Preliminary-announcement and display for translation and rotation of human-friendly mobile robot

Author

Matsumaru, Takafumi ; Hagiwara, Kiyoshi

Author_Institution

Dept. of Mech. Eng., Shizuoka Univ., Hamamatsu, Japan

fYear

2001

fDate

2001

Firstpage

213

Lastpage

218

Abstract

Discusses the preliminary-announcement and display method of action and intention which is carried with a robot which moves in a human-coexisting environment. It is pointed out that the speed of motion and the direction of motion are important to announce the action of a mobile robot. The method by using blowout is proposed to tell surrounding people about these two kinds of information. A method to announce the speed of motion in translation is examined using a software simulator concerning the case that a robot is equipped with blowout, lamp, or no apparatus. Consequently, the effectiveness of the preliminary-announcement and display using blowout and the importance of information about the speed of motion are confirmed Moreover a method to announce the direction of motion in rotation is examined concerning the case of announcing the target direction or the rotation speed. As a result, it is found that the target direction is efficient for announcing rotation of a mobile robot

Keywords

man-machine systems; mobile robots; action; blowout; display; display method; human-coexisting environment; human-friendly mobile robot; information transfer; intention; motion space; preliminary-announcement method; speed of motion; Displays; Human robot interaction; Lamps; Mechanical engineering; Mobile robots; Orbital robotics; Robot sensing systems; Robotics and automation; Space technology; Vehicles;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Robot and Human Interactive Communication, 2001. Proceedings. 10th IEEE International Workshop on

Conference_Location

Bordeaux, Paris

Print_ISBN

0-7803-7222-0

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/ROMAN.2001.981904

Filename

981904