The Advantages and Limitations of a Wearable Active Camera/Laser in Remote Collaboration

The Wearable Active Camera/Laser (WACL) allows the remote experts not only to set their viewpoints into the wearers’ working place independent of their motion but also to point to real objects directly with the laser spot by controlling it through wireless network. In this paper, we examined how communication patterns differ between the WACL interface and a typical headset interface. The results have implications for improving the WACL interface so as to redress the communication asymmetries by enhancing the visual assist

Remote Collaboration using a Shoulder-Worn Active Camera/Laser

The Wearable Active Camera/Laser (WACL) allows the remote collaborators not only to set their viewpoints into the wearer’s workplace independent of the wearer’s motion but also to point to real objects directly with the laser spot. In this paper, we report an user test to examine the advantages and limitations of the WACL interface in remote collaboration by comparing a head-mounted display and a headmounted camera-based headset interface. Results show that the WACL gives better impressions on comfortability when wearing, eye-friendliness, and fatigue in spite of no significant difference in task completion time. We first review related works and user studies with wearable collaborative systems, and then describe the details on the user test

Computational model of anthropomorphism for human-robot interaction

Zlotowski J. Computational model of anthropomorphism for human-robot interaction. In: Kuzuoka H, ed. Proceedings of the 8th ACM/IEEE International Conference on Human-Robot Interaction (HRI 2013), Young Pioneers Workshop. Piscataway, NJ: IEEE Press; 2013: 76-77

The inversion effect in HRI: are robots perceived more like humans or objects?

Zlotowski J, Bartneck C. The inversion effect in HRI: are robots perceived more like humans or objects? In: Kuzuoka H, ed. Proceedings of the 8th ACM/IEEE International Conference on Human-Robot Interaction (HRI 2013). Piscataway, NJ: IEEE Press; 2013: 365-372

More human than human: does the uncanny curve really matter?

Zlotowski J, Proudfood D, Bartneck C. More human than human: does the uncanny curve really matter? In: Kuzuoka H, ed. Proceedings of the 8th ACM/IEEE International Conference on Human-Robot Interaction, Workshop on Design of Humanlikeness in HRI from Uncanny Valley to Minimal Design. Piscataway, NJ: IEEE Press; 2013: 7-13

I sing the body electric: An experimental theatre play with robots

Zlotowski J, Bleeker T, Bartneck C, Reynolds R. I sing the body electric: An experimental theatre play with robots. In: Kuzuoka H, ed. Proceedings of the 8th ACM/IEEE International Conference on Human-Robot Interaction (HRI 2013). Piscataway, NJ: IEEE Press; 2013: 427-428