REX: Designing User-centered Repair and Explanations to Address Robot Failures

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Main Authors: Lee, Christine P, Praveena, Pragathi, Mutlu, Bilge
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Published: 2024
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author Lee, Christine P
Praveena, Pragathi
Mutlu, Bilge
author_facet Lee, Christine P
Praveena, Pragathi
Mutlu, Bilge
contents Robots in real-world environments continuously engage with multiple users and encounter changes that lead to unexpected conflicts in fulfilling user requests. Recent technical advancements (e.g., large-language models (LLMs), program synthesis) offer various methods for automatically generating repair plans that address such conflicts. In this work, we understand how automated repair and explanations can be designed to improve user experience with robot failures through two user studies. In our first, online study ($n=162$), users expressed increased trust, satisfaction, and utility with the robot performing automated repair and explanations. However, we also identified risk factors -- safety, privacy, and complexity -- that require adaptive repair strategies. The second, in-person study ($n=24$) elucidated distinct repair and explanation strategies depending on the level of risk severity and type. Using a design-based approach, we explore automated repair with explanations as a solution for robots to handle conflicts and failures, complemented by adaptive strategies for risk factors. Finally, we discuss the implications of incorporating such strategies into robot designs to achieve seamless operation among changing user needs and environments.
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spellingShingle REX: Designing User-centered Repair and Explanations to Address Robot Failures
Lee, Christine P
Praveena, Pragathi
Mutlu, Bilge
Robotics
Human-Computer Interaction
Robots in real-world environments continuously engage with multiple users and encounter changes that lead to unexpected conflicts in fulfilling user requests. Recent technical advancements (e.g., large-language models (LLMs), program synthesis) offer various methods for automatically generating repair plans that address such conflicts. In this work, we understand how automated repair and explanations can be designed to improve user experience with robot failures through two user studies. In our first, online study ($n=162$), users expressed increased trust, satisfaction, and utility with the robot performing automated repair and explanations. However, we also identified risk factors -- safety, privacy, and complexity -- that require adaptive repair strategies. The second, in-person study ($n=24$) elucidated distinct repair and explanation strategies depending on the level of risk severity and type. Using a design-based approach, we explore automated repair with explanations as a solution for robots to handle conflicts and failures, complemented by adaptive strategies for risk factors. Finally, we discuss the implications of incorporating such strategies into robot designs to achieve seamless operation among changing user needs and environments.
title REX: Designing User-centered Repair and Explanations to Address Robot Failures
topic Robotics
Human-Computer Interaction
url https://arxiv.org/abs/2405.16710