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AR
2011
12 years 10 months ago
A Direct Physical Interface for Navigation and Positioning of a Robotic Nursing Assistant
People often use direct physical contact to guide a person to a desired location (e.g., leading a child by the hand) or to adjust a person’s posture for a task (e.g., a dance in...
Tiffany L. Chen, Charles C. Kemp
HRI
2010
ACM
13 years 10 months ago
Lead me by the hand: evaluation of a direct physical interface for nursing assistant robots
—When a user is in close proximity to a robot, physical contact becomes a potentially valuable channel for communication. People often use direct physical contact to guide a pers...
Tiffany L. Chen, Charles C. Kemp