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Main Authors: Fortune, Julian, Adams, Julie A., Heard, Jamison
Format: Preprint
Published: 2025
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Online Access:https://arxiv.org/abs/2507.05985
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author Fortune, Julian
Adams, Julie A.
Heard, Jamison
author_facet Fortune, Julian
Adams, Julie A.
Heard, Jamison
contents Demanding task environments (e.g., supervising a remotely piloted aircraft) require performing tasks quickly and accurately; however, periods of low and high operator workload can decrease task performance. Intelligent modulation of the system's demands and interaction modality in response to changes in operator workload state may increase performance by avoiding undesirable workload states. This system requires real-time estimation of each workload component (i.e., cognitive, physical, visual, speech, and auditory) to adapt the correct modality. Existing workload systems estimate multiple workload components post-hoc, but few estimate speech workload, or function in real-time. An algorithm to estimate speech workload and mitigate undesirable workload states in real-time is presented. An analysis of the algorithm's accuracy is presented, along with the results demonstrating the algorithm's generalizability across individuals and human-machine teaming paradigms. Real-time speech workload estimation is a crucial element towards developing adaptive human-machine systems.
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spellingShingle Robust Speech-Workload Estimation for Intelligent Human-Robot Systems
Fortune, Julian
Adams, Julie A.
Heard, Jamison
Robotics
Machine Learning
Demanding task environments (e.g., supervising a remotely piloted aircraft) require performing tasks quickly and accurately; however, periods of low and high operator workload can decrease task performance. Intelligent modulation of the system's demands and interaction modality in response to changes in operator workload state may increase performance by avoiding undesirable workload states. This system requires real-time estimation of each workload component (i.e., cognitive, physical, visual, speech, and auditory) to adapt the correct modality. Existing workload systems estimate multiple workload components post-hoc, but few estimate speech workload, or function in real-time. An algorithm to estimate speech workload and mitigate undesirable workload states in real-time is presented. An analysis of the algorithm's accuracy is presented, along with the results demonstrating the algorithm's generalizability across individuals and human-machine teaming paradigms. Real-time speech workload estimation is a crucial element towards developing adaptive human-machine systems.
title Robust Speech-Workload Estimation for Intelligent Human-Robot Systems
topic Robotics
Machine Learning
url https://arxiv.org/abs/2507.05985