Abstract
While technologies for human-robot collaboration are rapidly advancing, plenty of aspects still need further investigation, such as ensuring workspace awareness, enabling the operator to reschedule tasks on the fly, and how users prefer to coordinate and collaborate with robots. To address these, we propose an Augmented Reality interface that supports human-robot collaboration in an assembly task by (1) enabling the inspection of planned and ongoing robot processes through dynamic task lists and a path visualization, (2) allowing the operator to also delegate tasks to the robot, and (3) presenting step-by-step assembly instructions. We evaluate our AR interface in comparison to a state-of-the-art tablet interface in a user study, where participants collaborated with a robot arm in a shared workspace to complete an assembly task. Our findings confirm the feasibility and potential of AR-assisted human-robot collaboration, while pointing to some central challenges that require further work.
Original language | English |
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Title of host publication | Proceedings - 2023 IEEE International Symposium on Mixed and Augmented Reality, ISMAR 2023 |
Editors | Gerd Bruder, Anne-Helene Olivier, Andrew Cunningham, Evan Yifan Peng, Jens Grubert, Ian Williams |
Number of pages | 10 |
Publisher | IEEE |
Publication date | Dec 2023 |
Pages | 1064-1073 |
ISBN (Electronic) | 9798350328387 |
DOIs | |
Publication status | Published - Dec 2023 |
Event | 22nd IEEE International Symposium on Mixed and Augmented Reality, ISMAR 2023 - Sydney, Australia Duration: 16 Oct 2023 → 20 Oct 2023 |
Conference
Conference | 22nd IEEE International Symposium on Mixed and Augmented Reality, ISMAR 2023 |
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Country/Territory | Australia |
City | Sydney |
Period | 16/10/2023 → 20/10/2023 |
Keywords
- Computer systems organization
- External interfaces for robotics
- Human computer interaction (HCI)
- Human-centered computing
- Mixed / augmented reality
- User studies