Development of a Gaze-Driven Electric Wheelchair with 360° Camera and Novel Gaze Interface

Junji Kawata; Jiro Morimoto; Yoshio Kaji; Mineo Higuchi; Shoichiro Fujisawa

doi:10.20965/jrm.2023.p0743

Special Issue on Humancentric Robotic Technology and its Applications for Coexistence with Humans

Development of a Gaze-Driven Electric Wheelchair with 360° Camera and Novel Gaze Interface

Junji Kawata, Jiro Morimoto, Yoshio Kaji, Mineo Higuchi, Shoichiro Fujisawa

著者情報

キーワード: electric wheelchair, eye-tracking device, gaze-based user interface, 360° camera, robot operating system (ROS)

ジャーナルオープンアクセス

2023 年 35 巻 3 号 p. 743-750

DOI https://doi.org/10.20965/jrm.2023.p0743

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抄録

A novel gaze-based user interface (UI) is proposed for the remote control of robots and electric wheelchairs. A task-based experiment showed that this UI is more suitable for remote control than a conventional interface. The UI was applied to the control of a commercially available low-cost electric wheelchair. By using a 360° camera and an eye tracker that can be used outdoors, the visibility of obstacles and the usability of the gaze-driven electric wheelchair were greatly improved. The gaze-driven electric wheelchair exhibited good performance in a task-based evaluation experiment.

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