Towards easier human-robot interaction

Abstract

Cognitive infocommunication aspects are obvious when developing collaboration between humans and co-worker robots. It is typical that new technology for production operations is not available as plug-and-play type solutions, but rather, requires customization in every application. That is especially the case with industrial robots. Industrial robot programming is currently carried out often by a tedious and time-consuming teaching method. In this paper, our main goal is to present the state-of-the – art and our experiences in developing easier human – robot interaction to help even inexperienced operators use robots. These examples show a variety of ways that inter-cognitive communication between human and artificial cognitive systems can be utilized in robotics. Many of these examples are already taken into everyday use. We also present our system and software architecture used in the development of generic industrial robot programming for easy-to-use applications, as well as some examples of our service robot development.