Paper Info
Title
Simple inexpensive interface for robots using the Nintendo Wii controller
Abstract
To have a robot at home might be great fun: it could fetch and carry things. However it remains open how to teach the robot the places it should go to in a manner that is cheap and entertaining for the user. This paper presents an easy-to-use interface that takes the robot on a virtual leash: using the Nintendo Wii remote the user can go towards target places while pointing at the robot. Using the inbuilt infrared camera and accelerometers and a couple of LEDs on the robot, the robot will follow the user. We show how a particle filter and an interacting multiple model (IMM) Kalman can be configured such that simple hand gestures with the Wii make the robot follow the user's intention. The concept has been implemented on a mobile robot developed within the robotshome project. The robot leash interface has been tested with 12 volunteers who are interested in new technology but have never controlled a robot. The result is that most users could within a few minutes show the robot the first three places in a home environment. Given the little cost of the interface (about $ 50) the proposed robot leash is a promising human robot interface.
Year
DOI
Venue
2009
10.1109/IROS.2009.5354311
IROS'09 Proceedings of the 2009 IEEE/RSJ international conference on Intelligent robots and systems
Keywords
Field
DocType
Nintendo Wii,virtual leash,mobile robot,robot leash interface,proposed robot leash,easy-to-use interface,simple inexpensive interface,great fun,inbuilt infrared camera,promising human robot interface,Nintendo Wii controller,home environment
Robot learning,Social robot,Robot control,Computer vision,Computer science,Simulation,Personal robot,Robot kinematics,Artificial intelligence,Mobile robot navigation,Mobile robot,Ubiquitous robot
Conference
Citations 
PageRank 
References 
1
0.35
12
Authors
2
Name
Order
Citations
PageRank
Sven Olufs1214.67
Markus Vincze21343136.87