RoboTable: An Infrastructure for Intuitive Interaction with Mobile Robots in a Mixed-Reality Environment
Author(s) -
Haipeng Mi,
Aleksander Krzywinski,
Tomoki Fujita,
Masanori Sugimoto
Publication year - 2011
Publication title -
advances in human-computer interaction
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 1687-5907
pISSN - 1687-5893
DOI - 10.1155/2012/301608
Subject(s) - human–computer interaction , robot , computer science , mixed reality , mobile robot , interface (matter) , software , virtual reality , artificial intelligence , operating system , bubble , maximum bubble pressure method
This paper presents the design, development, and testing of a tabletop interface called RoboTable, which is an infrastructure supporting intuitive interaction with both mobile robots and virtual components in a mixed-reality environment. With a flexible software toolkit and specifically developed robots, the platform enables various modes of interaction with mobile robots. Using this platform, prototype applications are developed for two different application domains: RoboPong investigates the efficiency of the RoboTable system in game applications, and ExploreRobot explores the possibility of using robots and intuitive interaction to enhance learning
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