Development and User Testing of the Gestural Joystick for Gloves-On Hazardous Environments

— For controlling robots in an urban search and rescue (USAR) application, we present a wearable joystick with improved sensing capability as well as Giant MagnetoResistance(GMR) sensor model for rare-earth magnet. Scientists have already begun to try to apply existing interactive devices to control USAR robots in a disaster. In a USAR task, the selection out of numerous interactive devices has to be carefully concerned. Some clumsy or irritating interactive devices can result in the burden of the carrying. We present a wearable joystick based on unencumbered mechanism. The features of the wearable joystick include easy and wire-free installation into regular gloves. We improved the hardware structure for sensor pad and alignment of magnets and applied band-typed sensor pad to completely wrap up wrist. This band-typed mechanism allows us to reliably obtain sensor data. However, in order to determine the performance of the new device, we perceived that we required an adequate evaluati...

• Type: Conference
• Year: 2007
• Where: roman
• Authors: Jaewook Bae, Amy C. Larson, Richard M. Voyles, Roy Godzdanker, Jan Pearce
• Keywords: Interactive Devices, Robotics, ROMAN 2007, Usar Robot, Wearable Joystick