Rescuing interfaces: A multi-year study of human-robot interaction at the AAAI Robot Rescue Competition (original) (raw)

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This paper presents results from three years of studying human-robot interaction in the context of the AAAI Robot Rescue Competition. We discuss our study methodology, the competitors’ systems and performance, and suggest ways to improve human-robot interaction in urban search and rescue (USAR) as well as other remote robot operations.

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Notes

1. Two additional teams entered as demonstrations only in 2002.
2. We also studied the Robot Rescue Competitions at RoboCup 2003 and RoboCup 2004. In this paper, we focus on the AAAI competitions.
3. Team F entered in 2002, but did not make the finals, so we discuss 2003 only.
4. Team G entered in 2002 as a demonstration only, so that year is not discussed.
5. Team J also entered in 2002 and 2003, but did not make the finals those years, so we discuss 2004 only.

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Acknowledgments

This work is sponsored in part by the National Science Foundation (IIS-0415224, IIS-0308186) and the National Institute of Standards and Technology. Our thanks to all of the participating teams and those who assisted with the data collection, particularly Jean Scholtz (NIST), Brian Antonishek (NIST), Jeff Young (NIST), Elena Messina (NIST), Adam Jacoff (NIST), Brian Weiss (NIST), Mike Baker (UML), Bobby Casey (UML), Brenden Keyes (UML), and Phil Thoren (UML).

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Yanco, H.A., Drury, J.L. Rescuing interfaces: A multi-year study of human-robot interaction at the AAAI Robot Rescue Competition.Auton Robot 22, 333–352 (2007). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10514-006-9016-5

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• Received: 17 March 2006
• Revised: 11 October 2006
• Accepted: 31 October 2006
• Published: 27 December 2006
• Issue Date: May 2007
• DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/s10514-006-9016-5

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