Title: A wearable general-purpose solution for Human-Swarm Interaction,
Abstract: Swarms of robots will revolutionize many industrial applications, from
targeted material delivery to precision farming. Controlling the motion and
behavior of these swarms presents unique challenges for human operators, who
cannot yet effectively convey their high-level intentions to a group of robots
in application. This work proposes a new human-swarm interface based on novel
wearable gesture-control and haptic-feedback devices. This work seeks to
combine a wearable gesture recognition device that can detect high-level
intentions, a portable device that can detect Cartesian information and finger
movements, and a wearable advanced haptic device that can provide real-time
feedback. This project is the first to envisage a wearable Human-Swarm
Interaction (HSI) interface that separates the input and feedback components of
the classical control loop (input, output, feedback), as well as being the
first of its kind suitable for both indoor and outdoor environments.