Rovables
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Rovables_UIST_2016.pdf
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Accepted version
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8.54 MB
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Author(s)
Dementyev, Artem
Kao, Cindy Hsin-Liu
Choi, Inrak
Ajilo, Deborah
Xu, Maggie
Paradiso, Joseph A.
Schmandt, Christopher M
Follmer, Sean
Alternative Title
Miniature On-Body Robots as Mobile Wearables
Date Issued
October 2016
Journal
Proceedings of the 29th Annual Symposium on User Interface Software and Technology
Publisher
ACM Press
Citation
Dementyev, Artem et al. "Miniature On-Body Robots as Mobile Wearables." Proceedings of the 29th Annual Symposium on User Interface Software and Technology, October 2016, New York, NY, USA, ACM Press, October 2016. © 2016 ACM
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Author's final manuscript
Abstract
We introduce Rovables, a miniature robot that can move freely on unmodified clothing. The robots are held in place by magnetic wheels, and can climb vertically. The robots are untethered and have an onboard battery, microcontroller, and wireless communications. They also contain a low-power localization system that uses wheel encoders and IMU, allowing Rovables to perform limited autonomous navigation on the body. In the technical evaluations, we found that Rovables can operate continuously for 45 minutes and can carry up to 1.5N. We propose an interaction space for mobile on-body devices spanning sensing, actuation, and interfaces, and develop application scenarios in that space. Our applications include on-body sensing, modular displays, tactile feedback and interactive clothing and jewelry.
MIT Department
Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Media Laboratory
Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Department of Mechanical Engineering
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DOI of Published Version
https://doi.org/10.1145/2984511.2984531
