Authors
Nhan Tran and Josh Rands and Tom Williams
Venue
1st International Workshop on Virtual, Augmented, and Mixed Reality for HRI
Publication Year
2018
Effective robotic teleoperation techniques are critical to Wizard-of-Oz (WoZ) style HRI experimentation. Current WoZ teleoperation methods such as GUIs, joysticks, and wearable sensors, may result in a loss of naturalistic interaction, impeding experimental effectiveness and validity. Recent work has investigated the use of Virtual Reality technologies to provide a WoZ teleoperator with their robot's perspective. This technique enhances visual feedback and enables more natural interaction, but introduces its own challenges. In this paper we propose a WoZ teleoperation interface that pairs a VR display with technologies for hands-free robot control in order to address those challenges while providing an immersive VR experience for robot teleoperators.
