A multichannel human-swarm robot interaction system in augmented reality

Abstract

Background: A large number of robots have put forward the new requirements for humanrobot interaction. One of the problems in human-swarm robot interaction is how to naturally achieve an efficient and accurate interaction between humans and swarm robot systems. To address this, this paper proposes a new type of human-swarm natural interaction system. Methods: Through the cooperation between three-dimensional (3D) gesture interaction channel and natural language instruction channel, a natural and efficient interaction between a human and swarm robots is achieved. Results: First, A 3D lasso technology realizes a batch-picking interaction of swarm robots through oriented bounding boxes. Second, control instruction labels for swarm-oriented robots are defined. The instruction label is integrated with the 3D gesture and natural language through instruction label filling. Finally, the understanding of natural language instructions is realized through a text classifier based on the maximum entropy model. A head-mounted augmented reality display device is used as a visual feedback channel. Conclusions: The experiments on selecting robots verify the feasibility and availability of the system.

Keywords

• Human-swarm interaction
• Augmented reality
• Multichannel integration