Congruency-sensitive Human-Robot Interaction - ConSens

• Applicant: Professor Dr.-Ing. Kolja Ernst Kühnlenz
• Subject Area: Automation, Mechatronics, Control Systems, Intelligent Technical Systems, Robotics
• Term: since 2025
• Project identifier: Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft (DFG) - Project number 561802731

Motor interference due to different movement directions of hand and gripper is a known effect in human-robot interaction leading to deviations of human hand movements from the planned task in the direction of gripper movements. This effect may lead to deterioration of performance and safety. In this project, path-/trajectory planning concepts are investigated, which account for predicted movement incongruencies, so that the level of movement incongruency and in consequence also potential motor interference are reduced over the horizon of the cooperative task. This way, cooperative task performance is increased, e.g. in terms of positioning accuracy and number of near-collision situations with resulting local re-planning of human hand movements.

• DFG Programme: Research Grants