Physicality in Human-Robot Interaction: Form, Movement, Proxemics and Touch

人机交互中的物理性：形式、运动、空间关系学和触摸

• 批准号: 312218-2013
• 负责人: Sharlin, Ehud
• 金额: $ 1.09万
• 依托单位: University of Calgary
• 依托单位国家: 加拿大
• 项目类别: Discovery Grants Program - Individual
• 财政年份: 2018
• 资助国家: 加拿大
• 起止时间: 2018-01-01 至 2019-12-31
• 项目状态: 已结题
• 来源: https://www.nserc-crsng.gc.ca/ase-oro/Details-Detailles_eng.asp?id=664894
• 关键词: Physicality; Human; Robot; Interaction; Form

Robots are expected to become more common in the near future, providing services and assisting us in our homes and in everyday tasks. The fundamental human-robot interaction (HRI) problem is that interaction with robots will be effective only if they are socially acceptable to people: function alone is not enough. Consequently my long term research goal is to design, implement and evaluate socially acceptable robotic interfaces based on deep understanding of people's relationships with robots. To achieve this, my immediate research focus is exploring how robots inherently differ from other computers, particularly studying: (i) their physicality and (ii) their dynamic spatial relationships with people (or 'proxemics', in Sociology terms).**My research program delivers three groups of outcomes, relating to: 1. prototypes, 2. tools and 3. models: **(1) HRI physicality testbed prototypes. Development of HRI prototypes, each enabling evaluation of specific robotic physical attributes, such as robots' form and movement, proxemics behaviour and direct touch between robots and people. These interactive prototypes will range from humanoids to robotic animals and flying drones, designed to be evaluated with co-located users. (2) HRI proxemics toolkits and algorithms. Development and integration of advanced robotic sensing techniques and algorithms, as well as HRI toolkits geared at prototyping and analyzing proxemics and physicality-related attributes of robotic interfaces. And, (3) HRI physicality and proxemics models. Theory development of proxemics models applied to robotic interfaces, and HRI design rationale and heuristics that will inform the design of future robotic interfaces.**Contributions include models offering a deeper understanding of the theoretical and practical aspects of physicality in HRI, which will enable the design of more socially acceptable human-robot interfaces, a set of new robotic interface prototypes illustrating these aspects, and computer science algorithms and tools for rapidly prototyping such systems. My research program provides students with skills required for developing advanced computer technologies and for designing, implementing and evaluating novel user interfaces.**

在不久的将来，机器人将变得越来越普遍，在我们的家中和日常工作中提供服务和帮助。人机交互（HRI）的基本问题是，只有当机器人被社会接受时，与机器人的交互才是有效的：功能本身是不够的。因此，我的长期研究目标是设计，实施和评估社会上可接受的机器人接口的基础上，深入了解人与机器人的关系。为了实现这一目标，我的直接研究重点是探索机器人与其他计算机的本质区别，特别是研究：（i）它们的物理性和（ii）它们与人的动态空间关系（或“社会学术语”）。我的研究计划提供了三组成果，涉及：1。原型，2.工具，3。型号： **（1）HRI物理性试验台原型。开发HRI原型，每个原型都可以评估特定的机器人物理属性，例如机器人的形式和运动，机器人的化学行为以及机器人与人之间的直接接触。这些交互式原型将从类人机器人到机器动物和飞行无人机，旨在与共处的用户进行评估。(2)HRI化学工具包和算法。开发和集成先进的机器人传感技术和算法，以及HRI工具包，用于原型设计和分析机器人接口的化学和物理相关属性。（3）HRI物理模型和化学模型。应用于机器人接口的化学模型的理论发展，以及将为未来机器人接口设计提供信息的HRI设计原理和化学。**贡献包括模型提供了更深入的理解HRI的物理性的理论和实践方面，这将使设计更社会上可接受的人机界面，一组新的机器人界面原型说明这些方面，和计算机科学的算法和工具，快速原型化这样的系统。我的研究计划为学生提供开发先进的计算机技术和设计，实施和评估新颖的用户界面所需的技能。