... From virtual reality to real life (Part 2/2)

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...From virtual worlds to "real life" (second part)

The wiimote has proven its usability with robots in real environments. Some publication and applications dealt with it :

Object [Title] Location	Publication – [Human-robot teaching experiment] Cogniron Winter School Learning Algorithms and Systems Laboratory Ecole Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne, Switzerland
WWW	Reference : PDF
Author (date)	Sylvain Calinon, Elena Gribovskaya, Florent Guenter et Aude Billard (01/21/2008)	Lang. : English
Abstract	The purpose is to test different ways of controlling a robot : Kinesthesic teaching, from motion sensors attached to the body of the user and, finally with the use of the wireless wiimote from Nintendo.
Comment	A practical explanation of an experiment with a robotized arm. Here, performance evaluation is not a part of the report.	Rate wwwww

Object [Title] Location	Publication – [Wiimote Interfaces for Lifelong Robot Learning] Department of Computer Science Brown University, USA
WWW	Reference : Link - Publication : PDF
Author (date)	Micah Lapping-Carr, Odest Chadwicke Jenkins, Daniel H. Grollman, Jonas N. Schwertfeger, and Theodora R. Hinkle (03/26/2008)	Lang. : English
Abstract	The project aims to control robot Aïbo with an interface as intuitive and easy-to-use interface as the wiimote.
Comment	The website offers description of hardware devices, needed libraries , source codes, installation and a publication of project results. A well-documented integration work.	Rate wwwww

Here, some other applications are described :

Name/Logo	Description	Comment Author
RoombaWii	The Wiimote controlled Roomba A perl interface+an updated file for software DarwiinRemote . with System : Mac OS X	Link (Lang. English) Video (YouTube) Source O.S : OS X Author : Chris Hugues (12/24/2006)
Wiimote-crane (project report)	wiimote-controlled arm-crane [system overview] For 70$, this wiimote project project aims to control an arm-crane from IR data of the Wii Controller.	Link (Lang. : English) Authors : Andrew Courtney, Wan Ling Yih Cornell University (School of Electrical and Computer Engineering) (spring 2008)
Wiimote Feedback System	Wiimote Feedback System [wiimote+feedback system] Study and presentation of a feedback system with a wiimote. A proposal for an external module to give some feedbacks to the user.	Link (Lang. : English) PDF Sources Authors : Dustin Anglin, Jonathan Perez, Matt Hillary

Videos illustrate the wiimote interaction with a robot :

Video 1 :

[Aibo+Wiimote at Universidad Rey Juan Carlos – Video Youtube from (pseudo) atrusator – 02/08/2008]

Video 2 :

[Use WiiRemote & ASR & Melody Recognition to control ROBONOVA - YouTube video from (pseudo) wangwewe - 07/28/2007]

Video 3 (this video should have been introduced in the first part. As the experiment is not on current body but on CT-Scan records. Let's imagine...) :

[wiimote reporting a CT-scan (GlovePIE) – Vidéo de Youtube from (pseudo) giorgiouniv (01/19/2007)]

Other documents to browse around the web :

Type	Titre - Author	Site Web/ref
Guideline	LabVIEW interface to a Wii Remote Author : (pseudo)sshearman	PDF Link (Lang. : English) Sources (02/12/2008)
Fact sheet	Autonomous RealTime Threat-Hunting Robot (ARTHR) David Bruemmer, Curtis Neilsen, Scott Hartley, Douglas Few, Miles C. Walton, Robert Kinoshita, John Whetten, David Gertman Idaho National Laboratory (U.S. Department of Energy) - INL researchers developed an intelligent plug-and-play robot payload that transforms commercial robots into effective first responders for deadly chemical, radiological and explosive threats. The robot can be controlled through the wiimote.	Link (Lang. : English) PDF (Lang. : English) Video (2008)
Video	Controlling a telescope with a wiimote	Lien (Lang. : English)
Student Project Site	Tele-Operation of a Ground Robot Using the Nintendo Wii Game Controller James Coakley, Stephen Tomko, Michael Deaven, Andrew Robbins Pennsylvania State University Applied Research Laboratory	Link to the presentation (Lang. English)