Multi-touch interface for controlling multiple mobile robots

Jun Kato; Daisuke Sakamoto; Masahiko Inami; Takeo Igarashi

doi:10.1145/1520340.1520500

Multi-touch interface for controlling multiple mobile robots

Jun Kato, Daisuke Sakamoto, Masahiko Inami, Takeo Igarashi

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Abstract

We must give some form of a command to robots in order to have the robots do a complex task. An initial instruction is required even if they do their tasks autonomously. We therefore need interfaces for the operation and teaching of robots. Natural languages, joysticks, and other pointing devices are currently used for this purpose. These interfaces, however, have difficulty in operating multiple robots simultaneously. We developed a multi-touch interface with a top-down view from a ceiling camera for controlling multiple mobile robots. The user specifies a vector field followed by all robots on the view. This paper describes the user interface and its implementation, and future work of the project.

Original language	English
Title of host publication	Proceedings of the 27th International Conference Extended Abstracts on Human Factors in Computing Systems, CHI 2009
Pages	3443-3448
Number of pages	6
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1145/1520340.1520500
Publication status	Published - 2009
Externally published	Yes
Event	27th International Conference Extended Abstracts on Human Factors in Computing Systems, CHI 2009 - Boston, MA, United States Duration: 2009 Apr 4 → 2009 Apr 9

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Name	Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems - Proceedings

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Other	27th International Conference Extended Abstracts on Human Factors in Computing Systems, CHI 2009
Country/Territory	United States
City	Boston, MA
Period	09/4/4 → 09/4/9

Keywords

Entertainment robot
Home robot
Human robot interaction
Multi-touch interface
Multiple-robot operation

ASJC Scopus subject areas

Software
Human-Computer Interaction
Computer Graphics and Computer-Aided Design

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Multi-touch interface for controlling multiple mobile robots. / Kato, Jun; Sakamoto, Daisuke; Inami, Masahiko et al.
Proceedings of the 27th International Conference Extended Abstracts on Human Factors in Computing Systems, CHI 2009. 2009. p. 3443-3448 (Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems - Proceedings).

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Kato, J, Sakamoto, D, Inami, M & Igarashi, T 2009, Multi-touch interface for controlling multiple mobile robots. in Proceedings of the 27th International Conference Extended Abstracts on Human Factors in Computing Systems, CHI 2009. Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems - Proceedings, pp. 3443-3448, 27th International Conference Extended Abstracts on Human Factors in Computing Systems, CHI 2009, Boston, MA, United States, 09/4/4. https://doi.org/10.1145/1520340.1520500

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