Abstract

Intelligent Interfaces in Automation/Robotics

Madni, A., Freedy, A., and Chu, Y.

Abstract

With today's advances in sensor and artificial intelligence technologies, "intelligent" automation and robotics offers a novel and powerful solution to a variety of problems in industrial, commercial and battlefield applications. The principal contribution of these systems is to augment, aid, or improve human performance. However, the human still plays an essential role since total system performance depends on the effectiveness of the combination between the automation/robotic system and the human counterpart. If the responsiveness of one to the other is poor, their joint output may be significantly lower than the sum of their individual performance capabilities. To circumvent this potential problem, what is required is an intelligent interface (I²) that mediates between the two. The purpose of the I² is to maximize the performance of the operator and the automation/robotic system for a given degree of machine Intelligence and a given level of operator capability. It is the role of the I² to opportunistically allocate tasks and manage, interpret and exchange information between the human and the machine in a purposeful fashion. This paper provides the objectives, features and concepts in realizing an Intelligent Interface for an operator-robot system.

From:

Madni, A., Freedy, A., and Chu, Y., Proceedings of the International Robot Conference & Exhibition, Long Beach, CA, June 1983.