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Announcements. Papers are due this Friday at 11:59 PM Don’t wait until 11:59 PM to try and upload your paper. You might run into technical difficulties There were problems with plagiarism in the outlines this needs to be eliminated before you turn in your reports
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Announcements • Papers are due this Friday at 11:59 PM • Don’t wait until 11:59 PM to try and upload your paper. You might run into technical difficulties • There were problems with plagiarism in the outlines • this needs to be eliminated before you turn in your reports • check your Turnitin.com originality report. • Read Guidelines about the required Appendix C of robot report – so you know what to do
My robot project is this far • All done – robot leaves arena with green beacon • Can find green beacon – but can’t leave arena • Can find red beacon and turn it off – but can’t find green beacon • Can find red beacon but can’t turn it off • Cannot find red beacon
Human Factors in Design Appendix C of Robot Report
Requirements for Appendix C • 1 page (400-500 words) for each member of the team • Discuss how to modify the design of a companion robot to serve a child or a 65+ adult • Base your design decisions on information from reliable literature (see examples in Canvas)
Human Factors is the application of knowledge about human characteristics to design • Physical • Strength, size, reaction time, endurance, frailty, eyesight, fine motor skills • Social/Emotional/Cultural • User preferences (simplicity, reliability, aesthetics, safety, cost, etc.), culturally-based behaviors (reading, speaking), acceptance • Cognitive • Understanding cause and effect, user interface, interpreting emotions and intentions
Human Factors (ergonomics) integrates knowledge from multiple fields • Engineering • Psychology • Physiology/Kinesiology • Biology • Anthropology SJSU has a human factors program in the Industrial and Systems Engineering department Source: Integrated Safety Management, Berkeley Labwikipedia
Human Factors design considerations affect product effectiveness, safety, and ultimately, desirability. Source: FDA Medical Device Use-Safety
Discuss with your neighbor how human factors were included in the IDEO shopping cart design.
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Physical Domain – Consider Anthropometric Data – For example reach Source: http://openacademyofknowledge.wikispaces.com/ Source: http://www.mccauslandco.com/
Social/Emotional • Follows Social Conventions • Getting on elevator – wait your turn • Can respond to human signals • Change of voice (e.g. express sympathy when you are tired) • Response to violent behavior Bandit-II used in hospitals
Social/Emotional • Match robot personality to that of user Source: Tapus (2008)
Social/Emotional • Human but not too human – “uncanny valley” Source: pinktentacle.com
Cognitive Domain – What do users perceive?See Woods paper Friendly? Unfriendly?
Cognitive Domain – What do users perceive?See Woods paper Can talk? Can’t talk?
Discuss some ways you might modify an assistive robot for the two audiences Source: http://www.robaid.com/