Publications / 2006 Proceedings of the 23rd ISARC, Tokyo, Japan

Human-Robot Collaboration: Technical Issues from a Viewpoint of Human-Centered Automation

Tetsuo Sawaragi, Yukio Horiguchi
Pages 388-393 (2006 Proceedings of the 23rd ISARC, Tokyo, Japan, ISBN 9784990271718, ISSN 2413-5844)
Abstract:

In this article, after surveying the problems incurred by the conventional technology-centered automation in a variety of fields, we put an emphasis on the fact that a concept of “sociality” is really needed to form the ideal human-automation and/or human-robot relations emerging out of active interactions. Then, some key technical issues are to be presented for realizing such socially-centered automation and establishing the human-automation and/or human-robot collaboration. Brief introductions of the ongoing works by the author’s group are also presented.

Keywords: Human-centered automation, human-robot collaboration, sociality, ecological interface design