Operator Awareness in Human-Robot Collaboration Through Wearable Vibrotactile Feedback

• Published in: IEEE robotics and automation letters Vol. 3; no. 4; pp. 4289 - 4296
• Main Authors: Casalino, Andrea, Messeri, Costanza, Pozzi, Maria, Zanchettin, Andrea Maria, Rocco, Paolo, Prattichizzo, Domenico
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Piscataway IEEE 01.10.2018; The Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers, Inc. (IEEE)
• Subjects: cognitive human-robot interaction; Collaboration; Feedback; Haptic interfaces; haptics and haptic interfaces; Human behavior; Human performance; Human-centered robotics; Performance enhancement; Predictions; Robot sensing systems; Robots; Service robots; Task analysis; Trajectory; Wearable technology

In industrial scenarios, requiring human-robot collaboration, the understanding between the human operator and his/her robot coworker is paramount. On the one side, the robot has to detect human intentions, and on the other side, the human needs to be aware of what is happening during the collaborat...