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Angelique Taylor
PhD Candidate, Department of Computer Science & Engineering, University of California, San Diego

In this talk, I will present my current and future work on developing perception and decision making systems that enable robots to team with groups of people. My core focus is on problems that robots encounter in human-robot teaming, including perceptions of human groups and social navigation, particularly in safety-critical environments.

First, I will discuss how I developed computer vision methods that enable robots to detect and track their teammates in real-world environments. Most group perception methods employ fixed, overhead cameras (i.e., an exo-centric / third-person perspective) to sense groups of people, rendering them impractical for mobile robots working in most settings. I have developed a group detection and tracking system designed for ego-centric (i.e., first-person) perspective sensing, which is more suitable for mobile robots, to enable them to enter any environment and accomplish their goals without external sensing requirements.

Next, I will discuss this work contextualized within a real-world application: human-robot teaming in healthcare. I am developing systems for hospital Emergency Departments (ED), where frontline healthcare workers have been overwhelmed by the COVID-19 pandemic. I will describe my work characterizing ED care delivery and staff workflow to enable robots to operate in these challenging environments. Building on this, I designed a social navigation system that enables robots to incorporate the severity of patients' health while navigating in the ED, to prevent interruptions in care delivery. My work will enable robots to work in safety-critical, human-centered environments, and ultimately help improve patient outcomes and alleviate clinician workload.

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  • Justine Craig-Meyer
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  • Saad Alotaibi

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Angelique Taylor
PhD Candidate, Department of Computer Science & Engineering, University of California, San Diego

In this talk, I will present my current and future work on developing perception and decision making systems that enable robots to team with groups of people. My core focus is on problems that robots encounter in human-robot teaming, including perceptions of human groups and social navigation, particularly in safety-critical environments.

First, I will discuss how I developed computer vision methods that enable robots to detect and track their teammates in real-world environments. Most group perception methods employ fixed, overhead cameras (i.e., an exo-centric / third-person perspective) to sense groups of people, rendering them impractical for mobile robots working in most settings. I have developed a group detection and tracking system designed for ego-centric (i.e., first-person) perspective sensing, which is more suitable for mobile robots, to enable them to enter any environment and accomplish their goals without external sensing requirements.

Next, I will discuss this work contextualized within a real-world application: human-robot teaming in healthcare. I am developing systems for hospital Emergency Departments (ED), where frontline healthcare workers have been overwhelmed by the COVID-19 pandemic. I will describe my work characterizing ED care delivery and staff workflow to enable robots to operate in these challenging environments. Building on this, I designed a social navigation system that enables robots to incorporate the severity of patients' health while navigating in the ED, to prevent interruptions in care delivery. My work will enable robots to work in safety-critical, human-centered environments, and ultimately help improve patient outcomes and alleviate clinician workload.