TY - GEN
T1 - Interacting with trapped victims using robots
AU - Murphy, Robin R.
AU - Srinivasan, Vasant
AU - Henkel, Zachary
AU - Suarez, Jesus
AU - Minson, Matthew
AU - Straus, J. C.
AU - Hempstead, Stanley
AU - Valdez, Tim
AU - Egawa, Shinichi
N1 - Copyright:
Copyright 2014 Elsevier B.V., All rights reserved.
PY - 2013
Y1 - 2013
N2 - The paper reports on a discovery field exercise used to examine how disaster responders can use an audio and video equipped robot to interact with a trapped victim. In the exercise, a small robot with two-way video and audio communication was inserted into a physically simulated building collapse next to a trapped victim, and was provided to a team of trained responders as a means for performing remote triage and victim monitoring. The interaction between the responders and the victim was examined, with emphasis on how the responders adapted to different video and audio capabilities, and how they might have responded to different populations and injuries that may limit communication. The ad hoc interaction protocols used by the responders were observed in the field exercise, and four interaction schemes were identified: Two-way Video with Two-way Audio, One-way Video (from Robot to Responders) with Two-way Audio, Two-way Video with no Audio, and One-way Video (from Robot to Responders) with no audio. The interaction schemes are defined according to the minimum capabilities of the robot and victim, the requirements of the responders, and preliminary protocols required for each interaction scheme. From observations made about the exercise, the paper identifies minimalistic interfaces and transparency of robot state as key areas for improving a robotmediated interaction between responders and victims.
AB - The paper reports on a discovery field exercise used to examine how disaster responders can use an audio and video equipped robot to interact with a trapped victim. In the exercise, a small robot with two-way video and audio communication was inserted into a physically simulated building collapse next to a trapped victim, and was provided to a team of trained responders as a means for performing remote triage and victim monitoring. The interaction between the responders and the victim was examined, with emphasis on how the responders adapted to different video and audio capabilities, and how they might have responded to different populations and injuries that may limit communication. The ad hoc interaction protocols used by the responders were observed in the field exercise, and four interaction schemes were identified: Two-way Video with Two-way Audio, One-way Video (from Robot to Responders) with Two-way Audio, Two-way Video with no Audio, and One-way Video (from Robot to Responders) with no audio. The interaction schemes are defined according to the minimum capabilities of the robot and victim, the requirements of the responders, and preliminary protocols required for each interaction scheme. From observations made about the exercise, the paper identifies minimalistic interfaces and transparency of robot state as key areas for improving a robotmediated interaction between responders and victims.
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U2 - 10.1109/THS.2013.6698972
DO - 10.1109/THS.2013.6698972
M3 - Conference contribution
AN - SCOPUS:84893325950
SN - 9781479915354
T3 - 2013 IEEE International Conference on Technologies for Homeland Security, HST 2013
SP - 32
EP - 37
BT - 2013 IEEE International Conference on Technologies for Homeland Security, HST 2013
T2 - 2013 13th IEEE International Conference on Technologies for Homeland Security, HST 2013
Y2 - 12 November 2013 through 14 November 2013
ER -