Tag: Jack Kolb

Exploring Shared Mental Models in Household Human-Robot Teams

In human-human teams, we often infer the situation awareness of our teammates to inform our planning and decision-making. What if we applied this to human-AI teams? This project explores how autonomous systems can estimate the belief states of human teammates. We deploy a robot agent to a collaborative household cooking domain, where the agent constructs […]

Jack Kolb completes his Thesis Proposal

February 1, 2024: Jack Kolb completes his thesis proposal on “Applying User Cognitive State to Human-Robot Interaction and Role Assignment” Abstract: Robots are increasingly deployed to support individuals in high-workload or closely collaborative environments across various operational domains. However, limited research has explored how robots can actively leverage a user’s cognitive state to personalize their […]