RISE: an open-source architecture for interdisciplinary and reproducible human-robot interaction research

• Published in: Frontiers in robotics and AI Vol. 10; p. 1245501
• Main Authors: Groß, André, Schütze, Christian, Brandt, Mara, Wrede, Britta, Richter, Birte
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Switzerland Frontiers Media S.A 06.12.2023
• Subjects: autonomous HRI; explainability; HRI studies; human–robot dialog; Robotics and AI; scenario management; Wizard of Oz; autonomous HRI; framework; explainability; HRI studies; human–robot dialog; Wizard of Oz; scenario management
• ISSN: 2296-9144; 2296-9144
• DOI: 10.3389/frobt.2023.1245501

In this article, we present RISE-a obotics ntegration and cenario-Management xtensible-Architecture-for designing human-robot dialogs and conducting (HRI) studies. In current HRI research, interdisciplinarity in the creation and implementation of interaction studies is becoming increasingly important. In addition, there is a lack of reproducibility of the research results. With the presented open-source architecture, we aim to address these two topics. Therefore, we discuss the advantages and disadvantages of various existing tools from different sub-fields within robotics. Requirements for an architecture can be derived from this overview of the literature, which 1) supports interdisciplinary research, 2) allows reproducibility of the research, and 3) is accessible to other researchers in the field of HRI. With our architecture, we tackle these requirements by providing a which explains the robot behavior and allows introspection into the current state of the dialog. Additionally, it offers controlling possibilities to easily conduct studies. To achieve transparency, the dialog is modeled explicitly, and the robot behavior can be configured. Furthermore, the modular architecture offers an interface for external features and sensors and is expandable to new robots and modalities.