Systems and methods for communicating robot intentions to human beings
AssigneeUniversity of South Florida
InventorsYu Sun, Michael David Coovert, Ivan Shindev
Life of this patent
Estimating the term…
Abstract
In one embodiment, communicating robot intentions to human beings involves determining movements that a robot will make to complete a task, visually communicating a long-term intention of the robot that provides an indication of the movements the robot will make in completing the task, and visually communicating a short-tem intention of the robot that provides an indication of a movement of the robot will make within the next few seconds in working toward completing the task.
Claims30
A method for communicating robot intentions to human beings, the method comprising:
- determining movements that a robot will make to complete a task;
- visually communicating a long-term intention of the robot that provides an indication of the movements the robot will make in completing the task;
- and
- visually communicating a short-term intention of the robot that provides an indication of a movement of the robot will make in the immediate future in working toward completing the task, wherein visually communicating a short-term intention of the robot comprises superimposing an image onto an environment in which the robot operates that provides an indication of a movement the robot is about to make and at what speed.
An non-transitory computer-readable medium that stores an intention of the robot expression system for a robot, the system comprising:
- logic configured to visually communicate a long-term intention of the robot that provides an indication of the movements the robot will make in completing the task;
- and
- logic configured to visually communicate a short-term intention of the robot that provides an indication of a movement of the robot will make in the immediate future in working toward completing the task, wherein the logic configured to visually communicate a short-term intention of the robot comprises logic configured to superimpose an image onto an environment in which the robot operates that provides an indication of a movement the robot is about to make and at what speed.
A robot that is configured to visually communicate the robot's intentions, the robot comprising:
- a processing device;
- one or more actuators;
- and
- memory that stores an intention expression system that is configured to visually communicate a long-term intention of the robot that provides an indication of the movements the robot will make in completing the task, and to visually communicate a short-term intention of the robot that provides an indication of a movement of the robot will make within the next few seconds in working toward completing the task, wherein visually communicating a short-term intention of the robot comprises superimposing an image onto an environment in which the robot operates that provides an indication of a movement the robot is about to make and at what speed.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.