Self-Centering 3-DoF Feet Controller for Hands-Free Locomotion Control in Telepresence and Virtual Reality

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Main Authors: Memmesheimer, Raphael, Lenz, Christian, Schwarz, Max, Schreiber, Michael, Behnke, Sven
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Published: 2024
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author Memmesheimer, Raphael
Lenz, Christian
Schwarz, Max
Schreiber, Michael
Behnke, Sven
author_facet Memmesheimer, Raphael
Lenz, Christian
Schwarz, Max
Schreiber, Michael
Behnke, Sven
contents We present a novel seated feet controller for handling 3-DoF aimed to control locomotion for telepresence robotics and virtual reality environments. Tilting the feet on two axes yields in forward, backward and sideways motion. In addition, a separate rotary joint allows for rotation around the vertical axis. Attached springs on all joints self-center the controller. The HTC Vive tracker is used to translate the trackers' orientation into locomotion commands. The proposed self-centering feet controller was used successfully for the ANA Avatar XPRIZE competition, where a naive operator traversed the robot through a longer distance, surpassing obstacles while solving various interaction and manipulation tasks in between. We publicly provide the models of the mostly 3D-printed feet controller for reproduction.
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spellingShingle Self-Centering 3-DoF Feet Controller for Hands-Free Locomotion Control in Telepresence and Virtual Reality
Memmesheimer, Raphael
Lenz, Christian
Schwarz, Max
Schreiber, Michael
Behnke, Sven
Robotics
Human-Computer Interaction
We present a novel seated feet controller for handling 3-DoF aimed to control locomotion for telepresence robotics and virtual reality environments. Tilting the feet on two axes yields in forward, backward and sideways motion. In addition, a separate rotary joint allows for rotation around the vertical axis. Attached springs on all joints self-center the controller. The HTC Vive tracker is used to translate the trackers' orientation into locomotion commands. The proposed self-centering feet controller was used successfully for the ANA Avatar XPRIZE competition, where a naive operator traversed the robot through a longer distance, surpassing obstacles while solving various interaction and manipulation tasks in between. We publicly provide the models of the mostly 3D-printed feet controller for reproduction.
title Self-Centering 3-DoF Feet Controller for Hands-Free Locomotion Control in Telepresence and Virtual Reality
topic Robotics
Human-Computer Interaction
url https://arxiv.org/abs/2408.02319