The Need for Combining Implicit and Explicit Communication in Cooperative Robotic Systems
As the number of robots used in warehouses and manufacturing increases, so too does the need for robots to be able to manipulate objects, not only independently, but also in collaboration with humans and other robots. Our ability to effectively coordinate our actions with fellow humans encompasses s...
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| author | Naomi Gildert Alan G. Millard Andrew Pomfret Jon Timmis |
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| description | As the number of robots used in warehouses and manufacturing increases, so too does the need for robots to be able to manipulate objects, not only independently, but also in collaboration with humans and other robots. Our ability to effectively coordinate our actions with fellow humans encompasses several behaviours that are collectively referred to as joint action, and has inspired advances in human-robot interaction by leveraging our natural ability to interpret implicit cues. However, our capacity to efficiently coordinate on object manipulation tasks remains an advantageous process that is yet to be fully exploited in robotic applications. Humans achieve this form of coordination by combining implicit communication (where information is inferred) and explicit communication (direct communication through an established channel) in varying degrees according to the task at hand. Although these two forms of communication have previously been implemented in robotic systems, no system exists that integrates the two in a task-dependent adaptive manner. In this paper, we review existing work on joint action in human-robot interaction, and analyse the state-of-the-art in robot-robot interaction that could act as a foundation for future cooperative object manipulation approaches. We identify key mechanisms that must be developed in order for robots to collaborate more effectively, with other robots and humans, on object manipulation tasks in shared autonomy spaces. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-7eea3a38d2134ee4a602776440aac9712022-12-21T23:16:16ZengFrontiers Media S.A.Frontiers in Robotics and AI2296-91442018-06-01510.3389/frobt.2018.00065357974The Need for Combining Implicit and Explicit Communication in Cooperative Robotic SystemsNaomi Gildert0Alan G. Millard1Andrew Pomfret2Jon Timmis3York Robotics Laboratory, Department of Electronic Engineering, University of York, York, United KingdomYork Robotics Laboratory, Department of Electronic Engineering, University of York, York, United KingdomDepartment of Electronic Engineering, University of York, York, United KingdomYork Robotics Laboratory, Department of Electronic Engineering, University of York, York, United KingdomAs the number of robots used in warehouses and manufacturing increases, so too does the need for robots to be able to manipulate objects, not only independently, but also in collaboration with humans and other robots. Our ability to effectively coordinate our actions with fellow humans encompasses several behaviours that are collectively referred to as joint action, and has inspired advances in human-robot interaction by leveraging our natural ability to interpret implicit cues. However, our capacity to efficiently coordinate on object manipulation tasks remains an advantageous process that is yet to be fully exploited in robotic applications. Humans achieve this form of coordination by combining implicit communication (where information is inferred) and explicit communication (direct communication through an established channel) in varying degrees according to the task at hand. Although these two forms of communication have previously been implemented in robotic systems, no system exists that integrates the two in a task-dependent adaptive manner. In this paper, we review existing work on joint action in human-robot interaction, and analyse the state-of-the-art in robot-robot interaction that could act as a foundation for future cooperative object manipulation approaches. We identify key mechanisms that must be developed in order for robots to collaborate more effectively, with other robots and humans, on object manipulation tasks in shared autonomy spaces.https://www.frontiersin.org/article/10.3389/frobt.2018.00065/fulljoint actionimplicit communicationexplicit communicationcollaborationautonomous systemsinteraction |
| spellingShingle | Naomi Gildert Alan G. Millard Andrew Pomfret Jon Timmis The Need for Combining Implicit and Explicit Communication in Cooperative Robotic Systems Frontiers in Robotics and AI joint action implicit communication explicit communication collaboration autonomous systems interaction |
| title | The Need for Combining Implicit and Explicit Communication in Cooperative Robotic Systems |
| title_full | The Need for Combining Implicit and Explicit Communication in Cooperative Robotic Systems |
| title_fullStr | The Need for Combining Implicit and Explicit Communication in Cooperative Robotic Systems |
| title_full_unstemmed | The Need for Combining Implicit and Explicit Communication in Cooperative Robotic Systems |
| title_short | The Need for Combining Implicit and Explicit Communication in Cooperative Robotic Systems |
| title_sort | need for combining implicit and explicit communication in cooperative robotic systems |
| topic | joint action implicit communication explicit communication collaboration autonomous systems interaction |
| url | https://www.frontiersin.org/article/10.3389/frobt.2018.00065/full |
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