An Avatar Robot Overlaid with the 3D Human Model of a Remote Operator
Ravi Tejwani,Chengyuan Ma,Paolo Bonato,H. Harry Asada,Ravi Tejwani,Chengyuan Ma,Paolo Bonato,H. Harry Asada
Although telepresence assistive robots have made significant progress, they still lack the sense of realism and physical presence of the remote operator. This results in a lack of trust and adoption of such robots. In this paper, we introduce an Avatar Robot System which is a mixed real/virtual robotic system that physically interacts with a person in proximity of the robot. The robot structure is...