We report on a user study that sought to understand how users program robot tasks by direct
demonstration and what problems they encounter when using a state-of-the-art robot …

As robots interact with a broader range of end-users, end-user robot programming has
helped democratize robot programming by empowering end-users who may not have …

End-user programming (EUP) tools must balance user control with the robot's ability to plan
and act autonomously. Many existing task-oriented EUP tools enforce a specific level of …

This paper introduces CustomPrograms, a rapid programming system for mobile service
robots. With CustomPrograms, roboticists can quickly create new behaviors and try …

Robots are becoming popular in Computer Science outreach to K-12 students. Easy-to-
program toy robots already exist as commercial educational products. These toys take …

A new wave of collaborative robots designed to work alongside humans is bringing the
automation historically seen in large-scale industrial settings to new, diverse contexts …

The expected adoption of robots in our society brings new technological challenges related
to the utility and usability that these robots can provide to their potential users. In this paper …

This paper introduces Code3, a system for user-friendly, rapid programming of mobile
manipulator robots. The system is designed to let non-roboticists and roboticists alike …

The field of end-user robot programming seeks to develop methods that empower non-
expert programmers to task and modify robot operations. In doing so, researchers may …

Service robots for personal use in the home and the workplace require end-user
development solutions for swiftly scripting robot tasks as the need arises. Many existing …