Periscope: 遠隔物理協働を支援するロボットカメラシステム
Periscope: A Robotic Camera System to Support Remote Physical Collaboration
半自律ロボットアームに搭載したカメラで作業空間を映し、遠隔の支援者と現場作業者がカメラ視点の制御を分担する「共有カメラ制御」を提案し、組立作業の実験で有効性を示した。
著者: Pragathi Praveena, Yeping Wang, Emmanuel Senft, Michael Gleicher, Bilge Mutlu
分類: cs.RO, cs.HC
原文アブストラクト
We investigate how robotic camera systems can offer new capabilities to computer-supported cooperative work through the design, development, and evaluation of a prototype system called Periscope. With Periscope, a local worker completes manipulation tasks with guidance from a remote helper who observes the workspace through a camera mounted on a semi-autonomous robotic arm that is co-located with the worker. Our key insight is that the helper, the worker, and the robot should all share responsibility of the camera view--an approach we call shared camera control. Using this approach, we present a set of modes that distribute the control of the camera between the human collaborators and the autonomous robot depending on task needs. We demonstrate the system's utility and the promise of shared camera control through a preliminary study where 12 dyads collaboratively worked on assembly tasks. Finally, we discuss design and research implications of our work for future robotic camera systems that facilitate remote collaboration.
