Human Modeling and Passivity Analysis for Semi-Autonomous Multi-Robot Navigation in Three Dimensions

In this article, we study a one-human-multiple-robot interaction for human-enabled multi-robot navigation in three dimensions. We employ two fully distributed control architectures designed based on human passivity and human passivity shortage. The first half of this article focuses on human modelin...

Full description

Saved in:
Bibliographic Details
Main Authors: Takeshi Hatanaka, Takahiro Mochizuki, Takumi Sumino, Jose M. Maestre, Nikhil Chopra
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: IEEE 2024-01-01
Series:IEEE Open Journal of Control Systems
Subjects:
Online Access:https://ieeexplore.ieee.org/document/10361530/
Tags: Add Tag
No Tags, Be the first to tag this record!
_version_ 1841554061547012096
author Takeshi Hatanaka
Takahiro Mochizuki
Takumi Sumino
Jose M. Maestre
Nikhil Chopra
author_facet Takeshi Hatanaka
Takahiro Mochizuki
Takumi Sumino
Jose M. Maestre
Nikhil Chopra
author_sort Takeshi Hatanaka
collection DOAJ
description In this article, we study a one-human-multiple-robot interaction for human-enabled multi-robot navigation in three dimensions. We employ two fully distributed control architectures designed based on human passivity and human passivity shortage. The first half of this article focuses on human modeling and analysis for the passivity-based control architecture through human operation data on a 3-D human-in-the-loop simulator. Specifically, we compare virtual reality (VR) interfaces with a traditional interface, and examine the impacts that VR technology has on human properties in terms of model accuracy, performance, passivity and workload, demonstrating that VR interfaces have a positive effect on all aspects. In contrast to 1-D operation, we confirm that operators hardly attain passivity regardless of the network structure, even with the VR interfaces. We thus take the passivity-shortage-based control architecture and analyze the degree of passivity shortage. We then observe through user studies that operators tend to meet the degree of shortage needed to prove closed-loop stability.
format Article
id doaj-art-b8478433807840e78bfae4dba5be693f
institution Kabale University
issn 2694-085X
language English
publishDate 2024-01-01
publisher IEEE
record_format Article
series IEEE Open Journal of Control Systems
spelling doaj-art-b8478433807840e78bfae4dba5be693f2025-01-09T00:02:56ZengIEEEIEEE Open Journal of Control Systems2694-085X2024-01-013455710.1109/OJCSYS.2023.334359810361530Human Modeling and Passivity Analysis for Semi-Autonomous Multi-Robot Navigation in Three DimensionsTakeshi Hatanaka0https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3143-121XTakahiro Mochizuki1https://orcid.org/0009-0009-9576-4700Takumi Sumino2https://orcid.org/0009-0006-2382-9841Jose M. Maestre3https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4968-6811Nikhil Chopra4https://orcid.org/0000-0002-5365-293XSchool of Engineering, Tokyo Institute of Technology, Tokyo, JapanSchool of Engineering, Tokyo Institute of Technology, Tokyo, JapanSchool of Engineering, Tokyo Institute of Technology, Tokyo, JapanSystems and Automation Engineering Department, University of Seville, Sevilla, SpainDepartment of Mechanical Engineering, University of Maryland, College Park, MD, USAIn this article, we study a one-human-multiple-robot interaction for human-enabled multi-robot navigation in three dimensions. We employ two fully distributed control architectures designed based on human passivity and human passivity shortage. The first half of this article focuses on human modeling and analysis for the passivity-based control architecture through human operation data on a 3-D human-in-the-loop simulator. Specifically, we compare virtual reality (VR) interfaces with a traditional interface, and examine the impacts that VR technology has on human properties in terms of model accuracy, performance, passivity and workload, demonstrating that VR interfaces have a positive effect on all aspects. In contrast to 1-D operation, we confirm that operators hardly attain passivity regardless of the network structure, even with the VR interfaces. We thus take the passivity-shortage-based control architecture and analyze the degree of passivity shortage. We then observe through user studies that operators tend to meet the degree of shortage needed to prove closed-loop stability.https://ieeexplore.ieee.org/document/10361530/Distributed controlhuman–robot collaborationspassivitysemi-autonomous multi–robot navigationsystem identificationvirtual reality
spellingShingle Takeshi Hatanaka
Takahiro Mochizuki
Takumi Sumino
Jose M. Maestre
Nikhil Chopra
Human Modeling and Passivity Analysis for Semi-Autonomous Multi-Robot Navigation in Three Dimensions
IEEE Open Journal of Control Systems
Distributed control
human–robot collaborations
passivity
semi-autonomous multi–robot navigation
system identification
virtual reality
title Human Modeling and Passivity Analysis for Semi-Autonomous Multi-Robot Navigation in Three Dimensions
title_full Human Modeling and Passivity Analysis for Semi-Autonomous Multi-Robot Navigation in Three Dimensions
title_fullStr Human Modeling and Passivity Analysis for Semi-Autonomous Multi-Robot Navigation in Three Dimensions
title_full_unstemmed Human Modeling and Passivity Analysis for Semi-Autonomous Multi-Robot Navigation in Three Dimensions
title_short Human Modeling and Passivity Analysis for Semi-Autonomous Multi-Robot Navigation in Three Dimensions
title_sort human modeling and passivity analysis for semi autonomous multi robot navigation in three dimensions
topic Distributed control
human–robot collaborations
passivity
semi-autonomous multi–robot navigation
system identification
virtual reality
url https://ieeexplore.ieee.org/document/10361530/
work_keys_str_mv AT takeshihatanaka humanmodelingandpassivityanalysisforsemiautonomousmultirobotnavigationinthreedimensions
AT takahiromochizuki humanmodelingandpassivityanalysisforsemiautonomousmultirobotnavigationinthreedimensions
AT takumisumino humanmodelingandpassivityanalysisforsemiautonomousmultirobotnavigationinthreedimensions
AT josemmaestre humanmodelingandpassivityanalysisforsemiautonomousmultirobotnavigationinthreedimensions
AT nikhilchopra humanmodelingandpassivityanalysisforsemiautonomousmultirobotnavigationinthreedimensions