Design guideline of anthropomorphic sound feedback for service robot malfunction - with emphasis on the vacuum cleaning robot

Kim, B.M.; Kwak, Sonya S.; Kim, M.S.

doi:10.1109/roman.2009.5326223

“…Kim studied robots anthropomorphic sound feedback as a way of representing robot malfunction on the basis of the sound feedback strength where the sound interface was more suitable than the visual interface for use in projecting the robot state [8]. Kwak et al divided the attributes of sound into pitch, volume, and tempo and investigated which attributes are effective in enhancing the usability of vacuum robots.…”

Section: Sound Cues As Displaying Emotionsmentioning

confidence: 99%

Non-verbal cue design for Future Robotic Computer

Kim

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Kim

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2012

2012 9th International Conference on Ubiquitous Robots and Ambient Intelligence (URAI)

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The objectives of these studies were to examine the effect of non-verbal cues of a Future Robotic Computer (FRC) on peopl s impressions of the robots (Study 1) and on people s perceptions of the robots emotions (Study 2). In Study 1, participants watched nine stimuli drawn from robots in three working conditions (not working, working using one eye module, working using two eye modules) and in three gazing conditions (not gazing at the participant, gazing at participant with one eye module, gazing at participant with two eye modules), and then their impressions of the robots were evaluated. The participants had more positive impressions of the robots gazing at them with two eye modules compared with one eye module. For the robots which worked using one eye module, however, participants evaluated the robots gazing at them with another eye module as having better performance than the robots gazing at them with two eye modules including a working eye module. In Study 2, the participants experienced six types of sound with three pitch changes (monotonous, ascending, descending) and two lengths (short, long). The results demonstrated that the attributes of the non-verbal sounds can be used to express both positivity and emotion. In this paper, the implications of the non-verbal cue design for FRCs are discussed.

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“…Moreover, the feedback capabilities are limited to the mobile robot's on-board components, e.g. non-speech audio [22] or colored lights giving feedback [5]. This also affects the quality of interaction negatively, e.g.…”

Section: Introductionmentioning

confidence: 99%

Interactive restriction of a mobile robot’s workspace in a smart home environment

Sprute

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Tönnies

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König

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2019

AIS

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Virtual borders are employed to allow humans the interactive and flexible restriction of their mobile robots' workspaces in human-centered environments, e.g. to exclude privacy zones from the workspace or to indicate certain areas for working. They have been successfully specified in interaction processes using methods from human-robot interaction. However, these methods often lack an expressive feedback system, are restricted to robot's on-board interaction capabilities and require a direct line of sight between human and robot. This negatively affects the user experience and interaction time. Therefore, we investigate the effect of a smart environment on the teaching of virtual borders with the objective to enhance the perceptual and interaction capabilities of a robot. For this purpose, we propose a novel interaction method based on a laser pointer, that leverages a smart home environment in the interaction process. This interaction method comprises an architecture for a smart home environment designed to support the interaction process, the cooperation of human, robot and smart environment in the interaction process, a cooperative perception including stationary and mobile cameras to perceive laser spots and an algorithm to extract virtual borders from multiple camera observations. The results of an experimental evaluation support our hypotheses that our novel interaction method features a significantly shorter interaction time and a better user experience compared to an approach without support of a smart environment. Moreover, the interaction method does not negatively affect other user requirements concerning completeness and accuracy.

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“…Moreover, the feedback capabilities are limited to the mobile robot's on-board components, e.g. non-speech audio [14] or colored lights giving feedback [15]. This also affects the quality of interaction negatively, e.g.…”

Section: Introductionmentioning

confidence: 99%

Interactive Restriction of a Mobile Robot's Workspace in a Smart Home Environment

Sprute,

Tönnies,

König

2019

Preprint

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Virtual borders are employed to allow humans the interactive and flexible restriction of their mobile robots' workspaces in human-centered environments, e.g. to exclude privacy zones from the workspace or to indicate certain areas for working. They have been successfully specified in interaction processes using methods from human-robot interaction. However, these methods often lack an expressive feedback system, are restricted to robot's on-board interaction capabilities and require a direct line of sight between human and robot. This negatively affects the user experience and interaction time. Therefore, we investigate the effect of a smart environment on the teaching of virtual borders with the objective to enhance the perceptual and interaction capabilities of a robot. For this purpose, we propose a novel interaction method based on a laser pointer, that leverages a smart home environment in the interaction process. This interaction method comprises an architecture for a smart home environment designed to support the interaction process, the cooperation of human, robot and smart environment in the interaction process, a cooperative perception including stationary and mobile cameras to perceive laser spots and an algorithm to extract virtual borders from multiple camera observations. The results of an experimental evaluation support our hypotheses that our novel interaction method features a significantly shorter interaction time and a better user experience compared to an approach without support of a smart environment. Moreover, the interaction method does not negatively affect other user requirements concerning completeness and accuracy.

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Design guideline of anthropomorphic sound feedback for service robot malfunction - with emphasis on the vacuum cleaning robot

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Non-verbal cue design for Future Robotic Computer

Non-verbal cue design for Future Robotic Computer

Interactive restriction of a mobile robot’s workspace in a smart home environment

Interactive Restriction of a Mobile Robot's Workspace in a Smart Home Environment

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