DocumentCode :
3212332
Title :
A step towards a robotic system with smartphone working as its brain: An assistive technology
Author :
Sankhe, Pritesh ; Kuriakose, Selvia ; Lahiri, Uttama
Author_Institution :
Electr. Eng., IIT Gandhinagar, Gandhinagar, India
fYear :
2013
fDate :
16-18 Dec. 2013
Firstpage :
1
Lastpage :
6
Abstract :
This paper describes a novel smartphone based navigation application. The smartphone based robotic system is sensitive to both the tactile and head-movement input commands from a user. Here we present our design used for developing a prototype of the robotic system as a proof-of-concept of an assistive technology that could facilitate partially disabled people to navigate effectively. Additionally we designed a usability study where our prototype was validated by seven healthy participants. Such an intelligent robotic system controlled by a smartphone can find a variety of applications based on navigation systems for disabled persons, educational tools especially for children with autism, surveillance and social telepresence. The hardware prototype could then be further used for development purposes to build a variety of applications using Application Program Interfaces (APIs) that can program the robot to do a custom task.
Keywords :
gesture recognition; handicapped aids; haptic interfaces; human-robot interaction; intelligent robots; medical robotics; mobile robots; smart phones; wheelchairs; API; application program interfaces; assistive technology; autistic children; disabled persons; educational tools; intelligent robotic system; navigation systems; partially disabled people; smartphone based robotic system; social telepresence; surveillance; usability study; Androids; DC motors; Humanoid robots; Navigation; Prototypes; Wheelchairs; Human robot interaction; assistive technology; navigation; smartphones;
fLanguage :
English
Publisher :
ieee
Conference_Titel :
Control, Automation, Robotics and Embedded Systems (CARE), 2013 International Conference on
Conference_Location :
Jabalpur
Type :
conf
DOI :
10.1109/CARE.2013.6733745
Filename :
6733745
Link To Document :
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