RIDE: A Mixed-Mode Control Interface for Mobile Robot Teams

Authors

Erik Karulf, Washington University in St Louis
Marshall Strother, Washington University in St Louis
Parker Dunton, Washington University in St Louis
William D. Smart, Washington University in St. Louis

Document Type

Technical Report

Department

Computer Science and Engineering

Publication Date

2012

Filename

WUCSE-2012-3.pdf

Technical Report Number

WUCSE-2012-3

Abstract

There is a growing need for robot control interfaces that allow a single user to effectively control a large number of mostly-autonomous robots. The challenges in controlling such a collection of robots are very similar to the challenges of controlling characters in some genres of video games. In this paper, we argue that interfaces based on elements from computer video games are effective tools for the control of large robot teams. We present RIDE, the Robot Interactive Display Environment, an example of such an interface, and give the results of initial user studies with the interface, which lend support to our claim.

Comments

Permanent URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.7936/K72J693Q

Recommended Citation

Karulf, Erik; Strother, Marshall; Dunton, Parker; and Smart, William D., "RIDE: A Mixed-Mode Control Interface for Mobile Robot Teams" Report Number: WUCSE-2012-3 (2012). All Computer Science and Engineering Research.
https://openscholarship.wustl.edu/cse_research/77