Measuring the impact of haptic feedback in collaborative robotic scenarios

IF 2.1 4区计算机科学 Q3 COMPUTER SCIENCE, CYBERNETICS

Universal Access in the Information Society Pub Date : 2023-09-15 DOI:10.1007/s10209-023-01040-8

Francisco J. Rodríguez-Sedano, Miguel Á. Conde, Francisco J. Rodríguez-Lera, Julián Chaparro-Peláez

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Abstract

Abstract In recent years, the interaction of a human operator with teleoperated robotic systems has been much improved. One of the factors influencing this improvement is the addition of force feedback to complement the visual feedback provided by traditional graphical user interfaces. However, the users of these systems performing tasks in isolated and safe environments are often inexperienced and occasional users. In addition, there is no common framework to assess the usability of these systems, due to the heterogeneity of applications and tasks, and therefore, there is a need for new usability assessment methods that are not domain specific. This study addresses this issue by proposing a measure of usability that includes five variables: user efficiency, user effectiveness, mental workload, perceived usefulness, and perceived ease of use. The empirical analysis shows that the integration of haptic feedback improves the usability of these systems for non-expert users, even though the differences are not statistically significant; further, the results suggest that mental workload is higher when haptic feedback is added. The analysis also reveals significant differences between participants depending on gender.

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测量触觉反馈在协作机器人场景中的影响

摘要近年来，人类操作者与遥控机器人系统的交互已经得到了很大的改善。影响这种改进的因素之一是增加了力反馈，以补充传统图形用户界面提供的视觉反馈。然而，在孤立和安全的环境中执行任务的这些系统的用户通常是缺乏经验和偶尔的用户。此外，由于应用程序和任务的异质性，没有通用的框架来评估这些系统的可用性，因此，需要新的非特定于领域的可用性评估方法。本研究通过提出一个可用性的度量来解决这个问题，该度量包括五个变量:用户效率、用户有效性、心理工作量、感知有用性和感知易用性。实证分析表明，触觉反馈的集成提高了这些系统对非专业用户的可用性，尽管差异没有统计学意义;此外，结果表明，当触觉反馈增加时，心理工作量更高。分析还揭示了不同性别参与者之间的显著差异。

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Universal Access in the Information Society COMPUTER SCIENCE, CYBERNETICS-

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6.10

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16.70%

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>12 weeks

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