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iPhone interface for wireless control of a robot

Published: 21 May 2012 Publication History

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The described project is an iPhone application to control a robot using the accelerometer and the touch screen of the mobile device. The iPhone and the robot are connected over WiFi. The application interface displays full screen real time images coming from the robot vision system, allowing remote driving of the robot. We implemented 2 different driving modes and interactions: the first one fully exploits the accelerometer to move the robot forward and backward and to change direction, the second one uses the interface buttons for forward and backward movements, while the accelerometer is used only to change direction. In both driving modes there is the possibility to control the robot's mechanical arm to take and release an object through two touchscreen buttons. We carried on several user tests in order to validate and enhance our design. In fact, based on the test results, we could improve the interface as well as the driving experience (e.g. we could tune the correct power to drive the gearmotors of the robot as a function of the device inclination and the pressing duration of the interface controls). Users that tested the final version could smoothly drive the robot along a route with obstacles.

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  • (2020)MarioControl: An Intuitive Control Method for a Mobile Robot from a Third-Person PerspectiveCompanion Proceedings of the 2020 Conference on Interactive Surfaces and Spaces10.1145/3380867.3426205(9-13)Online publication date: 8-Nov-2020
  • (2012)Development of a GUI-based mobile control console for digital conference systemsThe 6th International Conference on Soft Computing and Intelligent Systems, and The 13th International Symposium on Advanced Intelligence Systems10.1109/SCIS-ISIS.2012.6505040(902-905)Online publication date: Nov-2012

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AVI '12: Proceedings of the International Working Conference on Advanced Visual Interfaces
May 2012
846 pages
ISBN:9781450312875
DOI:10.1145/2254556

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  • Consulta Umbria SRL
  • University of Salerno: University of Salerno

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Association for Computing Machinery

New York, NY, United States

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Published: 21 May 2012

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  1. iOS
  2. mobile interaction

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AVI'12
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  • University of Salerno

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  • (2020)MarioControl: An Intuitive Control Method for a Mobile Robot from a Third-Person PerspectiveCompanion Proceedings of the 2020 Conference on Interactive Surfaces and Spaces10.1145/3380867.3426205(9-13)Online publication date: 8-Nov-2020
  • (2012)Development of a GUI-based mobile control console for digital conference systemsThe 6th International Conference on Soft Computing and Intelligent Systems, and The 13th International Symposium on Advanced Intelligence Systems10.1109/SCIS-ISIS.2012.6505040(902-905)Online publication date: Nov-2012

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