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SmartViewer: Efficient Supervision of Multi-robot Task Coordination

January 22, 2009

PowerPoint Presentation

Abstract

Robot interfaces are designed to provide an operator with all needed information in various windows. Most robot user interfaces provide a map, a camera view, or both. In addition, the operator is often presented with various sensory data, such as sonar and laser readings, camera views, and the robot's status. However, researchers are beginning to note that these interfaces are often providing too much information. The information is usually presented in separate windows requiring the operator to fuse the information mentally. Recent research has attempted to address the multiple window syndrome by using a smaller set of windows. To address this research issue an interface was designed using User Centered Design principles (UCD). The goal of the interface is to shift the burden of fusing robot team information from the operator to the interface. This talk will discuss the user interface and the study that was performed to determine whether the multimodal interface can improve the operator's control of a robot team.

 

Biography

E. Vincent Cross II is a Computer Science PhD candidate at Auburn University. His research focus is in human centered computing (HCC), which studies the design, development, and deployment of mixed-initiative human-computer systems. Within HCC his interests include human-robot interaction (HRI), human-computer interaction (HCI), natural interactive systems, game design, and game development. He is also interested in broadening participation in computing (BPC). Cross is a member of the Human Centered Computing Lab (HCCL) www.humancenteredcomputing.org. Cross's research has focused on developing naturally interactive user interfaces for robots and computer systems such as, Prime III (http://www.primevotingsystem.com/), A Multimodal Electronic Voting System that is revolutionizing the way Americans vote, the practice component of African American Distributed Multiple Learning Styles System (AADMLSS) project (http://www.aadmlss.org/), Street Legal Customs (SLC) a video game based tool used to teach financial responsibility and a number of Voice User Interface systems (VUI). He was awarded the Brothers of the Academy Young Researchers award, a Vodafone and President’s Graduate Outreach Program Fellowship, a Southern Regional Education Board (SREB) fellowship, and Auburn University’s Outstanding Minority Graduate Student award.