Evaluation of flexible graphical user interface for intuitive human robot interactions

Abstract

A new approach for industrial robot user interfaces is necessary due to the fact that small and medium sized enterprises are more interested in automation. The increasing number of robot applications in small volume production requires new techniques to ease the use of these sophisticated systems. In this paper shop floor operation is in the focus. A Flexible Graphical User Interface is presented which is based on cognitive infocommunication (CogInfoCom) and implements the Service Oriented Robot Operation concept. The definition of CogInfoCom icons is extended by the introduction of identification, interaction and feedback roles. The user interface is evaluated with experiments. Results show that a significant reduction in task execution time and a lower number of required interactions is achieved because of the intuitiveness of the system with human centered design.