TY - GEN
T1 - Pebbles
T2 - 25th Annual ACM Symposium on User Interface Software and Technology, UIST 2012
AU - Mi, Haipeng
AU - Ishii, Kentaro
AU - Ma, Lei
AU - Laokulrat, Natsuda
AU - Inami, Masahiko
AU - Igarashi, Takeo
PY - 2012
Y1 - 2012
N2 - This study presents an interactive configuration tool that assists non-expert users to design specific navigation route for mobile robot in an indoor environment. The user places small active markers, called pebbles, on the floor along the desired route in order to guide the robot to the destination. The active markers establish a navigation network by communicating each other with IR beacon and the robot follows the markers to reach the designated goal. During the installation, a user can get effective feedback from LED indicators and voice prompts, so that the user can immediately understand if the navigation route is appropriately configured as expected. With this tool a novice user may easily customize a mobile robot for various indoor tasks.
AB - This study presents an interactive configuration tool that assists non-expert users to design specific navigation route for mobile robot in an indoor environment. The user places small active markers, called pebbles, on the floor along the desired route in order to guide the robot to the destination. The active markers establish a navigation network by communicating each other with IR beacon and the robot follows the markers to reach the designated goal. During the installation, a user can get effective feedback from LED indicators and voice prompts, so that the user can immediately understand if the navigation route is appropriately configured as expected. With this tool a novice user may easily customize a mobile robot for various indoor tasks.
KW - Indoor navigation
KW - Interactive configuration
KW - Non-expert user
KW - Tangible user interface
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U2 - 10.1145/2380296.2380303
DO - 10.1145/2380296.2380303
M3 - Conference contribution
AN - SCOPUS:84869066648
SN - 9781450315821
T3 - Adjunct Proceedings of the 25th Annual ACM Symposium on User Interface Software and Technology, UIST'12
SP - 11
EP - 12
BT - Adjunct Proceedings of the 25th Annual ACM Symposium on User Interface Software and Technology, UIST'12
Y2 - 7 October 2012 through 10 October 2012
ER -