SwarmCloak：ナノクアッドロータ群を人の腕に着陸させる触覚フィードバックシステム
SwarmCloak: Landing of a Swarm of Nano-Quadrotors on Human Arms
LEDと振動触覚ディスプレイを組み合わせ、複数の小型ドローンを人の腕に着陸させるシステムを開発し、触覚と視覚のフィードバック併用が着陸精度と操作性を最も高めることを示した。
著者: Evgeny Tsykunov, Ruslan Agishev, Roman Ibrahimov, Luiza Labazanova, Taha Moriyama, Hiroyuki Kajimoto, Dzmitry Tsetserukou
分類: cs.RO
原文アブストラクト
We propose a novel system SwarmCloak for landing of a fleet of four flying robots on the human arms using light-sensitive landing pads with vibrotactile feedback. We developed two types of wearable tactile displays with vibromotors which are activated by the light emitted from the LED array at the bottom of quadcopters. In a user study, participants were asked to adjust the position of the arms to land up to two drones, having only visual feedback, only tactile feedback or visual-tactile feedback. The experiment revealed that when the number of drones increases, tactile feedback plays a more important role in accurate landing and operator's convenience. An important finding is that the best landing performance is achieved with the combination of tactile and visual feedback. The proposed technology could have a strong impact on the human-swarm interaction, providing a new level of intuitiveness and engagement into the swarm deployment just right from the skin surface.
