Development and Evaluation of Exploratory Experiences to Facilitate Reasoning About Robotic Systems

Sogol Balali,Marisa Hudspeth,Ian Afflerbach,Hannah Helgesen,Jessica McCurry,Walid Abu Al-Afia,Kelton Bruslind,Kathryn Hays,Ross T. Sowell,Ruth West,Cindy M. Grimm,Sogol Balali,Marisa Hudspeth,Ian Afflerbach,Hannah Helgesen,Jessica McCurry,Walid Abu Al-Afia,Kelton Bruslind,Kathryn Hays,Ross T. Sowell,Ruth West,Cindy M. Grimm

This paper introduces a novel interactive approach —Exploratory Experiences— that aims to improve the ability of people to reason about the capabilities and limitations of robotic technology. We focus on two areas: robot navigation and object detection. We evaluate the Exploratory Experiences with a novel approach that measures the participant's ability to predict when the robot will fail, followi...