Robot Assistance Selection for Large Object Manipulation with a Human

Abstract

In this paper, we propose a method that allows a human to perform complex manipulation tasks jointly with a robotic partner. To that end, the robot has a library of assistances that it can provide for helping the human partner during a priori unknown collaborative tasks. According to the haptic cues naturally transmitted by the human partner, the robot selects on-line the suitable assistance for the current intended collaborative motion. Based on the naive bayes classifier and the Matthew Correlation Coefficient, the parameters of the decision-making are automatically tuned. An experiment on a real arm manipulator is provided to validate the proposed approach.