Mobile, Inflatable Interface to Support Human Robot Interaction Studies
Mobile, Inflatable Interface to Support Human Robot Interaction Studies
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支持人机交互研究的移动充气界面
DOI：
10.1109/ur52253.2021.9494648
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2021
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Petersen, Kirstin
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作者：
Jaramillo, Jonathan;Lin, Andrew;Sung, Emma;Richter, Isabel Jane;Petersen, Kirstin
能够在大量人群中与个人接触的机器人可以在各种情况下使用，如节日、会议和建筑物疏散。这种情况构成了一个独特的硬件限制组合，涉及人类接触的安全性、经得起与新手用户的物理交互的耐用性、在非平凡的地形上跟上移动的人群的敏捷性、适应情况和受众的多功能性以及允许大规模部署的低成本。在这里，我们提出了一种新的移动机器人平台，由一个小型漫游车底座和一个柔软的人类规模的充气接口组成，能够进行视觉、触觉和听觉的人类交互。充气接口允许机器人在放气时离散地或在狭小的空间中移动，但仍可增长以鼓励互动；它结合了内部投影仪、摄像头、扬声器和麦克风来发射和接收用户信息。火星车基地的设计是为了在相对不平坦的地形上以慢跑的速度跟上人类。重量轻，便于操作和运输。整个机器人的成本不到1.2万美元，可以作为一个通用的、开源的测试平台，用于未来的人-机器人交互研究。
Robots capable of engaging with individuals in large crowds can be of use in diverse scenarios such as festivals, conventions, and during building evacuation. Such situations pose a unique combination of hardware constraints involving safety for human contact, durability to withstand physical inter-action with novice users, agility to keep up with moving crowds in non-trivial terrains, versatility to adapt to the situation and audience, and low cost to permit mass deployment. Here, we present a new mobile robot platform composed of a small rover base and a soft human-scale inflatable interface, capable of visual, tactile, and audible human interaction. The inflatable interface allows the robot to maneuver discretely or in confined spaces when deflated, yet grow to encourage interaction; it combines an internal projector, a camera, speakers, and a microphone to emit and receive user information. The rover base is designed to keep up with humans at jogging speeds over relatively uneven terrain. Low weight further permits easy handling and transport. The entire robot costs less than 1.2K USD, and can serve as a general purpose, open source test platform for future human-robot interaction research.