“We use a method called Wizard of Oz because there's a person, the wizard behind the scenes, operating the robot while participants think it is autonomous.”
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What was described
Used a Wizard of Oz setup where a hidden operator remotely controls a robot during user studies so participants believe the robot is autonomous
Said nearby on the same subject
“We had a whole chassis car inside a thing with three screens, 270 degrees around the car… the simulation is one kind of Wizard of Oz… a person behind the screen performing the autonomous driving.”
“The Gemini Robotics 2 kind of had this where both the Duo robot and the Apollo was doing the task. One was doing one and then it stops and the other one takes over.”