A Comparison of the Psychological Effects of Robot Motion in Physical and Virtual Environments

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• Personal Author:
  Chen KB ; Sanders NE ; Xie Z ; Chen KB ; Sanders NE ; Xie Z
• Description:
  A mixed-methods approach was used to assess the fidelity of virtual environments as ergonomic assessment tools for human-robot interaction. Participants performed a visual search task in the physical environment while a nearby collaborative robot repeatedly extended its arm toward them. This scenario was reconstructed in two virtual environments with different levels of graphical detail. Measures of presence, task performance, workload, and anxiety were taken to determine the effect of robot motion in all three environments. Task performance decreased in response to robot motion in the physical environment, while workload and anxiety increased. This simple effect of motion was consistent across environments for measures of task performance and anxiety. However, people performed faster overall in virtual reality, and the effect of motion on workload was greatly reduced in virtual reality. Results in the virtual environments suggest that people were distracted by the sound of the robot, and that presence was affected by manipulations of immersion and coherence. [Description provided by NIOSH]
• Subjects:
  Ergonomics Occupational Health Safety
• Keywords:
  Author Keywords: Human-robot Interaction Human Factors Engineering Psychological Responses Robotics Task Performance Virtual Reality Workload
• ISSN:
  0003-6870
• Document Type:
  Text
• Funding:
  Grant
• Genre:
  Journal Article ; Journal Article
• Place as Subject:
  North Carolina ; OSHA Region 4
• CIO:
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH) ; National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH)
• Topic:
  Workplace Safety & Health ; Workplace Safety & Health
• Location:
  North America ; North America
• Volume:
  112
• NIOSHTIC Number:
  nn:20069641
• Citation:
  Appl Ergon 2023 Oct; 112:104039
• Contact Point Address:
  Karen B. Chen, Fitts Department of Industrial and Systems Engineering, North Carolina State University, 915 Partners Way, Raleigh, NC 27695, USA
• Email:
  kbchen2@ncsu.edu
• Federal Fiscal Year:
  2024
• Performing Organization:
  University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill
• Peer Reviewed:
  True
• Start Date:
  20050701
• Source Full Name:
  Applied Ergonomics
• End Date:
  20270630
• Collection(s):
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
• Main Document Checksum:
  urn:sha-512:33a84cc9e96c45f5e8812e2c3920c6ec068f9302c765478486d641e6d9567b2d1a71876f5f7315acb85ef41cd928c2ca8aaf66fb20da9121e8352c48f1df56cc
• Download URL:
  https://stacks.cdc.gov/view/cdc/208029/cdc_208029_DS1.pdf
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  [PDF - 1.68 MB ]