Investigating real world issues in human robot interaction: Physical and cognitive solutions for a safe robotic system

Giannaccini, Maria Elena; Sobhani, Mohammad Mehdi; Dogramadzi, Sanja; Harper, Christopher John

Abstract

In service robotics, safety is of primary importance. In the EU funded INTRO project1 , safety has been considered from the perspectives of both ‘cognitive’ and physical HumanRobot Interaction (cogHRI and pHRI for brevity). INTRO project researchers are aiming to identify both cogHRI and pHRI risks and hazards in unstructured environments. Applying classical methods in our work has been useful for pHRI but it has also highlighted their overall insufficiency for real world applications. Consequently, we are considering their requirements but also working on new approaches and methods, as described below. For cogHRI, we are developing a novel reasoning architecture to achieve a predictive behaviour for dealing with unexpected situations. For pHRI, we aim to render a robot both useful in some applicationdomain context, but also inherently safe.

• Presentation Conference Type: Conference Paper (unpublished)
• Conference Name: IEEE ICRA2013
• Acceptance Date: Mar 1, 2013
• Peer Reviewed: Peer Reviewed
• Public URL: https://uwe-repository.worktribe.com/output/933991
• Additional Information: Title of Conference or Conference Proceedings : ICRA 2103