimate emotions and as such essential for our physical and emotional wellbeing. In our digital age, human social interaction is often mediated. However, even though there is increasing evidence that mediated touch affords affective communication, current communication systems (such as videoconferencing) still do not support communication through the sense of touch. As a result, mediated communication does not provide the intense affective experience of co-located communication. The need for ICT mediated or generated touch as an intuitive way of social communication is even further emphasized by the growing interest in the use of touch-enabled agents and robots for healthcare, teaching, and telepresence applications. Here, we review the important role of social touch in our daily life and the available evidence that affective touch can be mediated reliably between humans and between humans and digital agents. We base our observations on evidence from psychology, computer science, sociology, and neuroscience with focus on the first two. Our review shows that mediated affective touch can modulate physiological responses, increase trust and affection, help to establish bonds between humans and avatars or robots, and initiate pro-social behavior. We argue that ICT mediated or generated social touch can (a) intensify the perceived social presence of remote communication partners and (b) enable computer systems to more effectively convey affective information. However, this research field on the crossroads of ICT and psychology is still embryonic and we identify several topics that can help to mature the field in the following areas: establishing an overarching theoretical framework, employing better research methodologies, developing basic social touch building blocks, and solving specific ICT challenges.

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Section: Recognizing and Interpreting Social Touch Signalsmentioning

confidence: 99%

Social Touch in Humanâ€“Computer Interaction

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2015

Front. Digit. Humanit.

143

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“…[14] Moreover, having flexible, stretchable tactile sensors over whole body of humanoids are particularly important in applications such as disabled and aged care, nursing and caring for patients with mild mental impairment, where a significant amount of communication is non-verbal interaction. [15] Furthermore, touch information is beneficial for a natural handling of a robots motion by users. For instance, users can push the robot away in an arbitrary direction to place it accordingly.…”

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confidence: 99%

“…The NAO humanoid equipped multi-modal artificial skin is shown in Figure 1(a). In [15], for the first time, an anthropomorphic robotic hand called Shadow Hand with artificial skin on the fingertips, shown in Figure 1(b), discriminated 20 different in-hand objects with different shapes via the surface texture properties.…”

Section: Tactile Sensing For Humanoidsmentioning

confidence: 99%

New materials and advances in making electronic skin for interactive robots

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Flexible electronics has huge potential to bring revolution in robotics and prosthetics as well as to bring about the next big evolution in electronics industry. In robotics and related applications, it is expected to revolutionise the way with which machines interact with humans, real-world objects and the environment. For example, the conformable electronic or tactile skin on robot's body, enabled by advances in flexible electronics, will allow safe robotic interaction during physical contact of robot with various objects. Developing a conformable, bendable and stretchable electronic system requires distributing electronics over large non-planar surfaces and movable components. The current research focus in this direction is marked by the use of novel materials or by the smart engineering of the traditional materials to develop new sensors, electronics on substrates that can be wrapped around curved surfaces. Attempts are being made to achieve flexibility/stretchability in e-skin while retaining a reliable operation. This review provides insight into various materials that have been used in the development of flexible electronics primarily for e-skin applications.

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“…Another categorization can be made on the level of interaction and the interaction medium. The work in [28] gives an overview of physical Human-Robot Interaction (pHRI). The work in [29] outlines the relevant pHRI topics, such as security and standardization [30,31], mechanical and control engineering design, system stability and benchmarks.…”

Section: Human-robot Interaction In the Industrial Environmentmentioning

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First Application of Robot Teaching in an Existing Industry 4.0 Environment: Does It Really Work?

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This article reports three case studies on the usability and acceptance of an industrial robotic prototype in the context of human-robot cooperation. The three case studies were conducted in the framework of a two-year project named AssistMe, which aims at developing different means of interaction for programming and using collaborative robots in a user-centered manner. Together with two industrial partners and a technological partner, two different application scenarios were implemented and studied with an off-the-shelf robotic system. The operators worked with the robotic prototype in laboratory conditions (two days), in a factory context (one day) and in an automotive assembly line (three weeks). In the article, the project and procedures are described in detail, including the quantitative and qualitative methodology. Our results show that close human-robot cooperation in the industrial context needs adaptive pacing mechanisms in order to avoid a change of working routines for the operators and that an off-the-shelf robotic system is still limited in terms of usability and acceptance. The touch panel, which is needed for controlling the robot, had a negative impact on the overall user experience. It creates a further intermediate layer between the user, the robot and the work piece and potentially leads to a decrease in productivity. Finally, the fear of the worker of being replaced by an improved robotic system was regularly expressed and adds an additional anthropocentric dimension to the discussion of human-robot cooperation, smart factories and the upcoming Industry 4.0.

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A survey of Tactile Human–Robot Interactions

Cited by 300 publications

References 60 publications

Social Touch in Humanâ€“Computer Interaction

Social Touch in Humanâ€“Computer Interaction

New materials and advances in making electronic skin for interactive robots

First Application of Robot Teaching in an Existing Industry 4.0 Environment: Does It Really Work?

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