HumanRobot Interaction in Rescue Robotics Academic Article

abstract

• Rescue robotics has been suggested by a recent DARPA/NSF study as an application domain for the research in human-robot integration (HRI). This paper provides a short tutorial on how robots are currently used in urban search and rescue (USAR) and discusses the HRI issues encountered over the past eight years. A domain theory of the search activity is formulated. The domain theory consists of two parts: 1) a workflow model identifying the major tasks, actions, and roles in robot-assisted search (e.g., a workflow model) and 2) a general information flow model of how data from the robot is fused by various team members into information and knowledge. The information flow model also captures the types of situation awareness needed by each agent in the rescue robot system. The article presents a synopsis of the major HRI issues in reducing the number of humans it takes to control a robot, maintaining performance with geographically distributed teams with intermittent communications, and encouraging acceptance within the existing social structure.

authors

• Murphy, Robin

published proceedings

• IEEE Transactions on Human-Machine Systems

altmetric score

• 3

author list (cited authors)

• Murphy, R. R.

citation count

• 425

complete list of authors

• Murphy, Robin Roberson

publication date

• May 2004

publisher

• Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE)  Publisher

published in

• IEEE Transactions on Human-Machine Systems  Journal

Digital Object Identifier (DOI)

• 10.1109/tsmcc.2004.826267

start page

• 138

end page

• 153

volume

• 34

issue

• 2

URL

• http://dx.doi.org/10.1109/tsmcc.2004.826267