AR Indicators for Visually Debugging Robots
Bryce Ikeda · 2022
Programming robots is a challenging task exacer-bated by software bugs, faulty hardware, and environmental factors. When coding issues arise, traditional debugging techniques are not always useful for roboticists. Robots often have an array of sensors that output complex data, which can be difficult to decipher as raw text. Augmented reality (AR) provides a unique medium for conveying data to the user by displaying information directly in the scene as their corresponding visual definition. In my research, I am exploring various design approaches towards AR visualizations for expert robotics debugging support. From my initial work, I developed design guidelines to inform two future bodies of work which investigate better ways of visualizing robot sensor and state data for debugging.