Paper Info
Title
Rovables: Miniature On-Body Robots as Mobile Wearables.
Abstract
We introduce Rovables, a miniature robot that can move freely on unmodified clothing. The robots are held in place by magnetic wheels, and can climb vertically. The robots are untethered and have an onboard battery, microcontroller, and wireless communications. They also contain a low-power localization system that uses wheel encoders and IMU, allowing Rovables to perform limited autonomous navigation on the body. In the technical evaluations, we found that Rovables can operate continuously for 45 minutes and can carry up to 1.5N. We propose an interaction space for mobile on-body devices spanning sensing, actuation, and interfaces, and develop application scenarios in that space. Our applications include on-body sensing, modular displays, tactile feedback and interactive clothing and jewelry.
Year
DOI
Venue
2016
10.1145/2984511.2984531
UIST
Keywords
Field
DocType
On-body robotics, mobile wearable technology
Wireless,Wearable computer,Computer science,Human–computer interaction,Microcontroller,Encoder,Inertial measurement unit,Modular design,Computer hardware,Robot,Climb,Embedded system
Conference
Citations 
PageRank 
References 
14
0.55
21
Authors
8
Name
Order
Citations
PageRank
Artem Dementyev114810.97
Cindy Hsin-Liu Kao217817.54
Inrak Choi3796.05
Deborah Ajilo4201.04
Maggie Xu5140.55
Joseph A. Paradiso61953395.88
Chris Schmandt71579270.80
Sean Follmer885356.83