We are all Individuals: The Role of Robot Personality and Human Traits in Trustworthy Interaction

no code implementations • 28 Jul 2023 • Mei Yii Lim, José David Aguas Lopes, David A. Robb, Bruce W. Wilson, Meriam Moujahid, Emanuele De Pellegrin, Helen Hastie

As robots take on roles in our society, it is important that their appearance, behaviour and personality are appropriate for the job they are given and are perceived favourably by the people with whom they interact.

Visualising COVID-19 Research

no code implementations • 13 May 2020 • Pierre Le Bras, Azimeh Gharavi, David A. Robb, Ana F. Vidal, Stefano Padilla, Mike J. Chantler

In this paper, we develop a novel automated theme-based visualisation method, combining advanced data modelling of large corpora, information mapping and trend analysis, to provide a top-down and bottom-up browsing and search interface for quick discovery of topics and research resources.

Robots in the Danger Zone: Exploring Public Perception through Engagement

no code implementations • 1 Apr 2020 • David A. Robb, Muneeb I. Ahmad, Carlo Tiseo, Simona Aracri, Alistair C. McConnell, Vincent Page, Christian Dondrup, Francisco J. Chiyah Garcia, Hai-Nguyen Nguyen, Èric Pairet, Paola Ardón Ramírez, Tushar Semwal, Hazel M. Taylor, Lindsay J. Wilson, David Lane, Helen Hastie, Katrin Lohan

We describe the use of a light touch quiz-format survey instrument to integrate in-the-wild research participation into the engagement, allowing us to probe both the effectiveness of our engagement strategy, and public perceptions of the future roles of robots and humans working in dangerous settings, such as in the off-shore energy sector.

Explainable Autonomy: A Study of Explanation Styles for Building Clear Mental Models

no code implementations • WS 2018 • Francisco Javier Chiyah Garcia, David A. Robb, Xingkun Liu, Atanas Laskov, Pedro Patron, Helen Hastie

As unmanned vehicles become more autonomous, it is important to maintain a high level of transparency regarding their behaviour and how they operate.

Text Generation

The ORCA Hub: Explainable Offshore Robotics through Intelligent Interfaces

no code implementations • 6 Mar 2018 • Helen Hastie, Katrin Lohan, Mike Chantler, David A. Robb, Subramanian Ramamoorthy, Ron Petrick, Sethu Vijayakumar, David Lane

To enable this to happen, the remote operator will need a high level of situation awareness and key to this is the transparency of what the autonomous systems are doing and why.

MIRIAM: A Multimodal Chat-Based Interface for Autonomous Systems

no code implementations • 6 Mar 2018 • Helen Hastie, Francisco J. Chiyah Garcia, David A. Robb, Pedro Patron, Atanas Laskov

We present MIRIAM (Multimodal Intelligent inteRactIon for Autonomous systeMs), a multimodal interface to support situation awareness of autonomous vehicles through chat-based interaction.

Autonomous Vehicles

Explain Yourself: A Natural Language Interface for Scrutable Autonomous Robots

no code implementations • 6 Mar 2018 • Francisco J. Chiyah Garcia, David A. Robb, Xingkun Liu, Atanas Laskov, Pedro Patron, Helen Hastie

Autonomous systems in remote locations have a high degree of autonomy and there is a need to explain what they are doing and why in order to increase transparency and maintain trust.