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Danish Technological Institute - Human-Robot
Human-Robot-Interaction based upon decoding human behaviour
Human-Robot-Interaction based upon decoding human behaviour
The Robotino robot is an important platform for the Danish Technological Institute’s R&D-activities within socially intelligent robots.
For the Danish Technological In-stite’s R&D-activities within socially intelligent robots the Robotino forms the basis of research in Human-Robot-Interaction.
Guided by a series of psychological principles the robot is capable of determining, whether a person in a room shows interest in interacting with the robot and how the robot should move towards this person. The system can for instance be used in relation to e.g. electronic ‘butlers’ assisting in different tasks in healthcare or other service areas.
Features
The robot is autonomous and able to move around on its own hand without the need for being operated. It uses a laser scanner to de-code human behaviour and intentions through monitoring patterns of movement.
Bitte klicken Sie auf ein Foto für eine größere AnsichtHuman-Robot "Robotino"
Pictures: Danish Technological Institute
Competences
For a robot to be able to interact in human areas, it needs to be accepted by the people surrounding it. If people for instance get scared, it will be unable to help, since its offered assistance will be rejected. The more the robot behaves like a human, the more likely it will be accepted by the people. Thus the robot is programmed to follow a range of specific rules.
Our goal is to make the robot capable of acting and moving around in reallife environments according to a theory of so-called Hallzones that indicate where the
robot should position itself close to a person in order to make him feel comfortable.
According to these guidelines the robot ’draws a map’ expressing the suitability of different positions.
The robot will concurrently record data in order to be able to improve it’s interaction with the persons it meet. For instance the robot will record the place and time of day where it meets a person and addi-tionally record whether the person is interested in communication or not. By doing this the robot slowly improves its pattern of interaction, since the person’s indication of interest currently will be used for changing the layout of the above mentioned map. By now the robot is able to act according to these Hallzone principles in laboratory tests, and thus our research will now focus on providing the needed robustness enabling it to be able to work in reallife environments along with adding new cognitive social skills.
Related projects
IntelliCare will create a technological platform that will establish integration and interplay between intelligent assistive technology and the surroundings.
The platform will consider individual activity patterns and needs of the elderly and staff, and it will transform individuality to effective resource allocation.
About us
We offer technological solutions and competences within localization and navigation with mobile robots, socially intelligent behaviour for these robots, artificial intelligence and cognition. We are also specialised within advanced robotics handling technology, agricultural service robots with a special focus on navigation, and design methods within robotics systems.
The Robotino is presented in cooperation between Danish Technological Institute and Aalborg University, Denmark.
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