Modeling Human-Robot Interaction with Petri-Nets

Robots are an ever present part of the workplace. Effective interaction strategies and interfaces are needed to ensure optimal human-robot interaction. Building upon job and cognitive work analysis as traditional methodologies, Petri nets are introduced as a modeling tool for human-robot interaction. Basic components of the nets are described and utilizing data from search-and-rescue UAV operations, operator nets are constructed. Analysis of the networks yielded several significant findings. Petri nets provide several advantages beyond traditional methodologies and are seen as a useful tool for modeling human-robot interactions