We present a new interface for controlling a navigation robot in novel environments using coordinated gesture and language. We use a TurtleBot3 robot with a LIDAR and a camera, an embodied simulation of what the robot has encountered while exploring, and a cross-platform bridge facilitating generic communication. A human partner can deliver instructions to the robot using spoken English and gestures relative to the simulated environment, to guide the robot through navigation tasks.
@article{arxiv.2007.09053,
title = {Situated Multimodal Control of a Mobile Robot: Navigation through a Virtual Environment},
author = {Katherine Krajovic and Nikhil Krishnaswamy and Nathaniel J. Dimick and R. Pito Salas and James Pustejovsky},
journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:2007.09053},
year = {2020}
}
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4 pages, 1 table, 4 figures, proceedings of RoboDIAL special session a SigDIAL 2020