Integration of the Multi-DOA Estimation Functionality to Human-Robot Interaction

Caleb Rascon, Ivan Meza, Gibran Fuentes, Lisset Salinas, Luis A. Pineda
2015 International Journal of Advanced Robotic Systems  
Sound source localization is important in human interaction, such as in locating the origin of long-distance calls or facing other humans while in a conversation. It is of interest to apply such functionality to the core of human-robot interaction (HRI) and investigate its benefits, if any. In this paper, we propose three strategies for how to integrate the functionality of multiple directions-of-arrival (multi-DOA) estimation with a common scenario, in which the robot acts as a waiter while
more » ... lying audio source localization. The proposed strategies are: a) the robot locates calls from users at a relatively long distance; b) the robot faces the user when taking the order; and c) the robot announces whether the acoustic environment is not conducive to understanding a speech command (mainly where more than one user speaks at once). It was seen that users react favourably to the functionality, and that it even has a noticeable influence on the success of the interaction.
doi:10.5772/59993 fatcat:uff4zdtnvzho7kifk75dpdsxqy