On Human Robot Interaction using Multiple Modes
This addresses the problem of making robots more socially acceptable and intelligent for everyday use, though it appears incremental as it builds on existing modes like speech and gesture.
The paper tackles the challenge of enabling humanoid robots to interact effectively with non-specialist users in household settings by introducing a multimodal technique that combines gesture and speech for human-robot interaction.
Humanoid robots have apparently similar body structure like human beings. Due to their technical design, they are sharing the same workspace with humans. They are placed to clean things, to assist old age people, to entertain us and most importantly to serve us. To be acceptable in the household, they must have higher level of intelligence than industrial robots and they must be social and capable of interacting people around it, who are not supposed to be robot specialist. All these come under the field of human robot interaction (HRI). There are various modes like speech, gesture, behavior etc. through which human can interact with robots. To solve all these challenges, a multimodel technique has been introduced where gesture as well as speech is used as a mode of interaction.