Papers
5
Total Citations
73
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About
Siddharth Mehrotra’s research lies at the intersection of human-robot interaction, supervisory control, and assistive technology, with a focus on how humans can effectively manage and collaborate with multiple robotic systems. His major contributions center on developing scheduling algorithms for operator attention in multi-robot control, particularly addressing the cognitive challenges that arise when a single operator must supervise an expanding robot team. His most-cited work, “Scheduling operator attention for Multi-Robot Control” (29 citations), established foundational approaches for managing operator interactions in foraging tasks, while subsequent studies explored how alarms (17 citations) and imperfect automation (12 citations) influence human performance in these high-workload environments. Beyond multi-robot control, Mehrotra has contributed to human-centered computing through his work on embodied conversational interfaces for elderly users (10 citations), designing a “bi-bodied conversational agent” that combines a virtual character with a physical robot to create more natural social interactions. His research on unreliable automation in scheduling (5 citations) further demonstrates his commitment to understanding how real-world system imperfections affect human decision-making. Through these studies, Mehrotra has helped shape our understanding of how to design control systems that effectively support human operators managing increasingly autonomous robot teams.
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Top Papers
- 1Scheduling operator attention for Multi-Robot Control29 citations · 2012
- 2Effects of Alarms on Control of Robot Teams17 citations · 2011
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- 4Embodied Conversational Interfaces for the Elderly User10 citations · 2016
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