Facilitating Interactions for Dogs with Occupations: Wearable Dog - Activated Interfaces

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Zeagler, Clint
Valentin, Giancarlo
Martin, Alex
Martin, Vincent
Delawalla, Adil
Blount, Wendy
Eiring, Sarah
Hollis, Ryan
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Working dogs have improved the lives of thousands of people. However, communication between human and canine partners is currently limited. The main goal of the FIDO project is to research fundamental aspects of wearable technologies to support communication between working dogs and their handlers. In this pilot study, the FIDO team investigated on-body interfaces for assistance dogs in the form of wearable technology integrated into assistance dog vests. We created four different sensors that dogs could activate (based on biting, tugging, and nose gestures) and tested them on-body with three assistance-trained dogs. We were able to demonstrate that it is possible to create wearable sensors that dogs can reliably activate on command.
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2013-09
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