Dr GISELA REYES CRUZ Gisela.ReyesCruz@nottingham.ac.uk
Transitional Assistant Professor
Augmented Robotic Telepresence (ART): A Prototype for Enhancing Remote Interaction and Participation
Reyes-Cruz, Gisela; Phypers, Isaac; Boudouraki, Andriana; Price, Dominic; Fischer, Joel; Reeves, Stuart; Galvez Trigo, Maria; Maior, Horia
Authors
Isaac Phypers
Ms ANDRIANA BOUDOURAKI Andriana.Boudouraki@nottingham.ac.uk
EPSRC DOCTORAL PRIZE FELLOW
Mr DOMINIC PRICE dominic.price@nottingham.ac.uk
RESEARCH FELLOW
Professor JOEL FISCHER Joel.Fischer@nottingham.ac.uk
PROFESSOR OF HUMAN-COMPUTER INTERACTION
Dr STUART REEVES STUART.REEVES@NOTTINGHAM.AC.UK
ASSOCIATE PROFESSOR
Maria Galvez Trigo
Dr HORIA MAIOR HORIA.MAIOR@NOTTINGHAM.AC.UK
TRANSITIONAL ASSISTANT PROFESSOR
Abstract
Mobile robotic telepresence (MRP) allows remote users' access and mobility in a range of local environments. MRP devices have been adopted in societally significant domains such as workplaces, museums, commerce, education, and healthcare, especially during the Covid-19 pandemic to provide accessibility to these spaces when physical attendance was precluded. Although telepresence robots have autonomous systems features such as collision avoidance, they do not typically allow for physical manipulation of the environment, so they have been found to engender limited trustworthiness and have yet to achieve widespread adoption. This work presents a prototype exploring the potential of Augmented Robotic Telepresence (ART) to improve on inclusion, accessibility, and independence provided to remote users of MRP, broadening the space for interaction and participation, by augmenting affordances in the local environment via techniques such as Augmented Reality (AR), Internet of Things (IoT), and remote actuation. Herein we describe the ART prototype developed thus far, which is built on top of a commercial MRP robot, the Double 3 by Double Robotics; we elaborate on the ART prototype design, its implementation, and current capabilities. Lastly, we describe our research plans, including design workshops with museum stakeholders, and point towards directions for future work.
Citation
Reyes-Cruz, G., Phypers, I., Boudouraki, A., Price, D., Fischer, J., Reeves, S., Galvez Trigo, M., & Maior, H. (2023, July). Augmented Robotic Telepresence (ART): A Prototype for Enhancing Remote Interaction and Participation. Presented at First International Symposium on Trustworthy Autonomous Systems, Edinburgh, United Kingdom
Presentation Conference Type | Conference Paper (published) |
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Conference Name | First International Symposium on Trustworthy Autonomous Systems |
Start Date | Jul 11, 2023 |
End Date | Jul 12, 2023 |
Acceptance Date | May 4, 2023 |
Online Publication Date | Jul 11, 2023 |
Publication Date | Jul 11, 2023 |
Deposit Date | Dec 21, 2023 |
Publisher | Association for Computing Machinery (ACM) |
Pages | 1-6 |
Book Title | TAS '23: Proceedings of the First International Symposium on Trustworthy Autonomous Systems |
ISBN | 9798400707346 |
DOI | https://doi.org/10.1145/3597512.3597532 |
Keywords | augmented reality, remote user, mobile robotic telepresence, human robot interaction, hybrid interaction |
Public URL | https://nottingham-repository.worktribe.com/output/22726651 |
Publisher URL | https://dl.acm.org/doi/10.1145/3597512.3597532 |
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