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Collaborative Robots for Empowering People: Key Insights from an OzCHI Workshop

Year: 2024

Type: conference-paper

Abstract: There is an increased interest towards robotic platforms for close and direct collaboration with people, given the benefits of utilising the complimentary capabilities of people and robots. This calls for research that considers how people are involved in design and development of these platforms. The term "empowerment"transverses Human-Robot Collaboration (HRC) research domains and disciplines, including the OzCHI community. Approaches to empower people vary between these disciplines and domains, creating a need for clarifying and consolidating the different roles people play in HRC research. This paper summarises the why, when, how, and who of empowerment in HRC, drawing from insights gathered in an academic workshop at the OzCHI conference in 2023. We present five key characteristics relating to the ways that empowerment in HRC can be facilitated, along with barriers and pathways towards those characteristics.

DOI: 10.1145/3726986.3727032

Authors: Stine S. Johansen, Hashini Senaratne, Alan G Burden, Wei Win Loy, Saminda Sundeepa Balasuriya, Glenda Amayo Caldwell, Jared W Donovan, Andreas Duenser, Yanran Jiang, Melanie McGrath, Mahla Nejati, Cecile Paris, Markus Rittenbruch, Laurianne Sitbon

Institutions: Aalborg University, Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation, Data61, Queensland University of Technology, Bond University, University of Auckland

Language: English

Topic: Robot Manipulation and Learning

Subfield: Control and Systems Engineering

Field: Engineering

Domain: Physical Sciences

Open Access status: green

Funders: Australian Government, Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation, Australian Research Council

Award: ARC Training Centre for Collaborative Robotics in Advanced Manufacturing

OpenAlex ID: W7084148173

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