You and your robot companion — A framework for creating robotic applications usable by non-experts

2015 24th IEEE International Symposium on Robot and Human Interactive Communication (RO-MAN) Pub Date : 2015-11-23 DOI:10.1109/ROMAN.2015.7333562

J. Hoefinghoff, A. V. D. Pütten, J. Pauli, N. Krämer

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In this paper we present a system for all and sundry to create robotic applications which is characterized by adaptivity on different levels. First, users are enabled to create their own applications (e.g. play a card game with robot) by the usage of a decision making framework for robot companions. Second, within a created application the robot itself adapts its behavior via user feedback based on a decision making algorithm (e.g. teach the robot a card game based on user feedback). In dependency of the user's expertise, he or she has different possibilities of enhancing the robot's capabilities. Especially for the non-expert user a tool has been developed which provides a graphical user interface to configure applications. The usability of the tool has been evaluated with 5 participants of the age group 40+. The results show that the technical requirements to include non-experts are fulfilled by the framework but also reveal ways to improve the tool, such as the placement of the assistance mechanisms offered to the user.

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您和您的机器人伙伴——一个用于创建非专家可用的机器人应用程序的框架

在本文中，我们提出了一个系统，为所有和杂项创建机器人应用，其特点是在不同层次上的适应性。首先，通过使用机器人同伴的决策框架，用户可以创建自己的应用程序(例如与机器人一起玩纸牌游戏)。其次，在创建的应用程序中，机器人本身通过基于决策算法的用户反馈来调整其行为(例如，根据用户反馈教机器人玩纸牌游戏)。根据用户的专业知识，他或她有不同的可能性来增强机器人的能力。特别为非专业用户开发了一个工具，它提供了一个图形用户界面来配置应用程序。该工具的可用性已与年龄在40岁以上的5名参与者进行了评估。结果表明，框架满足了包括非专家在内的技术要求，但也揭示了改进工具的方法，例如为用户提供的辅助机制的位置。

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