Can I Pet Your Robot? Incorporating Capacitive Touch Sensing into a Soft Socially Assistive Robot Platform

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Main Authors: O'Connell, Amy, Cislowski, Bailey, Culbertson, Heather, Matarić, Maja
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Published: 2024
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author O'Connell, Amy
Cislowski, Bailey
Culbertson, Heather
Matarić, Maja
author_facet O'Connell, Amy
Cislowski, Bailey
Culbertson, Heather
Matarić, Maja
contents This work presents a method of incorporating low-cost capacitive tactile sensors on a soft socially assistive robot platform. By embedding conductive thread into the robot's crocheted exterior, we formed a set of low-cost, flexible capacitive tactile sensors that do not disrupt the robot's soft, zoomorphic embodiment. We evaluated the sensors' performance through a user study (N=20) and found that the sensors reliably detected user touch events and localized touch inputs to one of three regions on the robot's exterior.
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spellingShingle Can I Pet Your Robot? Incorporating Capacitive Touch Sensing into a Soft Socially Assistive Robot Platform
O'Connell, Amy
Cislowski, Bailey
Culbertson, Heather
Matarić, Maja
Robotics
Human-Computer Interaction
This work presents a method of incorporating low-cost capacitive tactile sensors on a soft socially assistive robot platform. By embedding conductive thread into the robot's crocheted exterior, we formed a set of low-cost, flexible capacitive tactile sensors that do not disrupt the robot's soft, zoomorphic embodiment. We evaluated the sensors' performance through a user study (N=20) and found that the sensors reliably detected user touch events and localized touch inputs to one of three regions on the robot's exterior.
title Can I Pet Your Robot? Incorporating Capacitive Touch Sensing into a Soft Socially Assistive Robot Platform
topic Robotics
Human-Computer Interaction
url https://arxiv.org/abs/2409.12338