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Canine Reachability of Snout-based Wearable Inputs
Canine Reachability of Snout-based Wearable Inputs
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Valentin, Giancarlo
Alcaidinho, Joelle
Friel, Larry
Zeagler, Clint
Jackson, Melody Moore
Starner, Thad
Alcaidinho, Joelle
Friel, Larry
Zeagler, Clint
Jackson, Melody Moore
Starner, Thad
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We designed an experiment with the goal of assessing wearable reachability for canines. We investigated the effect of placement on the ability of dogs to reach on-body interfaces with their snouts. In our pilot study, seven placements along the front legs, rib cage, hip and chest are tested with six dogs. The results showed that the front leg placements are reachable with the least amount of training and are also the most invariant to small changes in location. With training, the lower half of the rib cage area had the fastest access times across subjects. We hope that these results may be useful in mapping the constraint space of placements for snout interactions.
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2014-09
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