Title :
Swimoid: Interacting with an underwater buddy robot
Author :
Ukai, Y. ; Rekimoto, Jun
Author_Institution :
Grad. Sch. of Interdiscipl. Inf. Studies, Univ. of Tokyo, Tokyo, Japan
Abstract :
We develop a swim support system using an underwater buddy robot called “Swimoid”. We define the term “Buddy Robot” as a category of the underwater robot that has the two abilities below. One is the capability of giving out information to human by the use of some display technologies such as LCD displays and LEDs. And the other is the ability to recognize the user and to follow him.
Keywords :
human-robot interaction; underwater vehicles; LCD displays; LED; Swimoid; display technologies; swim support system; underwater buddy robot interaction; Cameras; Educational institutions; Electronic mail; Real-time systems; Robot vision systems; Software; Autonomous Underwater Vehicle; Sports Assistant; Swimming;
Conference_Titel :
Human-Robot Interaction (HRI), 2013 8th ACM/IEEE International Conference on
Conference_Location :
Tokyo
Print_ISBN :
978-1-4673-3099-2
Electronic_ISBN :
2167-2121
DOI :
10.1109/HRI.2013.6483628
