Project Info


Augmented Reality for Human-Robot Interaction

Tom Williams | twilliams@mines.edu

Augmented Reality provides new means by which robots may communicate with human teammates. In this project, students will prototype different Augmented Reality visualizations to enable more natural human-robot interaction, implement those visualizations on the Microsoft Hololens, and design experiments to evaluate the effectiveness of those cues during human-robot interaction.

More Information

Interested students should consider Sections 1-2 of http://inside.mines.edu/~twilliams/pdfs/williams2018vamr.pdf

Grand Engineering Challenge: Enhance virtual reality

Student Preparation


Qualifications

Preferred prerequisites: either Computer Vision or Computer Graphics.
Required prerequisites: strong programming skills in java and/or c++.

Time Commitment

20-40 hours/month

Skills/Techniques Gained

The student will gain experience working with the Microsoft Hololens, and gain skills related to augmented reality and human-robot communication.

Mentoring Plan

On a weekly basis, the student will meet with Dr. Williams and/or other students working on complementary projects. Dr. Williams will shepherd the project towards publication and give the student opportunities to present their work in lab meetings and at campus-wide events.