Can I Pet Your Robot? Incorporating Capacitive Touch Sensing into a Soft Socially Assistive Robot Platform
<|reference_start|>Can I Pet Your Robot? Incorporating Capacitive Touch Sensing into a Soft Socially Assistive Robot Platform: This work presents a method of incorporating low-cost capacitive tactile sensors on a soft socially assistive robot platform. By embedding conductive thread into the robot's crocheted exterior, we formed a set of low-cost, flexible capacitive tactile sensors that do not disrupt the robot's soft, zoomorphic embodiment. We evaluated the sensors' performance through a user study (N=20) and found that the sensors reliably detected user touch events and localized touch inputs to one of three regions on the robot's exterior.<|reference_end|>
@article{o'connell2024can,
    title={Can I Pet Your Robot? Incorporating Capacitive Touch Sensing into a Soft
  Socially Assistive Robot Platform},
    author={Amy O'Connell, Bailey Cislowski, Heather Culbertson, Maja Matari'c},
    journal={arXiv preprint arXiv:2409.12338},
    year={2024},
    archivePrefix={arXiv},
    eprint={2409.12338},
    primaryClass={cs.RO cs.HC}
}