Utilizing Physical Objects and Metaphors for Human Robot Interaction
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2008-02-04
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Mouse, keyboard and graphical user interfaces are commonly used in
the field of human-robot interaction (HRI) for robot control. Although these
traditional user interfaces (UI) are being accepted as the standard for the
majority of computational tasks, their generic nature and interaction styles
may not offer ideal mapping to various robotic tasks, such as locomotion and
navigation. In our research we intend to explore alternative UIs that could
take advantage of human innate skills of physical object manipulation and
spatial perception, and overcome some of the problems associated with
traditional UIs. We suggest the use of tangible user interfaces (TUIs) for HRI
applications, leveraging on existing and well-learned physical metaphors for
interaction with robots, and exploring new ways to tangibly control
one-to-many robot group interaction tasks. In this paper we will describe our
current research efforts and findings, and outline our proposed research
plans.
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Computer Science