Cognitive Evaluation of Human-Robot Systems: A Method for Analyzing Cognitive Change in Human-Robot Systems

Author

Stubbs, Kristen ; Bernstein, Debra ; Crowley, Kevin ; Nourbakhsh, Illah

Author_Institution

Robotics Inst., Carnegie Mellon Univ., Pittsburgh, PA

fYear

2006

Firstpage

59

Lastpage

65

Abstract

To help answer questions about the behavior of participants in human-robot systems, we propose the cognitive evaluation of human-robot systems (CEHRS) method based on our work with the personal exploration rover (PER). The CEHRS method consists of six steps: (1) identify all system participants, (2) collect data from all participant groups, including the system´s creators, (3) analyze participant data in light of system-wide goals, (4) answer targeted questions about each participant group to determine the flow of knowledge, information, and influence throughout the system, (5) look for inconsistencies in the knowledge and beliefs of different participant groups, and (6) make recommendations for improvement. We offer this comprehensive, human-centered evaluation method as a starting point for future work in understanding cognitive change in human-robot interactions

Keywords

cognition; man-machine systems; robots; cognitive change; cognitive evaluation; human-centered evaluation; human-robot interaction; human-robot system; personal exploration rover; Cognitive robotics; Cognitive science; Data analysis; Human robot interaction; Information analysis; Morphology; NASA; Taxonomy; Usability;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Robot and Human Interactive Communication, 2006. ROMAN 2006. The 15th IEEE International Symposium on

Conference_Location

Hatfield

Print_ISBN

1-4244-0564-5

Electronic_ISBN

1-4244-0565-3

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/ROMAN.2006.314395

Filename

4107786