Open AccessDevelopment and Usability Testing of a Remote Control App for An Interactive RoboT
Author(s) -
Eric Vasey,
Maryam FakhrHosseini,
Zhi Zheng,
Chung Hyuk Park,
Ayanna M. Howard,
Myounghoon Jeon
Publication year - 2017
Publication title -
proceedings of the human factors and ergonomics society annual meeting/proceedings of the human factors and ergonomics society ... annual meeting
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.207
H-Index - 43
eISSN - 1541-9312
pISSN - 1071-1813
DOI - 10.1177/1541931213601695
Subject(s) - usability , wizard , computer science , human–computer interaction , wizard of oz , robot , android (operating system) , human–robot interaction , remote control , control (management) , world wide web , artificial intelligence , operating system
Experimenters need robots that are easier to control for experimental purposes. In this paper, we conducted interviews for eliciting interaction requirements for human-robot interaction scenarios. User input was then incorporated into an Android application for remotely controlling an Aldebaran Nao robot for use in Wizard-of-Oz experiments and demos. The app was used in a usability study to compare it with an existing Nao remote control app. Results were positive, highlighting the ease-of-use and organization of the app. Future work includes a more complete usability trial evaluating the unique functionality of the app, as well as a case study of the app in a real Wizard-of-Oz experiment.