Gestural Communication in Collaborative Physical Tasks

这个项目研究了协作性物理任务中的手势交流，在协作性物理任务中，两个或更多的个体一起工作，在三维世界中对具体物体执行动作。例如，专家可能会指导工人对飞机进行紧急维修，学生可能会合作建立一个科学项目，或者一个医疗团队可能会共同努力挽救病人的生命。对面对面环境中肢体协作的观察表明，手势在沟通和任务表现中起着重要作用。然而，到目前为止，用于物理任务远程协作的视频系统很少包含支持手势的技术。该项目有三个目的：(a)增加我们对面对面协作体力任务中手势的类型和功能的理解；(b)系统地评估在远程协作系统中实现手势的替代方法对物理任务的影响；(c)开发和测试原型手势系统。将采用一系列密切相关的实验室实验、实地研究和技术开发工作来实现这些目标。总之，这些研究活动将改进医疗、教育、车辆维修和其他物理领域远程协作系统的设计。

This project investigates gestural communication in collaborative physical tasks, tasks in which two or more individuals work together to perform actions on concrete objects in the three-dimensional world. For example, an expert might guide a worker's performance of emergency repairs to an aircraft, students might collaborate to build a science project, or a medical team might work together to save a patient's life. Observations of physical collaborations in face-to-face settings have suggested that gesture plays an important role in communication and task performance. To date, however, video systems for remote collaboration on physical tasks have rarely incorporated technologies to support gesture. The project has three aims: (a) to increase our understanding of the types and functions of gestures in collaborative physical tasks in face-to-face settings; (b) to systematically evaluate the impact of alternative methods for implementing gesture in systems for remote collaboration on physical tasks; and (c) to develop and test prototype gesture systems. A closely inter-related series of laboratory experiments, field studies, and technology development efforts will be used to meet these aims. Taken together, these research activities will improve the design of systems for remote collaboration in medical, educational, vehicular repair, and other physical domains.