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Innovation Spotlight

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Motion Tracking Framework for Intuitive Interactions

June 18, 2024

Human Machine Interaction

For tasks that are difficult to accomplish with traditional interactive devices, this significantly improves the efficiency of human-computer interaction. It can be widely used in military, entertainment, sports, medical applications, robot technology, and even the metaverse. Still, existing technology for finger motion tracking often requires wearing a heavy device and a laborious calibration process to track the bending angle of each joint.

Investigating Service Robots

February 27, 2024

Human Machine Interaction, Artificial Intelligence, Robotics

Human-robot collaboration has always been a point of interest in the robot community, gaining traction as technology evolves. Human-robot collaboration promotes the idea that robots can become a part of human life in hospitals, restaurants, and homes. Effective human-robot collaboration releases humans from repetitive, dangerous tasks so they can devote energy to more sophisticated tasks.

Shopping Assistance for the Visually Impaired

November 14, 2023

Human Machine Interaction, Biometrics

There are over 250 million people worldwide who have severe visual impairment, with 70 million entirely visually impaired (VI). VI individuals face several challenges when shopping, including: finding the right direction to desired commodities, distinguishing between similar-looking items, and not wanting to ask for help. More research is needed to provide user-friendly and practical assistance for VI individuals in complex environments, such as supermarkets.