Robot, Asker of Questions - Robotics Institute Carnegie Mellon University

Robot, Asker of Questions

Terrence W. Fong, Chuck Thorpe, and Charles Baur
Journal Article, Robotics and Autonomous Systems, Vol. 42, No. 3, pp. 235 - 243, March, 2003

Abstract

Collaborative control is a teleoperation system model based on human-robot dialogue. With this model, the robot asks questions to the human in order to obtain assistance with cognition and perception. This enables the human to function as a resource for the robot and to help compensate for limitations of autonomy. To understand how collaborative control influences human-robot interaction, we performed a user study based on contextual inquiry. The study revealed that: (1) dialogue helps users understand problems encountered by the robot and (2) human assistance is a limited resource that must be carefully managed.

BibTeX

@article{Fong-2003-16867,
author = {Terrence W. Fong and Chuck Thorpe and Charles Baur},
title = {Robot, Asker of Questions},
journal = {Robotics and Autonomous Systems},
year = {2003},
month = {March},
volume = {42},
number = {3},
pages = {235 - 243},
keywords = {Collaborative control, dialogue, human-robot interaction, social robots, vehicle teleoperation},
}