Team Northeastern's Approach to ANA XPRIZE Avatar Final Testing: A Holistic Approach to Telepresence and Lessons Learned
Rui Luo,Chunpeng Wang,Colin Keil,David Nguyen,Henry Mayne,Stephen Alt,Eric Schwarm,Evelyn Mendoza,Taşkın Padır,John Peter Whitney,Rui Luo,Chunpeng Wang,Colin Keil,David Nguyen,Henry Mayne,Stephen Alt,Eric Schwarm,Evelyn Mendoza,Taşkın Padır,John Peter Whitney
This paper reports on Team Northeastern's Avatar system for telepresence, and our holistic approach to meet the ANA Avatar XPRIZE Final testing task requirements. The system features a dual-arm configuration with hydraulically actuated glove-gripper pair for haptic force feedback. Our proposed Avatar system was evaluated in the ANA Avatar XPRIZE Finals and completed all 10 tasks, scored 14.5 point...