RoboTable: An Infrastructure for Intuitive Interaction with Mobile Robots in a Mixed-Reality Environment

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 ro...

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Main Authors: Haipeng Mi, Aleksander Krzywinski, Tomoki Fujita, Masanori Sugimoto
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Wiley 2012-01-01
Series:Advances in Human-Computer Interaction
Online Access:http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2012/301608
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description 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.
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spelling doaj-art-f4ad668d6cb548c181fc30e198780f3d2025-02-03T01:26:12ZengWileyAdvances in Human-Computer Interaction1687-58931687-59072012-01-01201210.1155/2012/301608301608RoboTable: An Infrastructure for Intuitive Interaction with Mobile Robots in a Mixed-Reality EnvironmentHaipeng Mi0Aleksander Krzywinski1Tomoki Fujita2Masanori Sugimoto3Interaction Technology Laboratory, Department of Electrical Engineering and Information Systems, University of Tokyo, 7-3-1 Hongo, Bunkyo-ku, 113-8656 Tokyo, JapanThe Interaction Research Group, Department of Information Science and Media Studies, University of Bergen, Fosswinckelsgate 6, 5020 Bergen, NorwayInteraction Technology Laboratory, Department of Electrical Engineering and Information Systems, University of Tokyo, 7-3-1 Hongo, Bunkyo-ku, 113-8656 Tokyo, JapanInteraction Technology Laboratory, Department of Electrical Engineering and Information Systems, University of Tokyo, 7-3-1 Hongo, Bunkyo-ku, 113-8656 Tokyo, JapanThis 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.http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2012/301608
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title RoboTable: An Infrastructure for Intuitive Interaction with Mobile Robots in a Mixed-Reality Environment
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title_short RoboTable: An Infrastructure for Intuitive Interaction with Mobile Robots in a Mixed-Reality Environment
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