An empirical analysis of team coordination behaviors and action planning with application to human-robot teaming

Human Factors

Volumn 52, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 234-245

  Shah, Julie ^a   Breazeal, Cynthia ^a  

^a MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

action planning; coordination behaviors; explicit communication; human robot interaction; human robot teaming; implicit communication; nonverbal communication; ordering; resource constraints; teamwork; timing; verbal communication

Indexed keywords

ACTION PLANNING; COORDINATION BEHAVIOR; EXPLICIT COMMUNICATION; HUMAN -ROBOT INTERACTIONS; HUMAN-ROBOT TEAMING; IMPLICIT COMMUNICATIONS; NON-VERBAL COMMUNICATIONS; ORDERING; RESOURCE CONSTRAINT; TEAMWORK; TIMING; VERBAL COMMUNICATIONS;

COMMUNICATION; FLOW MEASUREMENT; HUMAN COMPUTER INTERACTION; MACHINE DESIGN; MAN MACHINE SYSTEMS; METALS; MILITARY AVIATION; ROBOT PROGRAMMING; TIME MEASUREMENT;

HUMAN ROBOT INTERACTION;

ADULT; ARTICLE; COOPERATION; FEMALE; GROUP PROCESS; HUMAN; INTERPERSONAL COMMUNICATION; MALE; MAN MACHINE INTERACTION; ROBOTICS; THEORETICAL MODEL;

ADULT; COMMUNICATION; COOPERATIVE BEHAVIOR; FEMALE; GROUP PROCESSES; HUMANS; MALE; MAN-MACHINE SYSTEMS; MODELS, THEORETICAL; ROBOTICS;

EID: 77956869743     PISSN: 00187208     EISSN: 15478181     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0018720809350882     Document Type: Article

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