Platform enhances human robot teamwork in search and rescue
Towards Intent-Aware Human-Robot Teaming: A Platform for Search-and-Rescue Operations
Robotics
Summary
Working with robots in emergency search-and-rescue missions is complicated because robots and people need to understand each other well. The authors created a computer platform that helps study how human operators think and decide during these missions. This platform also enables robots to predict what the human wants to do and help them make better decisions. Their work shows how robot support can improve what a human operator sees, decides, and does in urgent rescue tasks.
What this means in practice
- •For emergency response teams: Support human operators with robot assistants that understand operator intent and improve coordination during rescue missions.
- •For industrial automation teams: Test multi-agent coordination strategies that adapt to human decisions and intentions in complex workflows.
Authors
Rohith Prem Maben, Ayesha Jena, Björn Olofsson, Stefan Reitmann, Jacek Malec, Rogier Woltjer, Elin Anna Topp
Abstract
We investigate the challenges of enabling effective collaboration between human operators and heterogeneous autonomous agents in complex, dynamic environments by developing an interaction platform that allows study of operator behavior and supports intent inference and decision-making using state-of-the-art frameworks. We demonstrate the extent to which the operator's perception, decisions, and actions could be supported by autonomous systems during search-and-rescue operations with our platform.