Human-robot interaction has gained a lot of attention in recent years, since the use of robots can complement and improve human capabilities. To make such interaction smooth, proper interaction approaches are needed. Customarily these are tested in simplified scenarios and tame laboratory environment, since reproducing complex real use cases is often difficult. Achieved results are then not representative of actual interaction in reality and do not scale to complex scenarios. To overcome this issue, in this paper we consider the use of virtual reality as an alternative tool to assess HRI in those scenarios that are difficult to reproduce in reality. To this end, we compare the interaction experience for the same task, which is carried out in both virtual reality and real environment. To assess user's interaction in the two scenarios, we consider quantitative task related metrics, mental workload sustained, and subjective reporting. Results show that virtual reality allows to reproduce a faithful interaction experience and, thus, can be used to reliably validate human-robot interaction approaches in complex scenarios.

Use of Virtual Reality for the Evaluation of Human-Robot Interaction Systems in Complex Scenarios / Villani, Valeria; Capelli, Beatrice; Sabattini, Lorenzo. - (2018), pp. 422-427. (Intervento presentato al convegno 27th IEEE International Symposium on Robot and Human Interactive Communication, RO-MAN 2018 tenutosi a The Jiangsu International Conference Center, 307 Zhongshan East Road, chn nel 2018) [10.1109/ROMAN.2018.8525738].

Use of Virtual Reality for the Evaluation of Human-Robot Interaction Systems in Complex Scenarios

Villani, Valeria
;
Capelli, Beatrice;Sabattini, Lorenzo
2018

Abstract

Human-robot interaction has gained a lot of attention in recent years, since the use of robots can complement and improve human capabilities. To make such interaction smooth, proper interaction approaches are needed. Customarily these are tested in simplified scenarios and tame laboratory environment, since reproducing complex real use cases is often difficult. Achieved results are then not representative of actual interaction in reality and do not scale to complex scenarios. To overcome this issue, in this paper we consider the use of virtual reality as an alternative tool to assess HRI in those scenarios that are difficult to reproduce in reality. To this end, we compare the interaction experience for the same task, which is carried out in both virtual reality and real environment. To assess user's interaction in the two scenarios, we consider quantitative task related metrics, mental workload sustained, and subjective reporting. Results show that virtual reality allows to reproduce a faithful interaction experience and, thus, can be used to reliably validate human-robot interaction approaches in complex scenarios.
2018
27th IEEE International Symposium on Robot and Human Interactive Communication, RO-MAN 2018
The Jiangsu International Conference Center, 307 Zhongshan East Road, chn
2018
422
427
Villani, Valeria; Capelli, Beatrice; Sabattini, Lorenzo
Use of Virtual Reality for the Evaluation of Human-Robot Interaction Systems in Complex Scenarios / Villani, Valeria; Capelli, Beatrice; Sabattini, Lorenzo. - (2018), pp. 422-427. (Intervento presentato al convegno 27th IEEE International Symposium on Robot and Human Interactive Communication, RO-MAN 2018 tenutosi a The Jiangsu International Conference Center, 307 Zhongshan East Road, chn nel 2018) [10.1109/ROMAN.2018.8525738].
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