José Luís Silva
Assistant Professor
Science and Technology Department, University Institute of Lisbon
Tuesday, November 22
4:45 pm to 5:45 pm
1305 Newell Simon Hall
4:45 pm to 5:45 pm
1305 Newell Simon Hall
Towards more effective remote execution of exploration operations using multimodal interfaces
Abstract:
Remote robots enable humans to explore and interact with environments while keeping them safe from existing harsh conditions (e.g., in search and rescue, deep sea or planetary exploration scenarios). However, the gap between the control station and the remote robot presents several challenges (e.g., situation awareness, cognitive load, perception, latency) for effective teleoperation. Multimodal teleoperation interfaces have the benefits of offering feedback while reducing the burden of the operator’s visual channel. In this talk, I will present the work of the MEROP team about multimodal interfaces (with emphasis on haptic devices) and how challenges for more effective remote teleoperation have been tackled. Results obtained and lessons learned from user studies performed in laboratory and field (e.g., in the AMADEE-20 Mars analog mission) will be presented. Finally, directions for future work will be discussed.
Remote robots enable humans to explore and interact with environments while keeping them safe from existing harsh conditions (e.g., in search and rescue, deep sea or planetary exploration scenarios). However, the gap between the control station and the remote robot presents several challenges (e.g., situation awareness, cognitive load, perception, latency) for effective teleoperation. Multimodal teleoperation interfaces have the benefits of offering feedback while reducing the burden of the operator’s visual channel. In this talk, I will present the work of the MEROP team about multimodal interfaces (with emphasis on haptic devices) and how challenges for more effective remote teleoperation have been tackled. Results obtained and lessons learned from user studies performed in laboratory and field (e.g., in the AMADEE-20 Mars analog mission) will be presented. Finally, directions for future work will be discussed.
Bio:
José Luís Silva received a Ph.D. degree in Computer Science from the Portuguese MAP-i Consortium (University of Minho, University of Aveiro and University of Porto), in 2012. From 2012 to 2013, he performed a postdoc at the University of Toulouse (France) in collaboration with Airbus. From 2013 to 2016 he was Invited Assistant Professor at University of Madeira. He is, since 2016, Assistant Professor with the Department of Information Science and Technology, Lisbon University Institute (ISCTE-IUL). He participated in several national and international research projects and in the AMADEE-20 Mars analog mission (organized by the Austrian Space Forum). His main research interests lie upon Software Engineering, Human-Computer Interaction, Human-Robot Interaction and in particular about multimodal interfaces for improved teleoperation of remote robots. He is a member of the Interactive Technologies Institute / LARSyS laboratory, ISTAR-IUL research center and, IFIP TC 13—Working Groups (13.2 and 13.10). His awards and honors include ISCTE-IUL Scientific Awards, Best Iberian Ph.D. thesis from AISTI and PhD Award from Fraunhofer Portugal Challenge.
José Luís Silva received a Ph.D. degree in Computer Science from the Portuguese MAP-i Consortium (University of Minho, University of Aveiro and University of Porto), in 2012. From 2012 to 2013, he performed a postdoc at the University of Toulouse (France) in collaboration with Airbus. From 2013 to 2016 he was Invited Assistant Professor at University of Madeira. He is, since 2016, Assistant Professor with the Department of Information Science and Technology, Lisbon University Institute (ISCTE-IUL). He participated in several national and international research projects and in the AMADEE-20 Mars analog mission (organized by the Austrian Space Forum). His main research interests lie upon Software Engineering, Human-Computer Interaction, Human-Robot Interaction and in particular about multimodal interfaces for improved teleoperation of remote robots. He is a member of the Interactive Technologies Institute / LARSyS laboratory, ISTAR-IUL research center and, IFIP TC 13—Working Groups (13.2 and 13.10). His awards and honors include ISCTE-IUL Scientific Awards, Best Iberian Ph.D. thesis from AISTI and PhD Award from Fraunhofer Portugal Challenge.