WEARable HAPtics for Humans and Robots
Project details
Total cost:
EUR 10 040 081EU contribution:
EUR 7 700 000Coordinated in:
ItalyCall for proposal:
FP7-ICT-2011-9See other projects for this callFunding scheme:
CP - Collaborative project (generic)Description
The complexity of the world around us is creating a demand for cognition-enabled interfaces that will simplify and enhance the way we interact with the environment. WEARHAP aims at laying the scientific and technological foundations for wearable haptics, a novel concept for the systematic exploration of haptics in advanced cognitive systems and robotics that will redefine the way humans will cooperate with robots. Wearable haptics will enable robots to observe humans during natural interaction with their shared environment. Applications cover robotics, health and social scenarios, stretching from human-robot interaction and cooperation for search and rescue, to human-human communication and interaction with virtual worlds through interactive games.Objective
The complexity of the world around us is creating a demand for cognition-enabled interfaces that will simplify and enhance the way we interact with the environment. The recently unveiled project Glass by Google is a case that seeks to address this demand for the sense of vision. Project WEARHAP, developed in this proposal, aims at laying the scientific and technological foundations for wearable haptics, a novel concept for the systematic exploration of haptics in advanced cognitive systems and robotics that will redefine the way humans will cooperate with robots. The challenge of this new paradigm stems from the need for wearability which is a key element for natural interaction. This paradigm shift will enable novel forms of human intention recognition through haptic signals and novel forms of communication and cooperation between humans and robots. Wearable haptics will enable robots to observe humans during natural interaction with their shared environment. Research challenges are ambitious and cross traditional boundaries between robotics, cognitive science and neuroscience. Research findings derived from distributed robotics, biomechanical modeling, multisensory tracking, underaction in control and cognitive systems will be integrated to address the scientific and technological challenges imposed in creating effective wearable haptic interaction. To highlight the enabling nature, the versatility and the potential for industrial exploitation of WEARHAP, the research challenges will be guided by representative application scenarios. These applications cover robotics, health and social scenarios, stretching from human-robot interaction and cooperation for search and rescue, to human-human communication, and interaction with virtual worlds through interactive games.
Coordinator
EU contribution: EUR 1 343 913
VIA BANCHI DI SOTTO 55
53100 SIENA
Italy
Participants
EU contribution: EUR 216 558
HELMHOLTZSTRASSE 16
89081 ULM
Germany
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Arcisstrasse 21
80333 MUENCHEN
Germany
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UNIVERSITAETSSTRASSE 25
33615 BIELEFELD
Germany
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CALLE TULIPAN
28933 MOSTOLES
Spain
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Place Jussieu 4
75252 PARIS
France
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N PLASTIRA STR 100
70013 HERAKLION
Greece
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VIA MOREGO 30
16163 GENOVA
Italy
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LUNGARNO PACINOTTI 43/44
56126 PISA
Italy
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PIAZZA MARTIRI DELLA LIBERTA 33
56127 PISA
Italy
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UNIVERSITETOMRADET
901 87 UMEA
Sweden
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75794 PARIS
France