PRoPs and Gesturing Avatars: Embodied Robotic Interfaces

摘要IIS-9978138 Canny，约翰加州-伯克利大学116,863美元- 12个月。PRoP和手势化身：嵌入式机器人界面这是一个为期三年的连续奖项的第一年资助。随着个人计算机和无处不在的网络的普及，计算已经成为一种消费者技术。这种增长是由对一种新型计算的需求推动的：计算机作为通信和信息管理工具。 但由于种种原因，没有现代技术是面对面交流的合理替代品。 最终的计算机媒介通信形式是通过机器人代理的远程呈现。通信的许多方面只有通过这种媒介才有可能实现，而这些能力的精确特征是本项目的主题。该项目在很大程度上依赖于人际心理学和非语言交流学科的概念。前一个学科涉及人们对交流体验的感知，即他们对对方意图、倾向和情感的感知有多准确。非语言交流研究特定线索的作用，如凝视，手势和姿势，有助于交流体验。在这项研究中，遥控机器人被称为“PRoPs”，即个人漫游存在。这个名字强调了飞行员和机器人之间的个人联系，机器人不是一个自主的代理人，而是飞行员的表现（存在）。该项目的重点是工作场所的远程呈现，以及在该类别中，信息（办公室）工作场所和实验室（涉及更多与对象的交互）。主要的研究问题是：（i）产生和控制非语言交流线索，特别是空间化的，如凝视和手势，（ii）简单和直观的导航和（iii）情感触觉。要探讨的社会背景是：（一）沟通;（二）说服;（三）建立信任。

Abstract IIS-9978138Canny, JohnUniversity of California - Berkeley $116,863 - 12 mos.PRoPs and Gesturing Avatars: Embodied Robotic InterfacesThis is the first year funding of a three year continuing award. With the spread of personal computers and ubiquitous networking, computing has become a consumer technology. This growth was fed by demand for a new kind of computing: computers as *communication and information management tools*. But for a variety of reasons, nocurrent technology is a reasonable substitute for face-to-face communication. The ultimate computer-mediated communication form is telepresence via a robotic proxy. Many aspects of communication are possible only with this medium, and a precise characterization of those capabilities is the subject of this project. The project reliesheavily on concepts from the disciplines of inter-personal psychology and non-verbal communication. The former discipline deals with people's perception of a communication experience, how accurately they perceived the other person's intention, disposition, andemotions. Non-verbal communication studies the role of particular cues, like gaze, gesture and posture, in contributing to a communication experience. In this research, telerobots are called "PRoPs'' for Personal Roving Presence. The name emphasizes thepersonal connection between the pilot and the robot, and that the robot is not an autonomous agent, but a manifestation (a presence) of its pilot. The project focuses on telepresence in the workplace, and within that category, on informational (office) workplaces and laboratories (which involve more interaction with objects). The mainresearch issues to be explored are: (i) generating and controlling non-verbal communication cues, especially spatialized ones such as gaze and gesturing (ii) easy and intuitive navigation and (iii) affective haptics. The social contexts to be explored are (i)communication (ii) persuasion and (iii) trust-building.