7 research outputs found
Intuitive User Interfaces for Mobile Manipulation Tasks
This article describes interactive methods that can ease
difficult manipulation tasks in Search & Rescue operations. We discuss the requirements that are necessary for
a telemanipulation system to be successfully used. These
include not just correctness of generated motion but also
ergonomy, mobility and interactivity of the operator’s interface.
We show that grippers with one or more degrees
of freedom can be intuitively controlled by different interface
mechanisms, supported by 3D vision systems. Tests
are performed both in the simulation environment and
with real grippers. A practical pipeline for a direct control
and learning the system is also presented
Introducing modern robotics with ROS and Arduino, including case studies
This paper describes our experience with introducing
modern robotics through Robot Operating System. ROS
framework allows rapid robot prototyping and gives access
to many state-of-the-art robotic solutions. It is however,
software oriented and requires its users to understand
well software development ideas and methods.
While teaching undergraduate students ROS, we came up
with some solutions how to introduce it to people without
a deep background in computer science. The paper
presents our Mymodel robot application that simplifies
modeling of the robots using URDF format and some Arduino
based programs. We have also reported results of
students’ projects