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

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Aleksander Krzywinsk,

Masanori SugimotoAuthors Info & Claims

Advances in Human-Computer Interaction, Volume 2012

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https://doi.org/10.1155/2012/301608

Published: 01 January 2012 Publication History

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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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Advances in Human-Computer Interaction Volume 2012, Issue

Special issue on human-robot interaction

January 2012

10 pages

ISSN:1687-5893

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Published: 01 January 2012

Accepted: 09 May 2011

Received: 17 January 2011

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