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Making collaborative robot (cobot) programming more transparent significantly boosts non-expert user performance and satisfaction. Explanations double task completion success rates and enhance trust in human-robot interaction.

Keywords:

explainability human-cobot interaction interactive learning transparency trust

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Area of Science:

Human-Robot Interaction
Robotics
Human-Computer Interaction

Background:

Collaborative robots (cobots) are increasingly used in human proximity for various tasks.
Enabling non-expert users to program cobots reduces maintenance and reprogramming costs.
Current human-cobot interaction models require further optimization for non-expert users.

Purpose of the Study:

To investigate if increased interaction transparency improves non-expert user performance with cobots.
To evaluate the impact of providing explanations on the human-cobot interaction.
To assess user satisfaction and trust in cobot operation when explanations are available.

Main Methods:

An experiment was conducted with 67 participants interacting with a cobot.
The study compared cobot programming performance with and without explanatory feedback.
User performance was measured by task efficiency, efficacy, and error rates.

Main Results:

Providing explanations significantly increased user performance in cobot programming.
Task completion without erroneous instructions was two times higher with explanations.
Users reported higher satisfaction and increased trust when working with the cobot with explanations.

Conclusions:

Enhanced transparency in human-cobot interaction positively impacts non-expert user performance.
Explanatory feedback is crucial for improving efficiency, efficacy, and user trust in cobot programming.
Future research should explore more intuitive and transparent cobot programming interfaces for broader adoption.