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Proposer

Marta Romeo

Title

Wizard-of-Oz for robotic experiments

Goal

Develop a modular wizard interface

Description

In most of human-robot interaction experiments the robot is not fully autonomous. In these cases, the investigator becomes the puppeteer, or Wizard, and controls the robot without letting the participants of the experiment realise that the robot is merely remote controlled. The wizard can control all the functionalities of the robot or take over from the robot only in specific circumstances. This is usually done for safety reasons or because, when the variables under observation are all human-dependent, it is much more important that the experiment carries on without any interruption caused by a robotic malfunctioning. To be able to remote control the robot the wizard needs to have a full picture of what is happening in the experiment room in terms of flow of interaction between the robot and the participant, inner state of the robot, possible next action to take etc. The aim of the project will be to create a modular wizard interface, possibly integrating ROS, that could be easily used under different experimental conditions.

Resources

Background

Url

Difficulty Level

Moderate

Ethical Approval

InterfaceOnly

Number Of Students

2

Supervisor

Marta Romeo

Keywords

Degrees

Bachelor of Science in Computer Science
Bachelor of Science in Computer Systems
Master of Engineering in Software Engineering
Master of Science in Artificial Intelligence
Master of Science in Human Robot Interaction
Master of Science in Robotics
Master of Science in Software Engineering