Endo, Satoshi ; Fröhner, Jakob ; Musić, Selma ; Hirche, Sandra ; Beckerle, Philipp (2024)
Effect of External Force on Agency in Physical Human-Machine Interaction.
In: Frontiers in Human Neuroscience, 2020, 14
doi: 10.26083/tuprints-00016633
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In the advent of intelligent robotic tools for physically assisting humans, user experience, and intuitiveness in particular have become important features for control designs. However, existing works predominantly focus on performance-related measures for evaluating control systems as the subjective experience of a user by large cannot be directly observed. In this study, we therefore focus on agency-related interactions between control and embodiment in the context of physical human-machine interaction. By applying an intentional binding paradigm in a virtual, machine-assisted reaching task, we evaluate how the sense of agency of able-bodied humans is modulated by assistive force characteristics of a physically coupled device. In addition to measuring how assistive force profiles influence the sense of agency with intentional binding, we analyzed the sense of agency using a questionnaire. Remarkably, our participants reported to experience stronger agency when being appropriately assisted, although they contributed less to the control task. This is substantiated by the overall consistency of intentional binding results and the self-reported sense of agency. Our results confirm the fundamental feasibility of the sense of agency to objectively evaluate the quality of human-in-the-loop control for assistive technologies. While the underlying mechanisms causing the perceptual bias observed in the intentional binding paradigm are still to be understood, we believe that this study distinctly contributes to demonstrating how the sense of agency characterizes intuitiveness of assistance in physical human-machine interaction.
| Typ des Eintrags: | Artikel |
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| Erschienen: | 2024 |
| Autor(en): | Endo, Satoshi ; Fröhner, Jakob ; Musić, Selma ; Hirche, Sandra ; Beckerle, Philipp |
| Art des Eintrags: | Zweitveröffentlichung |
| Titel: | Effect of External Force on Agency in Physical Human-Machine Interaction |
| Sprache: | Englisch |
| Publikationsjahr: | 12 März 2024 |
| Ort: | Darmstadt |
| Publikationsdatum der Erstveröffentlichung: | 8 Mai 2020 |
| Ort der Erstveröffentlichung: | Lausanne |
| Verlag: | Frontiers Media S.A. |
| Titel der Zeitschrift, Zeitung oder Schriftenreihe: | Frontiers in Human Neuroscience |
| Jahrgang/Volume einer Zeitschrift: | 14 |
| Kollation: | 10 Seiten |
| DOI: | 10.26083/tuprints-00016633 |
| URL / URN: | https://tuprints.ulb.tu-darmstadt.de/16633 |
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| Herkunft: | Zweitveröffentlichung DeepGreen |
| Kurzbeschreibung (Abstract): | In the advent of intelligent robotic tools for physically assisting humans, user experience, and intuitiveness in particular have become important features for control designs. However, existing works predominantly focus on performance-related measures for evaluating control systems as the subjective experience of a user by large cannot be directly observed. In this study, we therefore focus on agency-related interactions between control and embodiment in the context of physical human-machine interaction. By applying an intentional binding paradigm in a virtual, machine-assisted reaching task, we evaluate how the sense of agency of able-bodied humans is modulated by assistive force characteristics of a physically coupled device. In addition to measuring how assistive force profiles influence the sense of agency with intentional binding, we analyzed the sense of agency using a questionnaire. Remarkably, our participants reported to experience stronger agency when being appropriately assisted, although they contributed less to the control task. This is substantiated by the overall consistency of intentional binding results and the self-reported sense of agency. Our results confirm the fundamental feasibility of the sense of agency to objectively evaluate the quality of human-in-the-loop control for assistive technologies. While the underlying mechanisms causing the perceptual bias observed in the intentional binding paradigm are still to be understood, we believe that this study distinctly contributes to demonstrating how the sense of agency characterizes intuitiveness of assistance in physical human-machine interaction. |
| Freie Schlagworte: | human-centered control, shared control, human-robot interaction, autonomy, agency, haptics |
| ID-Nummer: | Artikel-ID: 114 |
| Status: | Verlagsversion |
| URN: | urn:nbn:de:tuda-tuprints-166335 |
| Zusätzliche Informationen: | This article is part of the Research Topic: Embodying Tool Use: from Cognition to Neurorehabilitation Specialty section: This article was submitted to Cognitive Neuroscience, a section of the journal Frontiers in Human Neuroscience |
| Sachgruppe der Dewey Dezimalklassifikatin (DDC): | 600 Technik, Medizin, angewandte Wissenschaften > 610 Medizin, Gesundheit 600 Technik, Medizin, angewandte Wissenschaften > 620 Ingenieurwissenschaften und Maschinenbau 600 Technik, Medizin, angewandte Wissenschaften > 621.3 Elektrotechnik, Elektronik |
| Fachbereich(e)/-gebiet(e): | 16 Fachbereich Maschinenbau 16 Fachbereich Maschinenbau > Institut für Mechatronische Systeme im Maschinenbau (IMS) |
| Hinterlegungsdatum: | 12 Mär 2024 12:52 |
| Letzte Änderung: | 14 Mär 2024 06:32 |
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