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Investigating Mixed Reality for Communication Between Humans and Mobile Manipulators

Robotics 2024-09-05 v1

Abstract

This article investigates mixed reality (MR) to enhance human-robot collaboration (HRC). The proposed solution adopts MR as a communication layer to convey a mobile manipulator's intentions and upcoming actions to the humans with whom it interacts, thus improving their collaboration. A user study involving 20 participants demonstrated the effectiveness of this MR-focused approach in facilitating collaborative tasks, with a positive effect on overall collaboration performances and human satisfaction.

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@article{arxiv.2409.02312,
  title  = {Investigating Mixed Reality for Communication Between Humans and Mobile Manipulators},
  author = {Mohamad Shaaban and Simone Macci`o and Alessandro Carf`ı and Fulvio Mastrogiovanni},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:2409.02312},
  year   = {2024}
}

Comments

This paper has been published in the Proceedings of the 2024 IEEE International Conference on Human and Robot Interactive Communication (RO-MAN), Pasadena, CA, USA, August 2024