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Following a Robot using a Haptic Interface without Visual Feedback

Authors:
Ayan Ghosh
Lyuba Alboul
Jacques Penders
Peter Jones
Heath Reed

Keywords: human robot interaction; haptic interface; support for no-visibility/visually impaired

Abstract:
Search and rescue operations are often undertaken in smoke filled and noisy environments in which rescue teams must rely on haptic feedback for navigation and safe exit. In this paper, we discuss designing and evaluating a haptic interface to enable a human being to follow a robot through an environment with no-visibility. We first briefly analyse the task at hand and discuss the considerations that have led to our current interface design. The second part of the paper describes our testing procedure and the results of our first informal tests. Based on these results we discuss future improvements of our design.

Pages: 147 to 153

Copyright: Copyright (c) IARIA, 2014

Publication date: March 23, 2014

Published in: conference

ISSN: 2308-4138

ISBN: 978-1-61208-325-4

Location: Barcelona, Spain

Dates: from March 23, 2014 to March 27, 2014