TY - GEN
T1 - Exploring perspective dependency in a shared body with virtual supernumerary robotic arms
AU - Takizawa, Ryo
AU - Verhulst, Adrien
AU - Seaborn, Katie
AU - Fukuoka, Masaaki
AU - Hiyama, Atsushi
AU - Kitazaki, Michiteru
AU - Inami, Masahiko
AU - Sugimoto, Maki
N1 - Publisher Copyright:
© 2019 IEEE.
PY - 2019/12
Y1 - 2019/12
N2 - With advancements in robotics, systems featuring wearable robotic arms teleoperated by a third party are appearing. An important aspect of these systems is the visual feedback provided to the third party operator. This can be achieved by placing a wearable camera on the robotic arm's 'host', but such a setup makes the visual feedback dependent on the movements of the main body. Here we reproduced this view dependency in VR using a shared body. The 'host' shares their virtual body with the virtual Supernumerary Robotic Arms of the teleoperator. In our research, the two users perform two tasks: (i) a 'synchronization task' to improve their joint action performance and (ii) a 'building task' where they worked together to build a tower. In a user study, we evaluated the embodiment, workload, and performance of the teleoperator through the 'building task' with three different view dependency modes. We present some early outcomes as trends that might give directions for the future investigations.
AB - With advancements in robotics, systems featuring wearable robotic arms teleoperated by a third party are appearing. An important aspect of these systems is the visual feedback provided to the third party operator. This can be achieved by placing a wearable camera on the robotic arm's 'host', but such a setup makes the visual feedback dependent on the movements of the main body. Here we reproduced this view dependency in VR using a shared body. The 'host' shares their virtual body with the virtual Supernumerary Robotic Arms of the teleoperator. In our research, the two users perform two tasks: (i) a 'synchronization task' to improve their joint action performance and (ii) a 'building task' where they worked together to build a tower. In a user study, we evaluated the embodiment, workload, and performance of the teleoperator through the 'building task' with three different view dependency modes. We present some early outcomes as trends that might give directions for the future investigations.
KW - Shared body
KW - Supernumerary Limbs
KW - Third Arm
KW - Virtual reality
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U2 - 10.1109/AIVR46125.2019.00014
DO - 10.1109/AIVR46125.2019.00014
M3 - Conference contribution
AN - SCOPUS:85077987522
T3 - Proceedings - 2019 IEEE International Conference on Artificial Intelligence and Virtual Reality, AIVR 2019
SP - 25
EP - 32
BT - Proceedings - 2019 IEEE International Conference on Artificial Intelligence and Virtual Reality, AIVR 2019
PB - Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers Inc.
T2 - 2nd IEEE International Conference on Artificial Intelligence and Virtual Reality, AIVR 2019
Y2 - 9 December 2019 through 11 December 2019
ER -