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Area of Science:

  • Human-robot interaction
  • Robotics in manufacturing and warehousing
  • Occupational safety and ergonomics

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  • Autonomous mobile robots (AMRs) are increasingly used in industrial settings.
  • Understanding human worker perceptions and behaviors around AMRs is crucial for safety.
  • Improving collision-avoidance strategies requires knowledge of interaction dynamics.

Purpose of the Study:

  • To investigate how AMR shelf height, speed, and path affect human workers.
  • To analyze the impact on perceived safety, mental workload, and trust in robots.
  • To evaluate effects on proxemic behaviors and task performance during simulated tasks.

Main Methods:

  • Simulated loading/unloading task involving human workers and AMRs.
  • Manipulation of AMR variables: shelf height, movement speed, and trajectory path.
  • Measurement of perceived safety, mental workload, robot trust, proxemic behaviors, and task performance.

Main Results:

  • AMR movement speed and trajectory path significantly impacted perceived safety, trust, and task performance.
  • Shelf height had a minimal effect on the measured outcomes.
  • Human workers' proxemic behaviors and mental workload were influenced by robot dynamics.

Conclusions:

  • Robot speed and path are critical factors for designing safer human-robot interactions in industrial environments.
  • Facility and AMR design should prioritize these dynamic parameters over static features like shelf height.
  • Findings inform the development of enhanced collision-avoidance systems and safer operational protocols.