Discovering Patterns in Human-Robot Interaction: New Tools for Complex Adaptive Social Systems - UQ Part

Abstract

The purpose of this project is to develop a set of complex systems analysis tools for analyzing human-robot interaction and social neuroscience data. Topological data analysis (TDA) is an exciting new set of techniques which allow for the quantification of topological features of data that is not easily captured by traditional geometric analyses. The AFOSR grant has ended, but the collaborative project with UCSD and AFRL/RH is ongoing, with further funding to this team provided by the Australian government. In the first year, the research team developed a novel TDA pipeline for analyzing and visualizing the simplicial structure of delay embedded time series data. This TDA pipeline was used to analyze both a social neuroscience and human-robot interaction dataset. Recurrence quantification analysis (RQA) isa time series analysis technique which allows for the visualization and quantification of the temporal patterning of when a dynamical system re-enters a similar part of phase space. The team generated RQA vectors for neural data and showed improved classification for some classes when compared with the classification of power spectral features. The Chiba lab (UCSD) and the Wiles lab (UQ) collaborated to develop a TDA and RQA pipeline and apply these methods to neuroscience, biomechanics, and human robot interaction datasets.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
May 28, 2018
Accession Number
AD1057268

Entities

People

  • Andrea A Chiba
  • Janet Wiles

Organizations

  • University of Queensland

Tags

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Air Force
  • Air Force Research Laboratories
  • Algebraic Topology
  • Algorithms
  • Amplitude
  • Biomechanics
  • Brain
  • Classification
  • Cognitive Science
  • Data Analysis
  • Data Set
  • Data Sets
  • Digital Data
  • Embedding
  • Filtration
  • Human Robot Interaction
  • Human-Robot Interaction
  • Language
  • Neurosciences
  • Pipelines
  • Point Clouds
  • Robots
  • Systems Analysis
  • Topology
  • Universities
  • Visualizations

Readers

  • Neural Network Machine Learning.
  • Research Science/Academic Research
  • Team-Based Human-Centered Cognitive Task Decision Making and Information Performance.

Technology Areas

  • AI & ML
  • Autonomy
  • Autonomy - Human-Robot Interaction
  • Space