Publication
Application Exploring of Ubiquitous Pressure Sensitive Matrix as Input Resource for Home-Service Robots
Jingyuan Cheng; Mathias Sundholm; Marco Hirsch; Bo Zhou; Sebastian Palacio; Paul Lukowicz
In: Jong-Hwan Kim; Weimin Yang; Jun Jo; Peter Sincak; Hyun Myung (Hrsg.). Robot Intelligence Technology and Applications 3 - Results from the 3rd International Conference on Robot Intelligence Technology and Applications. International Conference on Robot Intelligence Technology and Applications (RiTA-2014), November 6-8, Beijing, China, Pages 359-371, Advances in Intelligent Systems and Computing (AISC), Vol. 345, ISBN 978-3-319-16841-8, Springer, 2015.
Abstract
We present how ubiquitous pressure sensor matrix can be used as information source for service-robots in two different applications. The textile pressure sensor, that utilizes the ubiquitousness of gravity, can be put on most surfaces in our environment to trace forces. As safety and human robot interaction are key factors for daily life service robots, we evaluated the pressure matrix in two scenarios: on the ground with toy furnitures demonstrating its capability for indoor localization and obstacle mapping, and on a sofa as an ubiquitous input device for giving commands to the robot in a natural way.