Investigating Mixed Reality for Communication Between Humans and Mobile Manipulators

Abstract

This article investigates mixed reality (MR) to enhance human-robot collaboration (HRC). The proposed solution adopts MR as a communication layer to convey a mobile manipulator's intentions and upcoming actions to the humans with whom it interacts, thus improving their collaboration. A user study involving 20 participants demonstrated the effectiveness of this MR-focused approach in facilitating collaborative tasks, with a positive effect on overall collaboration performances and human satisfaction.

arXiv commentThis paper has been published in the Proceedings of the 2024 IEEE International Conference on Human and Robot Interactive Communication (RO-MAN), Pasadena, CA, USA, August 2024