Date of Award

Fall 2015

Document Type

Thesis

Degree Name

Master of Science (MS)

Department

Computational Modeling & Simulation Engineering

Program/Concentration

Modeling and Simulation

Committee Director

Yiannis Papelis

Committee Member

Ginger Watson

Committee Member

James Bliss

Committee Member

John Sokolowski

Call Number for Print

Special Collections LD4331.E58 H53 2015

Abstract

To date, eye and head tracking has been used to indicate users' attention patterns while performing a task or as an aid for disabled persons, to allow hands-free interaction with a computer. The increasing accuracy and the reduced cost of eye- and head-tracking equipment make utilizing this technology feasible for explicit control tasks, especially in cases where there is confluence between the visual task and control.

The goal of this research was to investigate the use of eye-tracking as a more natural interface for the control of a camera-equipped, remotely operated robot in tasks that require the operator to simultaneously guide the robot as well as perform a visual search around the vehicle through the use of a Pan/Tilt (PT) camera. Three methods of control were investigated: a manual method with two joysticks, one each for robot and camera control; a hybrid approach with one joystick for the robot and eye-tracking for camera control; and a hands-free approach with eye and head tracking for robot and camera control.

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DOI

10.25777/3rtv-t329

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