Towards a Modular and Distributed End-User Development Framework for Human-Robot Interaction

In an effort towards the democratization of Robotics, this article presents a novel End-User Development framework called Robot Interfaces From Zero Experience (RIZE). The framework provides a set of useful software tools for the creation of robot-oriented software architectures and programming inte...

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Published in:IEEE Access Vol. 9; pp. 12675 - 12692
Main Authors: Coronado, Enrique, Deuff, Dominique, Carreno-Medrano, Pamela, Tian, Leimin, Kulic, Dana, Sumartojo, Shanti, Mastrogiovanni, Fulvio, Venture, Gentiane
Format: Journal Article
Language:English
Published: Piscataway IEEE 2021
Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE)
The Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers, Inc. (IEEE)
Subjects:
Computer architecture
Electrical engineering. Electronics. Nuclear engineering
End users
end-user development
Human engineering
human-robot interaction
Programming
Programming languages
Programming profession
robot programming
Robotics
Robots
Service robots
social robots
Software
Software development tools
Task analysis
TK1-9971
Usability
Visualization
ISSN:2169-3536, 2169-3536
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Summary:In an effort towards the democratization of Robotics, this article presents a novel End-User Development framework called Robot Interfaces From Zero Experience (RIZE). The framework provides a set of useful software tools for the creation of robot-oriented software architectures and programming interfaces, as well as the modeling and execution of robot behaviors, with a specific emphasis on social behaviors. Programming interfaces built on top of RIZE enable professionals with different backgrounds and interests to design, adapt, and scale-up robotics applications. As an example of a programming interface, we present Open RIZE, which exploits an End-User Programming paradigm combining blocks, tables, and forms-filling interfaces. Unlike previous approaches, robot behavioral code generated by Open RIZE is intrinsically modular, re-usable, scalable, neutral to the employed programming language, and platform-agnostic. In the article, we present the main design guidelines and features of Open RIZE. Additionally, we perform an initial usability evaluation of the Open RIZE interface in an online workshop. Preliminary results using the System Usability Scale with 10 novice end-users indicate that Open RIZE is easy-to-use and learn.
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ISSN:2169-3536
2169-3536
DOI:10.1109/ACCESS.2021.3051605