HFES Journal To Publish Special Issue on Improving Human-Robot Interaction

Yesterday I received the July 2009 issue (162 KB, .pdf) of the Human Factors and Ergonomics Society Bulletin.  I noticed the Journal of Cognitive Engineering and Decision Making is looking for contributions for a special issue on improving human-robot interaction.  Some of the topics they’re seeking papers on include:

• Sensor interpretation and integration: information visualization; object recognition; motion awareness
• Manipulation: teleoperation and motor control such as during mine removal, USAR, and RSTA
• Navigation: local and global spatial comprehension; robot localization; motion awareness; cognitive maps
• Planning: decision making; task prioritization; contingency planning; dynamic replanning
• Multiple robot operations: operator-to-robot ratio; attention (focused and divided); task switching; situation awareness; adaptive automation
• Team performance: human-human group dynamics; collaboration and coordination; shared situation awareness
• Trust and acceptance: human-robot group dynamics; anthropomorphism; system reliability
• Technological issues: system capabilities and limitations; latency; bandwidth; use of multiple modalities
• Research issues: scaled real-world testbeds versus simulated virtual environments; platform-specific versus platform-general considerations (e.g., UGV vs. UAV); metrics/measures and benchmarks; individual differences

Given that I have an interest in this area, and recently posted on the topic, I’ll be fascinated to read the special issue.