This project investigates the design of experimental virtual reality (VR) and augmented reality (AR) user interfaces that support users in specifying high-level task goals for realization by a remote robotic assembly line. These user interfaces are intended to allow future workers to control from home industrial robots on an assembly line without having to understand the low-level details of how the robots operate. To accomplish this, the user will wear a VR or AR headset and interact with a virtual representation of the factory environment, specifying the key steps in the assembly process by directly editing object positions and orientations to describe the desired goal states. This project will explore a range of different user interface designs, comparing combinations of different interaction and visualization techniques for performing tasks.
Lab: Computer Graphics and User Interfaces Lab
Direct Supervisor: Steve Feiner
Hours per Week: 20
Number of positions: 3
Position type: On site
Position is paid and available for credit
Qualifications: Unity 3D, AR, and VR
Eligibility: Senior, Master's
SEAS students only: Yes
Prof. Steve Feiner <[email protected]>