UserIntentCommunicationinRobot-AssistedShoppingfor.PDF

User Intent Communication in Robot-Assisted Shopping for the Blind Vladimir Kulyukin1 Chaitanya Gharpure1 Daniel Coster 2 Computer Science Assistive Technology Laboratory 2 Department of Computer Science Utah State University Department of Mathematics and Statistics2 Utah State University Introduction We have been working on independent shopping solutions for the visually impaired. We have built RoboCart, a robot shopping assistant for the blind. RoboCart has been ?eld-tested in a series of longitudinal shopping experiments with visually impaired participants at Lee’s MarketPlace, a supermarket in Logan, UT. This presentation will focus on how visually impaired shoppers can communicate their intent to RoboCart through product selection. Introduction We have been working on independent shopping solutions for the visually impaired. We have built RoboCart, a robot shopping assistant for the blind. RoboCart has been ?eld-tested in a series of longitudinal shopping experiments with visually impaired participants at Lee’s MarketPlace, a supermarket in Logan, UT. This presentation will focus on how visually impaired shoppers can communicate their intent to RoboCart through product selection. Introduction We have been working on independent shopping solutions for the visually impaired. We have built RoboCart, a robot shopping assistant for the blind. RoboCart has been ?eld-tested in a series of longitudinal shopping experiments with visually impaired participants at Lee’s MarketPlace, a supermarket in Logan, UT. This presentation will focus on how visually impaired shoppers