Title :
Qualitative Spatial Modelling of Human Route Instructions to Mobile Robots
Author :
Shi, Hui ; Jian, Cui ; Krieg-Bruckner, B.
Author_Institution :
DFKI, Univ. Bremen, Bremen, Germany
Abstract :
This paper describes our work on improving interaction between humans and mobile robots on navigation tasks. To represent and reason about humans´ route instructions, a user-centered qualitative spatial model- the Conceptual Route Graph - is introduced. Three reasoning strategies based on this conceptual model are discussed, which enable a mobile robot to generate different clarification responses if spatial mismatches are detected in route instructions. Moreover, results of an empirical study to evaluate and compare their effects on people´s navigation activities are presented.
Keywords :
graph theory; human-robot interaction; mobile robots; path planning; conceptual route graph; human route instructions; mobile robots; navigation tasks; qualitative spatial modelling; Cognition; Cognitive robotics; Collaboration; Computer aided instruction; Humans; Mobile robots; Natural languages; Navigation; Robot control; Robotics and automation; human-robot interaction; mode confusion; qualitative spatial representation and reasoning; user focus;
Conference_Titel :
Advances in Computer-Human Interactions, 2010. ACHI '10. Third International Conference on
Conference_Location :
Saint Maarten
Print_ISBN :
978-1-4244-5693-2
DOI :
10.1109/ACHI.2010.25
