Toward Empathetic Construction Robotics

SangHyun Lee; Francis Baek

doi:10.55785/JCAR.1.1.16

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Toward Empathetic Construction Robotics 공감하는 건설 로봇을 지향하며

7 April 2022. pp. 16-21

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Abstract

With the increase of construction robots, the future construction environments are expected to become spaces where various workforce and robots will closely collaborate together(human-robot collaboration). However, current ways of collaboration between people and robots, which lacks an empathy, can hinder the successful fulfillment of the technical potential of construction robots. Therefore, this paper introduces various studies of the DPM (Dynamic Project Management) Lab at the University of Michigan to realize active and harmonious collaboration through empathy for humans of robots. Empathetic construction robots based on these studies are expected to contribute to the development of the construction industry in a more productive and safe direction by creating a favorable and worker-friendly construction environment.

Keywords

Empathy

Empathetic Behaviors

Human-Robot Collaboration

건설 로봇의 증가로 앞으로의 건설 환경은 다양한 건설 인력과 로봇이 긴밀하게 협업(human-robot collaboration)하는 공간이 될 것으로 전망된다. 하지만, 공감이 결여된 사람과 로봇 간의 협업은 건설 로봇의 기술적인 잠재력을 최대한 이끌어 낼 수 없으며 성공적으로 발휘하는 데 방해가 될 수 있다. 따라서, 본 글은 로봇의 사람에 대한 공감을 통한 능동적이고 조화로운 협업을 실현하기 위한 미시간대학(University of Michigan)의 DPM(Dynamic Project Management)연구실에서의 다양한 연구들을 소개한다. 이러한 연구들에 기반한 공감하는 건설 로봇들은 우호적이고 사람 친화적인 건설 환경을 조성하여 건설산업을 더욱 생산적이고 안전한 방향으로 발전시키는 데 기여할 것으로 예상된다.

키워드

공감

공감적 행동

사람 로봇 간 협업

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Publisher :Korean Society of Automation and Robotics in Construction
Publisher(Ko) :(사)한국건설자동화·로보틱스학회
Journal Title :Journal of Construction Automation and Robotics
Journal Title(Ko) :건설자동화·로보틱스 논문집
Volume : 1
No :1
Pages :16-21
Received Date : 2022-04-04
Revised Date : 2022-04-05
Accepted Date : 2022-04-05
DOI :https://doi.org/10.55785/JCAR.1.1.16

Journal of Construction Automation and Robotics ISSN:2800-0552(Print) 2951-116X(Online) 건설자동화·로보틱스 논문집

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