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Using Haptic Feedback in Human-Swarm Interaction

Using Haptic Feedback in Human-Swarm Interaction

Steven Nunnally, Phillip Walker, Michael Lewis, Nilanjan Chakraborty, Katia Sycara
Copyright: © 2016 |Pages: 26
ISBN13: 9781466695726|ISBN10: 1466695722|EISBN13: 9781466695733
DOI: 10.4018/978-1-4666-9572-6.ch022
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Nunnally, Steven, et al. "Using Haptic Feedback in Human-Swarm Interaction." Handbook of Research on Design, Control, and Modeling of Swarm Robotics, edited by Ying Tan, IGI Global, 2016, pp. 619-644. https://doi.org/10.4018/978-1-4666-9572-6.ch022

APA

Nunnally, S., Walker, P., Lewis, M., Chakraborty, N., & Sycara, K. (2016). Using Haptic Feedback in Human-Swarm Interaction. In Y. Tan (Ed.), Handbook of Research on Design, Control, and Modeling of Swarm Robotics (pp. 619-644). IGI Global. https://doi.org/10.4018/978-1-4666-9572-6.ch022

Chicago

Nunnally, Steven, et al. "Using Haptic Feedback in Human-Swarm Interaction." In Handbook of Research on Design, Control, and Modeling of Swarm Robotics, edited by Ying Tan, 619-644. Hershey, PA: IGI Global, 2016. https://doi.org/10.4018/978-1-4666-9572-6.ch022

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Abstract

A swarm of robots is a large group of individual agents that autonomously coordinate via local control laws. Their emergent behavior allows simple robots to accomplish complex tasks. Since missions may have complex objectives that change dynamically due to environmental and mission changes, human control and influence over the swarm is needed. The field of Human Swarm Interaction (HSI) is young, with few user studies, and even fewer papers focusing on giving non-visual feedback to the operator. The authors will herein present a background of haptics in robotics and swarms and two studies that explore various conditions under which haptic feedback may be useful in HSI. The overall goal of the studies is to explore the effectiveness of haptic feedback in the presence of other visual stimuli about the swarm system. The findings show that giving feedback about nearby obstacles using a haptic device can improve performance, and that a combination of feedback from obstacle forces via the visual and haptic channels provide the best performance.

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