@inproceedings{8de1136df56b46b69ff2a88a2105a8a8,
title = "TELL ME YOUR FEELINGS: Characterization and Analysis of Human Comfort in Human-Robot Collaborative Manufacturing Contexts",
abstract = "Robotics technology has been widely utilized for multiple applications in recent years. Human comfort has a direct impact on task quality and efficiency during the human-robot collaboration process. As an emerging study, human comfort in human-robot collaboration attracts more and more attention of scholars. In this study, we propose a novel approach to characterize and analyze human comfort based on T-Test to advance the understanding of human factors for the future of smart manufacturing. A factor set of robot performance and work environments that affect human comfort in the human-robot collaboration process is developed. We implement the proposed method to a high-diversity group of participants who are from different educational backgrounds, ages, genders, and countries. Experimental results and analysis indicate that the comfort levels of subjects are effectively evaluated under different/same robot/work environment factors. In addition, the highly statistically significant factors that affect the participants' comfort level positively or negatively are discussed. ",
keywords = "comfort, human factors, human-robot interaction, Robotics, smart manufacturing",
author = "Omar Obidat and Weitian Wang",
note = "Funding Information: This work was supported in part by the National Science Foundation under Grant CNS-2104742 and in part by the Montclair CSAM Faculty-Student Summer Research Program. Publisher Copyright: {\textcopyright} 2021 IEEE.; null ; Conference date: 09-10-2021 Through 11-10-2021",
year = "2021",
doi = "10.1109/CRC52766.2021.9620158",
language = "English",
series = "2021 6th International Conference on Control, Robotics and Cybernetics, CRC 2021",
publisher = "Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers Inc.",
pages = "165--169",
booktitle = "2021 6th International Conference on Control, Robotics and Cybernetics, CRC 2021",
}