The BERT2 infrastructure: An integrated system for the study of human-robot interaction

Author

Lenz, Alexander ; Skachek, Sergey ; Hamann, Katharina ; Steinwender, Jasmin ; Pipe, Anthony G. ; Melhuish, Chris

Author_Institution

Bristol Robot. Lab., Univ. of Bristol, Bristol, UK

fYear

2010

fDate

6-8 Dec. 2010

Firstpage

346

Lastpage

351

Abstract

Bristol Elumotion Robot Torso Version 2 (BERT2) is a humanoid robot currently in development at Bristol Robotics Laboratory (BRL). In this paper we present the current state of development and demonstrate how the integration of several advanced subsystems (of commercial and non-commercial nature) within a heterogeneous computing infrastructure enables us to construct a unique platform ideally suited to investigate complex human-robot interaction (HRI). We particularly focus on two important domains of non-verbal communication, namely gaze and pointing gestures in a real-world 3D setting and outline our thinking in terms of safety, ambiguities and further experimental work.

Keywords

human-robot interaction; humanoid robots; BERT2 infrastructure; Bristol elumotion robot torso version 2; Bristol robotics laboratory; heterogeneous computing infrastructure; human-robot interaction; humanoid robot; integrated system; nonverbal communication; Humans; Joints; Magnetic heads; Robot sensing systems; Software; Three dimensional displays;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Humanoid Robots (Humanoids), 2010 10th IEEE-RAS International Conference on

Conference_Location

Nashville, TN

Print_ISBN

978-1-4244-8688-5

Electronic_ISBN

978-1-4244-8689-2

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/ICHR.2010.5686319

Filename

5686319