Why Did the Robot Do That?

Abstract

Robots are increasingly being utilized in important tasks such as search and rescue operations. However, their behaviors are often hard to distinguish and understand, leading to users mistrust and often abandonment of very useful tools. We are developing algorithms for robots to automatically explain their behaviors to users and are demonstrating that these explanations improve users trust and acceptance of them compared to robots that do not explain themselves.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Jan 01, 2016
Accession Number
AD1145853

Entities

People

  • Stephanie Rosenthal

Organizations

  • Carnegie Mellon University

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Autonomy

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Algorithms
  • Autonomy
  • Boundaries
  • Language
  • Search And Rescue

Fields of Study

  • Computer science

Readers

  • Systems Analysis and Design
  • Team-Based Human-Centered Cognitive Task Decision Making and Information Performance.

Technology Areas

  • AI & ML
  • AI & ML - Autonomous Systems
  • Autonomy