Development of technical appearance of human-machine interface for group control of unmanned robots when performing agricultural tasks

Abstract

Abstract One of the promising areas of using robotic systems (RS) is group control of robots. The means of ensuring the operator's interaction with autonomous RS for monitoring and remote control - the human-machine interface (HMI) of the robotic systems, are discussed in the paper. The foreign and domestic publications describing existing approaches and priority directions to the construction of HMIs for various types of robotic systems - ground and air, as well as modern commercial solutions in this area are analyzed in the paper. The performed analysis allows us to conclude that the most popular and convenient type of human-machine interface for the types of robotic systems under consideration today is a digital application with a graphical interface. To implement complex scenarios of human-machine interaction, combinations of several methods are used, such as: a digital application with a graphical interface, virtual reality tools, gesture recognition, voice commands. The technical appearance of the man-machine interface of group unmanned robots based on the results of the analysis was developed. It ensures the prompt formulation of the applied problem to be solved and the subsequent control of its execution by the operator. The proposed solution is intuitive and flexible, which provides the user with a higher speed of information processing. Key words Group robotics, human-machine interface (HMI), group control of robots, HMI architecture, robotic system.