RoboTable: an infrastructure for intuitive interaction with mobile robots in a mixed-reality environment

Authors:
Haipeng Mi;Aleksander Krzywinsk;Tomoki Fujita;Masanori Sugimoto
Affiliations:
Interaction Technology Laboratory, Department of Electrical Engineering and Information Systems, University of Tokyo, Tokyo, Japan;The Interaction Research Group, Department of Information Science and Media Studies, University of Bergen, Bergen, Norway;Interaction Technology Laboratory, Department of Electrical Engineering and Information Systems, University of Tokyo, Tokyo, Japan;Interaction Technology Laboratory, Department of Electrical Engineering and Information Systems, University of Tokyo, Tokyo, Japan
Venue:
Advances in Human-Computer Interaction - Special issue on human-robot interaction
Year:
2012

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Abstract

This paper presents the design, development, and testing of a tabletop interface called RoboTable, which is an infrastructure supporting intuitive interaction with both mobile robots and virtual components in a mixed-reality environment. With a flexible software toolkit and specifically developed robots, the platform enables various modes of interaction with mobile robots. Using this platform, prototype applications are developed for two different application domains: RoboPong investigates the efficiency of the RoboTable system in game applications, and ExploreRobot explores the possibility of using robots and intuitive interaction to enhance learning.