Publications (4)
The Effects of Robot Motion on Comfort Dynamics of Novice Users in Close-Proximity Human-Robot Interaction
Pierce Howell, Jack Kolb, Yifan Liu +1
Effective and fluent close-proximity human-robot interaction requires understanding how humans get habituated to robots and how robot motion affects human comfort. While prior work…
Generalization of Heterogeneous Multi-Robot Policies via Awareness and Communication of Capabilities
Pierce Howell, Max Rudolph, Reza Torbati +2
Recent advances in multi-agent reinforcement learning (MARL) are enabling impressive coordination in heterogeneous multi-robot teams. However, existing approaches often overlook th…
Capability-Aware Shared Hypernetworks for Flexible Heterogeneous Multi-Robot Coordination
Kevin Fu, Shalin Anand Jain, Pierce Howell +1
Recent advances have enabled heterogeneous multi-robot teams to learn complex and effective coordination skills. However, existing neural architectures that support heterogeneous t…
Fast Anticipatory Motion Planning for Close-Proximity Human-Robot Interaction
Sam Scheele, Pierce Howell, Harish Ravichandar
Effective close-proximity human-robot interaction (CP-HRI) requires robots to be able to both efficiently perform tasks as well as adapt to human behavior and preferences. However,…