The way you move: The effect of a robot surrogate movement in remote collaboration

• Main Authors: FEICK, Martin, OEHLBERG, Lora, TANG, Anthony, MIEDE, André, SHARLIN, Ehud
• Format: text
• Language: English
• Published: Institutional Knowledge at Singapore Management University 2018
• Subjects: movement trajectory & velocity; remote collaboration; robot surrogate; Artificial Intelligence and Robotics; Graphics and Human Computer Interfaces
• Online Access: https://ink.library.smu.edu.sg/sis_research/7979; https://ink.library.smu.edu.sg/context/sis_research/article/8982/viewcontent/3173386.3176959.pdf
• Institution: Singapore Management University

In this paper, we discuss the role of the movement trajectory and velocity enabled by our tele-robotic system (ReMa) for remote collaboration on physical tasks. Our system reproduces changes in object orientation and position at a remote location using a humanoid robotic arm. However, even minor kinematics differences between robot and human arm can result in awkward or exaggerated robot movements. As a result, user communication with the robotic system can become less efficient, less fluent and more time intensive.