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Interactive Spatial Augmented Reality in Collaborative Robot Programming: User Experience Evaluation

MATERNA, Z.; KAPINUS, M.; BERAN, V.; SMRŽ, P.; ZEMČÍK, P. Interactive Spatial Augmented Reality in Collaborative Robot Programming: User Experience Evaluation. In RO-MAN 2018 - 27th IEEE International Symposium on Robot and Human Interactive Communication. NanJing: Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers, 2018. p. 80-87. ISBN: 978-1-5386-7980-7.
Czech title
Interaktivní promítaná rozšířená realita pro programování spolupracujících robotů: ověření uživatelské zkušenosti
Type
conference paper
Language
English
Authors
Materna Zdeněk, Ing., Ph.D. (DCGM)
Kapinus Michal, Ing., Ph.D. (DCGM)
Beran Vítězslav, doc. Ing., Ph.D. (DCGM)
Smrž Pavel, doc. RNDr., Ph.D. (DCGM)
Zemčík Pavel, prof. Dr. Ing., dr. h. c. (DCGM)
Keywords

spatial augmented reality, collaborative robots, programming, human-robot interaction, user experience

Abstract

This paper presents a novel approach to interaction between human workers and industrial collaborative robots. The proposed approach address problems introduced by existing solutions for robot programming. It aims to reduce the mental demands and attention switches by centering all interaction into a shared workspace, combining various modalities and enabling interaction with the system without any external devices. The concept allows simple programming in a form of setting program parameters using a spatial augmented reality for visualization and a touch-enabled table and robot arms as input devices. The final solution is distraction-free, usable and low effort interface for effective human-robot collaboration, enabling any ordinary skilled worker to customize robot program to changes in production or to personal (e.g. ergonomic) needs. We evaluated the concept utilizing a user experience study with six participants (shop-floor workers). All participants were able to program the robot and to collaborate with it using the program they parametrized.

Annotation

This paper presents a novel approach to interaction between human workers and industrial collaborative robots. The proposed approach addresses problems introduced by existing solutions for robot programming. It aims to reduce the mental demands and attention switches by centering all interaction in a shared workspace, combining various modalities and enabling interaction with the system without any external devices. The concept allows simple programming in the form of setting program parameters using spatial augmented reality for visualization and a touch-enabled table and robotic arms as input devices. We evaluated the concept utilizing a user experience study with six participants (shop-floor workers). All participants were able to program the robot and to collaborate with it using the program they parametrized. The final goal is to create a distraction-free, usable and low-effort interface for effective human-robot collaboration, enabling any ordinary skilled worker to customize the robot's program to changes in production or to personal (e.g. ergonomic) needs.

Published
2018
Pages
80–87
Proceedings
RO-MAN 2018 - 27th IEEE International Symposium on Robot and Human Interactive Communication
ISBN
978-1-5386-7980-7
Publisher
Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers
Place
NanJing
DOI
10.1109/ROMAN.2018.8525662
UT WoS
000494315600013
EID Scopus
2-s2.0-85058091793
BibTeX 
@inproceedings{BUT155004,
  author="Zdeněk {Materna} and Michal {Kapinus} and Vítězslav {Beran} and Pavel {Smrž} and Pavel {Zemčík}",
  title="Interactive Spatial Augmented Reality in Collaborative Robot Programming: User Experience Evaluation",
  booktitle="RO-MAN 2018 - 27th IEEE International Symposium on Robot and Human Interactive Communication",
  year="2018",
  pages="80--87",
  publisher="Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers",
  address="NanJing",
  doi="10.1109/ROMAN.2018.8525662",
  isbn="978-1-5386-7980-7",
  url="https://www.fit.vut.cz/research/publication/11619/"
}
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