Influence-Based Reward Modulation for Implicit Communication in Human-Robot Interaction

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Autores principales: Jiang, Haoyang, Croft, Elizabeth A., Burke, Michael G.
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Publicado: 2024
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author Jiang, Haoyang
Croft, Elizabeth A.
Burke, Michael G.
author_facet Jiang, Haoyang
Croft, Elizabeth A.
Burke, Michael G.
contents Communication is essential for successful interaction. In human-robot interaction, implicit communication holds the potential to enhance robots' understanding of human needs, emotions, and intentions. This paper introduces a method to foster implicit communication in HRI without explicitly modelling human intentions or relying on pre-existing knowledge. Leveraging Transfer Entropy, we modulate influence between agents in social interactions in scenarios involving either collaboration or competition. By integrating influence into agents' rewards within a partially observable Markov decision process, we demonstrate that boosting influence enhances collaboration and interaction, while resisting influence promotes social independence and diminishes performance in certain scenarios. Our findings are validated through simulations and real-world experiments with human participants in social navigation and autonomous driving settings.
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spellingShingle Influence-Based Reward Modulation for Implicit Communication in Human-Robot Interaction
Jiang, Haoyang
Croft, Elizabeth A.
Burke, Michael G.
Robotics
Communication is essential for successful interaction. In human-robot interaction, implicit communication holds the potential to enhance robots' understanding of human needs, emotions, and intentions. This paper introduces a method to foster implicit communication in HRI without explicitly modelling human intentions or relying on pre-existing knowledge. Leveraging Transfer Entropy, we modulate influence between agents in social interactions in scenarios involving either collaboration or competition. By integrating influence into agents' rewards within a partially observable Markov decision process, we demonstrate that boosting influence enhances collaboration and interaction, while resisting influence promotes social independence and diminishes performance in certain scenarios. Our findings are validated through simulations and real-world experiments with human participants in social navigation and autonomous driving settings.
title Influence-Based Reward Modulation for Implicit Communication in Human-Robot Interaction
topic Robotics
url https://arxiv.org/abs/2406.12253