Exploiting Human Cooperation in Human-Centered Robot Navigation

Thibault Kruse (1) , Alexandra Kirsch (1, 2) , Emrah Akin Sisbot (3) , Rachid Alami (3)

1 Intelligent Autonomous Systems
2 Human-Computer Interaction and Artificial Intelligence
3 LAAS-RIS - Équipe Robotique et InteractionS

Robot path planning has traditionally concentrated on collision-free paths. For robots that collaborate closely with humans, however, the situation is different in two respects: 1) the humans in the robot’s environment are not randomly moving objects, but cognitive beings who can deliberately make way for a robot to pass and 2) the quality of a navigation plan depends less on quantitative efficiency criteria, but rather on the acceptance of humans. In this paper, we introduce a robot navigation approach that takes into account human-centered requirements and the collaborative nature of the interaction between the human and the robot.

Domaines: Interface homme-machine [cs.HC]; Robotique [cs.RO]; Intelligence artificielle [cs.AI]

Thibault Kruse, Alexandra Kirsch, Emrah Akin Sisbot, Rachid Alami. Exploiting Human Cooperation in Human-Centered Robot Navigation. IEEE International Symposium in Robot and Human Interactive Communication (Ro-Man), Sep 2010, Viareggio, Italy. ⟨hal-01405752⟩