Title :
PDA interface for a field robot
Author :
Lundberg, Carl ; Barck-Holst, Carl ; Folkeson, John ; Christensen, Henrik I.
Author_Institution :
Centre for Autonomous Syst. Numerical Anal. & Comput. Sci., R. Inst. of Technol., Stockholm, Sweden
Abstract :
Operating robots in an outdoor setting poses interesting problems in terms of interaction. To interact with the robot there is a need for a flexible computer interface. In this paper a PDA-based (personal digital assistant, i.e. a handheld computer) approach to robot interaction is presented. The system is designed to allow non-expert users to utilise the robot for operation in an urban exploration setup. The basic design is outlined and a first set of experiments are reported.
Keywords :
microcomputer applications; robots; user interfaces; PDA interface; field robot; flexible computer interface; handheld computer; nonexpert users; operating robots; personal digital assistant; robot interaction; urban exploration; Chemical elements; Collision avoidance; Computer science; Human factors; Marine vehicles; Mobile robots; Numerical analysis; Personal digital assistants; Psychology; Robot sensing systems;
Conference_Titel :
Intelligent Robots and Systems, 2003. (IROS 2003). Proceedings. 2003 IEEE/RSJ International Conference on
Print_ISBN :
0-7803-7860-1
DOI :
10.1109/IROS.2003.1249308
