Abstract
As populations in developed countries age and labor shortages intensify, Cybernetic Avatars (CAs) are proposed to extend human capabilities through robotic embodiments, requiring effective Human-Robot Interaction (HRI) frameworks. Extended Reality (XR), an umbrella term for Augmented Reality (AR), Augmented Virtuality (AV), and Virtual Reality (VR), offers such interfaces, but prior research typically fixes the XR modality without evaluating its effect on task outcomes. This study examines whether the XR modality impacts HRI performance and whether an adaptive interface adjusting the level of virtuality along the Reality-Virtuality Continuum (RVC) at runtime improves it. A custom XR application interfaced with a mobile manipulator supports immersive control and runtime modality switching. In a within-participant multi-room pick-and-place experiment comparing fixed AR, AV, and VR with dynamic RVC through task metrics, the NASA-TLX, and the System Usability Scale (SUS), this study demonstrates that 1) the fixed reality modality affects HRI results, and 2) dynamically changing the modality along the RVC improves them. AR yielded significantly lower mental demand, effort, and frustration than AV and VR, while the dynamic RVC condition achieved the highest throughput and lowest workload, highlighting the value of adaptive XR interfaces for human-robot symbiosis. The implementation is available at https://github.com/CarlTornberg/XR-HRI.
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APA 7
Tornberg, C., Torck, A., El Hafi, L., & Taniguchi, T. (2026). Evaluating the Impact of Adaptive Extended Reality on Human-Robot Interaction Across the Reality-Virtuality Continuum. https://omanscience.com/en/articles/evaluating-the-impact-of-adaptive-extended-reality-on-human-robot-interaction-across-the-reality-virtuality-continuum
MLA 9
Tornberg, Carl, et al. "Evaluating the Impact of Adaptive Extended Reality on Human-Robot Interaction Across the Reality-Virtuality Continuum." https://omanscience.com/en/articles/evaluating-the-impact-of-adaptive-extended-reality-on-human-robot-interaction-across-the-reality-virtuality-continuum.
Chicago (author–date)
Tornberg, Carl, Alicia Torck, Lotfi El Hafi, and Tadahiro Taniguchi. 2026. "Evaluating the Impact of Adaptive Extended Reality on Human-Robot Interaction Across the Reality-Virtuality Continuum." https://omanscience.com/en/articles/evaluating-the-impact-of-adaptive-extended-reality-on-human-robot-interaction-across-the-reality-virtuality-continuum.
Harvard
Tornberg, C., Torck, A., El Hafi, L. and Taniguchi, T. (2026) 'Evaluating the Impact of Adaptive Extended Reality on Human-Robot Interaction Across the Reality-Virtuality Continuum', Available at: https://omanscience.com/en/articles/evaluating-the-impact-of-adaptive-extended-reality-on-human-robot-interaction-across-the-reality-virtuality-continuum.
Vancouver
Tornberg C, Torck A, El Hafi L, Taniguchi T. Evaluating the Impact of Adaptive Extended Reality on Human-Robot Interaction Across the Reality-Virtuality Continuum. https://omanscience.com/en/articles/evaluating-the-impact-of-adaptive-extended-reality-on-human-robot-interaction-across-the-reality-virtuality-continuum
IEEE
C. Tornberg, A. Torck, L. El Hafi, and T. Taniguchi, "Evaluating the Impact of Adaptive Extended Reality on Human-Robot Interaction Across the Reality-Virtuality Continuum," https://omanscience.com/en/articles/evaluating-the-impact-of-adaptive-extended-reality-on-human-robot-interaction-across-the-reality-virtuality-continuum.