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EL-E: An Assistive Mobile Manipulator that Autonomously Fetches Objects from Flat Surfaces

dc.contributor.author Nguyen, Hai en_US
dc.contributor.author Anderson, Cressel D. en_US
dc.contributor.author Trevor, Alexander J. B. en_US
dc.contributor.author Jain, Advait en_US
dc.contributor.author Xu, Zhe en_US
dc.contributor.author Kemp, Charles C.
dc.contributor.corporatename Georgia Institute of Technology. Healthcare Robotics Lab en_US
dc.contributor.corporatename Georgia Institute of Technology. Center for Robotics and Intelligent Machines en_US
dc.date.accessioned 2011-03-15T15:56:27Z
dc.date.available 2011-03-15T15:56:27Z
dc.date.issued 2008-03-12
dc.description Presented at Robotic Helpers: User Interaction, Interfaces and Companions in Assistive and Therapy Robotics, a full-day workshop at ACM/IEEE Human-Robot Interaction Conference (HRI08) 12 March 2008, Amsterdam, the Netherlands. en_US
dc.description.abstract Objects within human environments are usually found on flat surfaces that are orthogonal to gravity, such as floors, tables, and shelves. We first present a new assistive robot that is explicitly designed to take advantage of this common structure in order to retrieve unmodeled, everyday objects for people with motor impairments. This compact, stati- cally stable mobile manipulator has a novel kinematic and sensory configuration that facilitates autonomy and human- robot interaction within indoor human environments. Sec- ond, we present a behavior system that enables this robot to fetch objects selected with a laser pointer from the floor and tables. The robot can approach an object selected with the laser pointer interface, detect if the object is on an elevated surface, raise or lower its arm and sensors to this surface, and visually and tacitly grasp the object. Once the object is acquired, the robot can place the object on a laser des- ignated surface above the floor, follow the laser pointer on the floor, or deliver the object to a seated person selected with the laser pointer. Within this paper we present initial results for object acquisition and delivery to a seated, able- bodied individual. For this test, the robot succeeded in 6 out of 7 trials (86%). en_US
dc.identifier.citation Hai Nguyen, Cressel Anderson, Alex Trevor, Advait Jain, Zhe Xu, and Charles C. Kemp, “EL-E: An Assistive Robot that Fetches objects from Flat Surfaces, “Proceedings of HRI Workshop on Robotic Helpers: User Interaction Interfaces and Companions in Assistive and Therapy Robots, 2008, 79-86. en_US
dc.identifier.uri http://hdl.handle.net/1853/37406
dc.language.iso en_US en_US
dc.publisher Georgia Institute of Technology en_US
dc.subject Mobile manipulation en_US
dc.subject Assistive robotics en_US
dc.title EL-E: An Assistive Mobile Manipulator that Autonomously Fetches Objects from Flat Surfaces en_US
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local.contributor.author Kemp, Charles C.
local.contributor.corporatename Healthcare Robotics Lab
local.contributor.corporatename Institute for Robotics and Intelligent Machines (IRIM)
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