Voice, gesture, and web interfaces for human-robot interaction in service environments | |
| Author | Mintra Ruensuk |
| Call Number | AIT Thesis no.CS-12-03 |
| Subject(s) | Robots--Control systems Human-computer interaction |
| Note | A thesis submitted in partial fulfillment of the requirements for the degree of Master of Science in Computer Science, School of Engineering and Technology |
| Publisher | Asian Institute of Technology |
| Series Statement | Thesis ; no. CS-12-03 |
| Abstract | Human-robot interaction is the study of how human being interacts with robot. In service environments, robot is involved in providing the service for human as MK restaurant in Thailand or robot museum in Japan. One of the most striking features is robot can improve the service and assist human when there is a lack of staffs and can help to reduce cost of hiring staffs. In this study, the system is developed to enable user interaction via multiple interfaces: voice, gesture, and web-based with the Turtlebot (an iRobot Create integrated with a Microsoft Kinect). Robot Operating System (ROS) is used as a framework which can obtain, build, write, and run code across multiple computers and multiple robots. Moreover, the ROS package was created on top of ROS to receive commands from user such as voice command, and finger command in term of gesture. From three interfaces, they are all satisfied with qualitative evaluation as Turtlebot can achieve correct destination and respond to the command in a timely manner. In term of user aspect, web-based system is most satisfied as it is convenience to user (drag and drop) and can provide related information on web page such as robot position, obstacles, inflated obstacles, laser scan, and a compressed video coming from Microsoft Kinect. |
| Year | 2012 |
| Corresponding Series Added Entry | Asian Institute of Technology. Thesis : no. CS-12-03 |
| Type | Thesis |
| School | School of Engineering and Technology (SET) |
| Department | Department of Information and Communications Technologies (DICT) |
| Academic Program/FoS | Computer Science (CS) |
| Chairperson(s) | Dailey, Matthew N. |
| Examination Committee(s) | Nagai, Masahiko;Makhanov, Stanislav S. |
| Scholarship Donor(s) | Royal Thai Government Fellowshi |
| Degree | Thesis (M. Sc.) - Asian Institute of Technology, 2012 |