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A Multi-touch Interface for Multi-robot Path Planning and Control

Jodi ForlizziSalvatore Andolina

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Multi-agent path planningSettore ING-INF/05 - Sistemi Di Elaborazione Delle Informazioni0209 industrial biotechnologyEngineeringFocus (computing)Settore INF/01 - InformaticaMulti touch interfacebusiness.industryInterface (computing)Biologically inspired motion05 social sciencesControl (management)02 engineering and technologyRobot path planningMotion (physics)020901 industrial engineering & automationHuman–computer interactionRobotMulti-touch interface0501 psychology and cognitive sciencesHuman-robot interactionbusinessSet (psychology)050107 human factors

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In the last few years, research in human-robot interaction has moved beyond the issues concerning the design of the interaction between a person and a single robot. Today many researchers have shifted their focus toward the problem of how humans can control a multi-robot team. The rising of multi-touch devices provides a new range of opportunities in this sense. Our research seeks to discover new insights and guidelines for the design of multi-touch interfaces for the control of biologically inspired multi-robot teams. We have developed an iPad touch interface that lets users exert partial control over a set of autonomous robots. The interface also serves as an experimental platform to study how human operators design multi-robot motion in a pursuit-evasion setting.

yearjournalcountryeditionlanguage
2014-01-01
https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-13500-7_11