RoboTable: An Infrastructure for Intuitive Interaction with Mobile Robots in a Mixed-Reality Environment. (30th June 2011)

• Record Type: Journal Article
• Authors: Mi Mi, Haipeng Haipeng; Krzywinski Krzywinski, Aleksander Aleksander; Fujita Fujita, Tomoki Tomoki; Sugimoto Sugimoto, Masanori Masanori
• Other Names: Kiyokawa Kiyokawa Kiyoshi Kiyoshi Academic Editor.
• Is Part Of: Advances in human-computer interaction. Volume 2012(2012)
• Publication Date: 2011-06-30
• Subjects: Human-computer interaction -- Periodicals; Human-computer interaction; Periodicals; Electronic journals; 004.019
• DOI: 10.1155/2012/301608
• Languages: English
• ISSNs: 1687-5893

Abstract

Abstract : 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.