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A Tethering Device for Mobile Robot Guidance
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- Authors
- Sang Ik Na, Hyo Sung Ahn, Yu Cheol Lee, Won Pil Yu
- Issue Date
- 2009-06
- Citation
- International Journal of Advanced Robotic Systems, v.6, no.2, pp.73-78
- ISSN
- 1729-8806
- Publisher
- In-Tech
- Language
- English
- Type
- Journal Article
- Abstract
- A new human and robot interface tool, so-called Navi-Guider, which makes it easy to handle mobile robots, is presented in this paper. The Navi-Guider is easily mounted on a mobile robot and is able to detect a length and a direction of the tether pulled out by a user. Those detected factors are utilized for the robot guidance and control. This paper addresses detailed hardware and software architecture of the Navi-Guider and demonstrates the practical usability of the system through actual experimental tests. The new device, Navi-Guider, is an intuitive control tool for moving mobile robots from a place to another place just by pulling the tether.