Skip to main content
Springer Nature Link
Log in

A Wearable GUI for Field Robots

  • Conference paper
Field and Service Robotics

Part of the book series: Springer Tracts in Advanced Robotics ((STAR,volume 25))

Summary

In most search and rescue or reconnaissance missions involving field robots the requirements of the operator being mobile and alert to sudden changes in the near environment, are just as important as the ability to control the robot proficiently. This implies that the GUI platform should be light-weight and portable, and that the GUI itself is carefully designed for the task at hand. In this paper different platform solutions and design of a user-friendly GUI for a packbot will be discussed. Our current wearable system will be presented along with some results from initial field tests in urban search and rescue facilities.

This is a preview of subscription content, log in via an institution to check access.

Access this chapter

Log in via an institution

Subscribe and save

Springer+ Basic
$34.99 /Month
  • Get 10 units per month
  • Download Article/Chapter or eBook
  • 1 Unit = 1 Article or 1 Chapter
  • Cancel anytime
Subscribe now

Buy Now

Chapter
USD 29.95
Price excludes VAT (USA)
  • Available as PDF
  • Read on any device
  • Instant download
  • Own it forever

Tax calculation will be finalised at checkout

Purchases are for personal use only

Institutional subscriptions

Preview

Unable to display preview. Download preview PDF.

Unable to display preview. Download preview PDF.

Similar content being viewed by others

References

  1. T. Fong, C. Thorpe, and C. Baur, “Advanced interfaces for vehicle teleoperation: Collaborative control, sensor fusion displays and remote driving tools,” Autonomous Robots, vol. 11, pp. 77–86, July 2001.

    Article  MATH  Google Scholar 

  2. D. Perzanowski, A. C. Schultz, W. Adams, E. March, and M. Bugajska, “Building a multimodal human-robot interface,” IEEE Intelligent Systems, vol. 8, pp. 16–21, Jan/Feb 2001.

    Article  Google Scholar 

  3. H. K. Keskinpala, J. A. Adams, and K. Kawamura, “Pda-based human-robotic interface,” in IEEE Conf on SMC, (Washington, DC), April 2003.

    Google Scholar 

  4. D. Edwards, “Wearable computer musters for battlefield robot control,” COTS Journal, pp. 20–22, April 2003.

    Google Scholar 

  5. W. Mayol, B. Tordoff, and D. Murray, “Wearable visual robots,” in Proc Int Symposium on Wearable Computing, 2000, 2000.

    Google Scholar 

  6. H. Christensen, J. Folkesson, A. Hedström, and C. Lundberg, “Ugv technology for urban intervention,” in SPIE — Home Security, (Orlando, Fl), May 2004.

    Google Scholar 

Download references

Author information

Authors and Affiliations

  1. Centre for Autonomous Systems (CAS), Numerical Analysis and Computer Science (NADA), Royal Institute of Technology (KTH), S-10044, Stockholm, Sweden

    Andreas Hedström, Henrik I. Christensen & Carl Lundberg

Authors
  1. Andreas Hedström
    View author publications

    You can also search for this author in PubMed Google Scholar

  2. Henrik I. Christensen
    View author publications

    You can also search for this author in PubMed Google Scholar

  3. Carl Lundberg
    View author publications

    You can also search for this author in PubMed Google Scholar

Editor information

Editors and Affiliations

  1. Autonomous Systems Laboratory, CSIRO ICT Centre, P.O. Box 883, 4069, Kenmore, Australia

    Peter Corke

  2. Australian Centre for Field Robotics, The University of Sydney, The Rose Street Building J04, NSW, Australia

    Salah Sukkariah

Rights and permissions

Reprints and permissions

Copyright information

© 2006 Springer-Verlag Berlin Heidelberg

About this paper

Cite this paper

Hedström, A., Christensen, H.I., Lundberg, C. (2006). A Wearable GUI for Field Robots. In: Corke, P., Sukkariah, S. (eds) Field and Service Robotics. Springer Tracts in Advanced Robotics, vol 25. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg . https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-540-33453-8_31

Download citation

  • DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-540-33453-8_31

  • Publisher Name: Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg

  • Print ISBN: 978-3-540-33452-1

  • Online ISBN: 978-3-540-33453-8

  • eBook Packages: EngineeringEngineering (R0)

Publish with us

Policies and ethics