A Mobile Interactive Robot for Social Distancing in Hospitals
Paper in proceeding, 2021

We introduce the multimodal interactive mobile robot ISOLDE, intended for use in hospitals, with the primary aim of helping healthcare staff to maintain social distancing during pandemics, such as the ongoing Covid-19 pandemic. ISOLDE also addresses the growing concern related to the use of black box models in artificial intelligence, especially in situations involving high-stakes decisions. Thus, ISOLDE's interactive capabilities have been implemented using a fully interpretable dialogue manager, making it easy to monitor and, if needed, correct the robot's actions, even for a non-expert. A use case is presented (in a laboratory setting) in which the robot successfully interacts with healthcare staff to carry out a requested transportation and delivery task, and also measuring a patient's temperature.

Multimodal interaction

human-machine interaction

mobile robots

interpretable artificial intelligence

social distancing

Author

Marco Virgolin

Chalmers, Mechanics and Maritime Sciences (M2), Vehicle Engineering and Autonomous Systems

Mauro Bellone

Chalmers, Mechanics and Maritime Sciences (M2), Vehicle Engineering and Autonomous Systems

Krister Wolff

Chalmers, Mechanics and Maritime Sciences (M2), Vehicle Engineering and Autonomous Systems

Mattias Wahde

Chalmers, Mechanics and Maritime Sciences (M2), Vehicle Engineering and Autonomous Systems

Proceedings - 2021 5th IEEE International Conference on Robotic Computing, IRC 2021

87-91
9781665434164 (ISBN)

5th IEEE International Conference on Robotic Computing, IRC 2021
Virtual, Online, Taiwan,

Subject Categories

Information Science

Human Computer Interaction

Robotics

DOI

10.1109/IRC52146.2021.00020

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