Paper Info
Title
Design and validation of two-handed multi-touch tabletop controllers for robot teleoperation
Abstract
Controlling the movements of mobile robots, including driving the robot through the world and panning the robot's cameras, typically requires many physical joysticks, buttons, and switches. Operators will often employ a technique called "chording" to cope with this situation. Much like a piano player, the operator will simultaneously actuate multiple joysticks and switches with his or her hands to create a combination of complimentary movements. However, these controls are in fixed locations and unable to be reprogrammed easily. Using a Microsoft Surface multi-touch table, we have designed an interface that allows chording and simultaneous multi-handed interaction anywhere that the user wishes to place his or her hands. Taking inspiration from the biomechanics of the human hand, we have created a dynamically resizing, ergonomic, and multi-touch controller (the DREAM Controller). This paper presents the design and testing of this controller with an iRobot ATRV-JR robot.
Year
DOI
Venue
2011
10.1145/1943403.1943427
IUI
Keywords
Field
DocType
complimentary movement,multi-touch controller,irobot atrv-jr robot,mobile robot,dream controller,microsoft surface multi-touch table,robot teleoperation,human hand,dynamically resizing,two-handed multi-touch tabletop controller,fixed location,actuate multiple joystick,ergonomic,joystick,controller
Panning (camera),Control theory,Simulation,Computer science,Robot teleoperation,Human–computer interaction,Operator (computer programming),Multi-touch,Joystick,Robot,Mobile robot
Conference
Citations 
PageRank 
References 
8
0.78
11
Authors
7
Name
Order
Citations
PageRank
Mark Micire11079.17
Munjal Desai219312.08
Jill L. Drury346145.38
Eric McCann4253.92
Adam Norton5194.10
Katherine M. Tsui621515.38
Holly A. Yanco781592.16