Customizable Haptic and Multi-touch Gesture Interfaces On Handheld Devices for Tele-operated Robots

	International Journal of P2P Network Trends and Technology (IJPTT)
	© 2012 by IJPTT Journal
	Volume-2 Issue-5
	Year of Publication : 2012
	Authors : P. Thamarai, P.Rachelin Sujae

Citation

P. Thamarai, P.Rachelin Sujae "Customizable Haptic and Multi-touch Gesture Interfaces On Handheld Devices for Tele-operated Robots". International Journal of P2P Network Trends and Technology (IJPTT), V2(5):20-23 September - October 2012, ISSN:2249-2615, www.ijpttjournal.org. Published by Seventh Sense Research Group.

Abstract

This paper presents a solution to control mobile robots by using customizable haptic and multi-touch gesture interface son handheld devices. Images coming from a camera allow both to automatically and manually control the robot. Recent advances indigital tabletop touch-and gestureactivated screens have allowed for small group collaboration. The newest generation screens simultaneously support multiple users, multiple contact points per user, and gesture recognition. To the authors’ knowledge, this technology has never been applied to robot control.

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Keywords

We envision that an interactive multi-touch screen display for robot control would improve human-robot interaction (HRI) and increase efficiency.