Multi-presence System with Local Augmented Body - Investigation of human cognitive limitation and spatial awareness in teleoperation

Abstract

As multitasking situations keep increasing in our daily lives, telepresence robots have been used to embody a human’s consciousness to a remote location with minimal effort. However, the number of robots that one person can manage at once is limited. In these situations, the human’s cognitive puts a limit on how many or how much can one person control such robots remotely. This paper takes an overview on what applications multi-presence could be applied in and present a system design to evaluate the cognitive effect of when users control up to 4 robots at one time with varying settings. This study reveals the cognitive threshold at which managing three robots optimizes task performance while minimizing cognitive load in multi-presence robotic systems.