Changing the Way People and Industrial Robots Work Together: The Role of Personalized Speed

What is it about?

Collaborative robots are becoming popular in factories because they can flexibly perform many different tasks together with humans. But it's tricky to make sure they work well with humans. Most studies focus on making the robots smart so the robot adapts to the human, instead of letting humans control them easily. In this research, we looked at how 36 humans felt when they could control the speed of a robot before doing a task. We measured how they accepted, and perceived control, their performance, and how much they liked having control. The results showed that adapting the robot's speed leads to slower reactions in an extra task alongside the main one. However, most people preferred having control and felt more in charge. So, letting people control robot speed might feel good, even if it doesn't always make people more performant.

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Photo by Glen Carrie on Unsplash

Photo by Glen Carrie on Unsplash