Evolving interface design for robot search tasks

Journal of Field Robotics

Volumn 24, Issue 8-9, 2007, Pages 779-799

  Yanco, Holly A ^a   Keyes, Brenden ^b   Drury, Jill L ^b   Nielsen, Curtis W ^c   Few, Douglas A ^c   Bruemmer, David J ^c  

^a University of Massachusetts Lowell   (United States)

^b MITRE CORPORATION   (United States)

^c IDAHO NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

INTERFACES (COMPUTER); MAN MACHINE SYSTEMS; MAPPING; THREE DIMENSIONAL;

HUMAN-ROBOT INTERACTION; ROBOT SEARCH TASKS; URBAN SEARCH AND RESCUE TASKS;

ROBOTICS;

EID: 35348921140     PISSN: 15564959     EISSN: 15564967     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/rob.20215     Document Type: Conference Paper

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