Investigating the Feasibility of a Robot-Based Writing Agent
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Abstract
Assistive technologies predominantly employ devices such as virtual keyboards and wheelchair controllers to enable handicapped individuals to interact with their environment. In the absence of assistive devices, a handicapped individual's only recourse is to rely on an attendant for assistance in performing daily activities. Assistive technologies therefore enable disabled person to regain a measure of independence. However, the state-of-the-art assistive technologies are limited in their abilities. There has been limited work on assistive writing agents.
A previous study investigated robot-based writing using a 5-axis industrial robot [8]. This paper investigates the feasibility of a robot-based writing agent using a lower capability3-axis device. This work is en route to the interfacing to a Brain-Computer Interface (BCI) for BCI-controlled robot writing. A full alphanumerical English character set was developed and implemented using the system. The generated characters were legible. Minor errors were evident in trajectory execution due to controller transience and frayed marker tips. However, these errors do not significantly demerit the legibility of the characters.The 3-axis robot was therefore able to generate legible text like the previous study [8] but with a lower capability device.
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