A human behavior model of multi-agent attention based on actor–observer switching for asynchronous motion tasks with limited field of view. (3rd July 2019)

• Record Type: Journal Article
• Authors: Zhang-Xu, Tingting; Kühnlenz, Kolja
• Is Part Of: Advanced robotics. Volume 33:Number 13(2019)
• Page Start: 647
• Page End: 660
• Publication Date: 2019-07-03
• Subjects: Visual attention -- multi-robot systems -- human behavior; Robotics -- Periodicals; Robotics -- Japan -- Periodicals; Robotics; Japan; Periodicals; 629.89205
• DOI: 10.1080/01691864.2018.1552191
• Languages: English
• ISSNs: 0169-1864

Abstract

Abstract : This paper presents an overt visual attention approach for multi-agent systems and asynchronous motion tasks with limited field of view based on human behavior. In a first step, results from a study on human temporal attention switching during a formation task are presented. Three temporally switching human behaviors (observer, actor, idler) are identified and characterized towards distributions of attention foci. In a second step, based on these results, a behavior switching attention strategy is proposed. The strategy is evaluated in simulations of various formation task scenarios illustrating the effectiveness of the approach. GRAPHICAL ABSTRACT: