TY - GEN
T1 - Study on avoidance action parameters against a sharp end-effector tip approaching human's eyes
AU - Hattori, Takamasa
AU - Yamada, Yoji
AU - Okamoto, Shogo
AU - Mori, Shuji
AU - Yamada, Shunsuke
AU - Hara, Susumu
PY - 2012/12/14
Y1 - 2012/12/14
N2 - In this study, a psychological experiment is conducted to investigate harm-avoidance action characteristics in humans in close contact with robotic devices. For the experiment, a situation is created in which the sharp end-effector tip of a robot suddenly approaches the eyes of a facing participant. We define three parameters that represent harm-avoidance action characteristics: the avoidance reaction time, maximum avoidance acceleration, and maximum avoidance speed. The results suggest that the avoidance reaction time depends on the initial distance between the human's eyes and the approaching object. The results show that there are individual differences in all parameters studied. The results also show that the avoidance reaction time is negatively correlated with the other two parameters, which have a strong positive correlation with each other. We conclude that the avoidance reaction time and maximum avoidance speed are considerable parameters on avoidance actions.
AB - In this study, a psychological experiment is conducted to investigate harm-avoidance action characteristics in humans in close contact with robotic devices. For the experiment, a situation is created in which the sharp end-effector tip of a robot suddenly approaches the eyes of a facing participant. We define three parameters that represent harm-avoidance action characteristics: the avoidance reaction time, maximum avoidance acceleration, and maximum avoidance speed. The results suggest that the avoidance reaction time depends on the initial distance between the human's eyes and the approaching object. The results show that there are individual differences in all parameters studied. The results also show that the avoidance reaction time is negatively correlated with the other two parameters, which have a strong positive correlation with each other. We conclude that the avoidance reaction time and maximum avoidance speed are considerable parameters on avoidance actions.
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U2 - 10.1109/ROMAN.2012.6343726
DO - 10.1109/ROMAN.2012.6343726
M3 - Conference contribution
AN - SCOPUS:84870814115
SN - 9781467346054
T3 - Proceedings - IEEE International Workshop on Robot and Human Interactive Communication
SP - 25
EP - 30
BT - 2012 IEEE RO-MAN
T2 - 2012 21st IEEE International Symposium on Robot and Human Interactive Communication, RO-MAN 2012
Y2 - 9 September 2012 through 13 September 2012
ER -