Paper Info
Title
Effective semi-autonomous telepresence
Abstract
We investigate mobile telepresence robots to address the lack of mobility in traditional videoconferencing. To operate these robots, intuitive and powerful interfaces are needed. We present CoBot-2, an indoor mobile telepresence robot with autonomous capabilities, and a browser-based interface to control it. CoBot-2 and its web interface have been used extensively to remotely attend meetings and to guide local visitors to destinations in the building. From the web interface, users can control CoBot-2's camera, and drive with either directional commands, by clicking on a point on the floor of the camera image, or by clicking on a point in a map. We conduct a user study in which we examine preferences among the three control interfaces for novice users. The results suggest that the three control interfaces together cover well the control preferences of different users, and that users often prefer to use a combination of control interfaces. CoBot-2 also serves as a tour guide robot, and has been demonstrated to safely navigate through dense crowds in a long-term trial.
Year
DOI
Venue
2011
10.1007/978-3-642-32060-6_31
RoboCup 2009
Keywords
Field
DocType
mobile telepresence robot,autonomous capability,effective semi-autonomous telepresence,camera image,browser-based interface,web interface,control preference,control interface,powerful interface,tour guide robot,indoor mobile telepresence robot,mobile robots
Crowds,Computer science,Simulation,Human–computer interaction,Camera image,Robot,Videoconferencing,User interface,Multimedia,Telerobotics,Mobile robot
Conference
Citations 
PageRank 
References 
6
0.65
11
Authors
4
Name
Order
Citations
PageRank
Brian Coltin1738.64
Joydeep Biswas238030.46
Dean Pomerleau31039283.23
Manuela Veloso48563882.50