CoVR: A Large-Scale Force-Feedback Robotic Interface for Non-Deterministic Scenarios in VR
summary
CoVR is a ceiling-mounted XY Cartesian robot with a movable column that delivers up to 100 N kinesthetic feedback, carries up to 80 kg, and overlays physical props across a room-scale VR arena. An intention model weights orientation and distance (optimal omega ≈ 0.175) to pre-position the column; a 300-trial simulation shows ~80% success reaching targets before users, rising to >95% with 75% scenario priors, and users rate transport and pull interactions highly.
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chapters (10)
- 0:00Start
- 2:06Interacting with COVR
- 3:57Static Interactions Whole-Body Interactions
- 4:47Dynamic Interactions
- 6:12Trajectory Generation
- 7:37Picking in Non-Deterministic Scenarios
- 8:55Technical Evaluation
- 12:29User Evaluation
- 13:00User Experience
- 14:20Summary
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