Ryerson University  School of Computer Science

CPS813/DG2010 Human-Robot Interaction

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Lecture Notes

Classes and Support Information

Class	Presentation and Notes	Readings	Other Reference material	Comments
0	Introduction (PDF Version) (PowerPoint Show Version)	Introduction to HRI Shannon communication paper	Intro videos The good (Jibo), the bad (Robot fails) and the ugly (military implications Historical videos Rossum's Universal Robots: the trailer Vaucanson's digesting duck Tesla's remote control boat Operation Aphrodite: remote control kamikaze bombers Three Mile Island  disaster background Breazeal's Kismet robot HRI in perspective videos Janken cheating robot Robot cheating explained	At least watch the video!
1	Taxonomy (PDF Version) (Powerpoint Show Version)	A Taxonomy for Human-Robot Interaction Classifying Human-Robot Interaction: An Updated Taxonomy Towards Single-Operator Control of Tightly-Coordinated Robot Teams	One Human, one robot: The Network-Enabled Powered Wheelchair Adaptor Kit (NEPWAK) One Human, Robot Team: Example 1, Example 2 Human Team, One Robot: Canadarm Human Team, Robt Team: Robocup Soccer Robot Morphology: Humanoid Robot, Zoomorphic Robot Aibo, Cheetah, Artistic Robots, Functional Robot
2	Robotic Interfaces (PDF Version) (Powerpoint Show Version)	Critical Considerations Video Game-based Interfaces Interface Design Lessons USS Vincennes Incident	Bad Robot: Quizzimodo Introduction to Don Norman and "Design of Everyday Things" The beauty of Norman's Juicer Bad Robot: Simple Samples Aegis The Destruction of Iranian Airlines Flight 655
3	Telepresence, Presence and Situational Awareness (PDF Version) (Power Point Show Version)	Theoretical Underpinnings of Situational Awareness (SA): A Critical Review Dimensions Determining Telepresence MAX: Teleoperated Dog on the Web Being There: The experience of presence in mediated environments	MAX: Teleoperated Robot Dog at Ryerson (1999, Telepresence) Telephonic Arm Wrestling (2008, Telepresence) Royal Navy Field Gun Competition (Group SA) Poor man's SA test: "The Bottle Test" Pilot spashes and ejects from FA18 (Loss of SA) Scary car commercial  (Presence) Using the scary car commercial to scare your kid Selective attention test (Fooling SA) Whodunit (Fooling SA)
4	Urban Search and Rescue Robotics (PDF Version) (Power Point Show Version)	Standard Test Methods for Response Robot Evaluation Rational Behind Standard Test Methods Center for Robot-Assisted Search and Rescue (CRASAR) Network-Centric Applied Research Team HUBO wins the 2015 DARPA Challenge	Alex Ferworn Introduces His Research Environment Structural Collapse - Example Earthquake in Port Au Prince, Haiti (2010) Algo Cenre Parking Strucure Collapse, Elliot Lake, Ontario, Canada (2012) World Trade Center Collapse, New York, New York,  USA (2001) Inuktun micro-VGTV robot footage at World Trade Centre (post collapse) Introduction to Disaster City NIST and Response Robot Evaluation Exercises (RREx) SWORD Talon - Marketing SWORD Talon - USAR reality Prof. Howie Choset's Snake Robot (CMU) Masupial Robotics (Matilda and Toughbot example) Telerob EOD manipulation testing at RREx Atlas humanoid robot (2013) Russian Television take on  the success of the DARPA challenge competition (2015) DARPA Challenge: Schaft, HUBO
5	Assistive Robotics (PDF Version) (Power Point Show Version)	Socially Assistive Robots for the Elderly Injuries to Health Care Workers	What is assistive technology Wheelchair problems Network-Enabled Power Wheelchair Adaptor Kit (NEPWAK) Smart homes Silverline Patient transfer by human Patient transfer by robot Epidermal Electronics example
6	Space Robotics on the ISS and HRI. (Prof. Elliott Coleshill Presentation) (PDF Version)	The Canadarm2
7	Improvised Explosive Devices (IEDs) and their Neutralization. (Chris Chan, Docotoral Candidate) (PDF Version) (Power Point Show Version)	IED Fact Sheet IED Awareness Level Training
8	Explosive Ordinance Disposal (EOD) Robots. (PDF Version) (Power Point Show Version)	Counter IEDs Operations	IEDs: The unseen enemy History: mitigating the  "long walk". Andros F6 in action  Basic bomb tech tasks Disruptor applications familiarization Making a rubber band disruptor
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