8 papers
MiniBEE: A New Form Factor for Compact Bimanual Dexterity
Sharfin Islam, Zewen Chen, Zhanpeng He +8
Bimanual robot manipulators can achieve impressive dexterity, but typically rely on two full six- or seven- degree-of-freedom arms so that paired grippers can coordinate effectivel…
WatchHand: Enabling Continuous Hand Pose Tracking On Off-the-Shelf Smartwatches
Jiwan Kim, Chi-Jung Lee, Hohurn Jung +4
Tracking hand poses on wrist-wearables enables rich, expressive interactions, yet remains unavailable on commercial smartwatches, as prior implementations rely on external sensors…
"Why the face?": Exploring Robot Error Detection Using Instrumented Bystander Reactions
Maria Teresa Parreira, Ruidong Zhang, Sukruth Gowdru Lingaraju +7
How do humans recognize and rectify social missteps? We achieve social competence by looking around at our peers, decoding subtle cues from bystanders - a raised eyebrow, a laugh -…
Grab-n-Go: On-the-Go Microgesture Recognition with Objects in Hand
Chi-Jung Lee, Jiaxin Li, Tianhong Catherine Yu +4
As computing devices become increasingly integrated into daily life, there is a growing need for intuitive, always-available interaction methods, even when users' hands are occupie…
ActSonic: Recognizing Everyday Activities from Inaudible Acoustic Wave Around the Body
Saif Mahmud, Vineet Parikh, Qikang Liang +7
We present ActSonic, an intelligent, low-power active acoustic sensing system integrated into eyeglasses that can recognize 27 different everyday activities (e.g., eating, drinking…
WristSonic: Enabling Fine-grained Hand-Face Interactions on Smartwatches Using Active Acoustic Sensing
Saif Mahmud, Kian Mahmoodi, Chi-Jung Lee +2
Hand-face interactions play a key role in many everyday tasks, providing insights into user habits, behaviors, intentions, and expressions. However, existing wearable sensing syste…