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Using Computational Cognitive Models to Improve Human-Robot Interaction
Pages 37-42

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... For example, mobile robots generally use representations, such as rotational and translational matrixes, to represent motion and spatial references. However, because this is not a natural mechanism for humans, additional computations must be made to translate between these matrixes and the qualitative spatial reasoning 37
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... Spatial Perspective Taking To determine how important perspective and frames of reference are in collaborative tasks in shared space (and also because we were working on a DARPA-funded project to move these capabilities to the NASA Robonaut) , we analyzed a series of tapes of a ground controller and two astronauts undergoing training in the NASA Neutral Buoyancy Tank facility for an assembly task for Space Station Mission 9A.
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... . Obviously, the ability to handle changing frames of reference and to understand spatial perspective will be a critical skill for the NASA Robonaut and, we would argue, for any other robotic system that must communicate with people in spatial contexts (i.e., any construction task, direction giving, etc.)
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... CONCLUSION Clearly, for humans to work as peers with robots in shared space, the robot must be able to understand the natural human tendency to use different frames of reference and must be able to take the human's perspective. To create robots with these capabilities, we propose using computational cognitive models, rather than more traditional programming paradigms for robots, for the following reasons.
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... 2002. ACT-R/S: A Computational and Neurologically Inspired Model of Spatial Reasoning.
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