An Architecture for Shared Autonomy via Optimal Control

Abstract

Shared Autonomy studies how humans and robots can work together to solve problems together. We focus on the problem of a human teleoperator controlling a robot to perform a complex manipulation task. Traditional paradigms focus on transferring the human s inputs directly to the robot. Although effective, this results in operator fatigue, and does not enable the system to learn from the human s motions. We propose a paradigm where the system learns via apprenticeship how to perform the task as it is being controlled by the human, gradually taking over more aspects of the task as it gets more proficient and confident.

Document Details

Document Type
DoD Grant Award
Publication Date
Oct 01, 2019
Source ID
W911NF1510312

Entities

People

  • Siddhartha Srinivasa

Organizations

  • Army Contracting Command
  • Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency
  • Massachusetts Institute of Technology

Tags

Fields of Study

  • Computer science

Readers

  • Robotics and Automation.
  • Team-Based Human-Centered Cognitive Task Decision Making and Information Performance.

Technology Areas

  • AI & ML
  • AI & ML - Autonomous Systems
  • Autonomy
  • Autonomy - Human-Robot Interaction