Abstract
Mobile robotic telepresence systems are increasingly used to promote social interaction between geographically dispersed people. People with severe motor disabilities may use eye-gaze to control a telepresence robots. However, use of gaze control for navigation of robots needs to be explored. This paper presents an experimental comparison between gaze-controlled and hand-controlled telepresence robots with a head-mounted display. Participants (n = 16) had similar experience of presence and self-assessment, but gaze control was 31% slower than hand control. Gaze-controlled robots had more collisions and higher deviations from optimal paths. Moreover, with gaze control, participants reported a higher workload, a reduced feeling of dominance, and their situation awareness was significantly degraded. The accuracy of their post-trial reproduction of the maze layout and the trial duration were also significantly lower.
Original language | English |
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Title of host publication | Proceedings of the 11th ACM Symposium on Eye Tracking Research & Applications |
Publisher | Association for Computing Machinery |
Publication date | 2019 |
Article number | 70 |
ISBN (Print) | 978-1-4503-6709-7 |
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Publication status | Published - 2019 |
Event | 2019 ACM Symposium on Eye Tracking Research & Applications - Denver, United States Duration: 25 Jun 2019 → 28 Jun 2019 |
Conference
Conference | 2019 ACM Symposium on Eye Tracking Research & Applications |
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Country/Territory | United States |
City | Denver |
Period | 25/06/2019 → 28/06/2019 |