Legibility of Robot Motion in Complex Environments
In human-robot collaboration, legible intent of the robot is critical to success as it enables the human to more effectively work with and around the robot. Environments where humans and robots collaborate are widely varied and in the real world are most often cluttered. However, prior work in legible motion utilizes primarily environments which are uncluttered. Success in these environments does not necessarily guarantee success in more cluttered environments. Furthermore, the prior work has been primarily performed based on results from robot-human studies and the problem has not been studied from the prospective of what people do to express intent to each other. Therefore, this work addresses a gap in current research by studying legible robot arm motion in the context of cluttered environments.