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National Facility for Human-Robot Interaction Research
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Unobtrusively monitoring and evaluating human-robot interaction, interpersonal interaction and humancentred technologies
Challenge
The facility has supported the development of new technologies in autonomous cognitive load measurements, assisted driving, health applications and robotics.
Solution
Equipped with 300 unobtrusive sensors, the facility can collect large, complex data sets that capture human effects, intent and validation of new technology. It can sense 3D objects throughout the 16 x 7.5 x 4.5 metre monitored space, including in near-total darkness.
High-speed scanning laser sensors can detect falls and similar events.
The experimental space also features more than 100 highquality microphones mounted overhead and behind the wall panels, as well as a 256-channel speaker array for spatialised sound.
Target customers / end-users
• industry partners seeking the evaluation and validation of new technologies
• researchers interested in behavioural design in humanmachine interaction
• anyone looking for a customisable experimental space that’ s ideal for multiuser environments.
Progress
• industry partners, e. g., DSTG Defence, Australian Army and Fuji Xerox, Japan
• novel interfaces and assistive technologies, e. g., Suncorp and Medic Watch
• only lab in the southern hemisphere with a 256-channel speaker array for spatialised audio testing and design.
Research Facility
40 national and international research groups
Industry advisory board
Multidisciplinary team
Intelligent Systems, Quantum & Space
A collaboration between UNSW, University of Sydney, UTS and St. Vincent’ s Hospital, this facility has supported the development of technologies in autonomous cognitive load measurements, assisted driving, health applications and robotics.
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