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Topic: Teleoperation

	Chapter 56
		Teleoperators are used in place of robots when these last ones are unable to overcome by themselves either the evolutionary situation of a task performing or the demands in skillfulness of such a task.
		The purpose of any teleoperator is not the perfection of a master design, or an adequate executing machine, or the control architecture, or even the present remote environment state.
		The teleoperation environment consists of (i) an extended prototype of the equipment to be maintained, the target equipment, customized to allow remote control and extensive diagnostic and, (ii) auxiliary devices such as manipulators and vision systems, used both for equipment servicing and for enhancing user interoperability.
	vehand.engr.ucf.edu /handbook/Chapters/Chapter56/kay.html (11885 words)

	Introduction: Teleoperation (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-11)
		Although commands can be sent from user to remote robot at different levels of abstraction, this section describes a kind of low-level teleoperation in which the human directly controls the motions and contact forces of the remote manipulator in real time.
		In both teleoperation and virtual environment applications of haptics, a loop is closed between the human operator's motion "inputs" and forces applied by the haptic device.
		In teleoperation this loop is closed via a communication link, robot manipulator, and the environment.
	haptic.mech.northwestern.edu /intro/teleoperation/lims.html (362 words)

	Drascic & Grodski: Defence Teleoperation and Stereoscopic Video
		Efficient deployment of teleoperated and telemanaged robots will be essential for future operations in all of these areas.
		Defence related teleoperation tasks, such as bomb disposal and hazardous materials management, are characterised by the need to be conducted successfully on the first attempt while operating in an unpredictable and changing environment.
		While the benefits of using SV for teleoperation appear quite convincing, it is important to consider at what price these benefits come.
	vered.rose.utoronto.ca /people/david_dir/DND93/DND93.full.html (5136 words)

	RRG/Learn More/Advanced Topics/Teleoperation Systems
		Teleoperation is a way to combine the intelligence and adaptability of humans and the physical capabilities and endurance of robots in order to perform tasks which are otherwise very difficult or impossible.
		This is in major part due to lack of "telepresence" or the feel of the remote environment that the operator receives.
		The goal of teleoperation systems is to maximize telepresence in such a manner that the operator feels as if he/she is working directly in the remote environment.
	www.robotics.utexas.edu /rrg/learn_more/high_ed/teleo (194 words)

	Force Reflecting Micro-Teleoperation with Haptic Feedback
		Research addresses force reflecting teleoperation in which the workspace of the master is many orders of magnitude greater than the workspace of the slave.
		Fine motion control in teleoperation is generally achieved through position control with de-amplification from the master to the slave.
		Our objective is to establish a teleoperation methodology that enables a seamless transition between position control for fine motion control with velocity control to expand the reachable workspace.
	www.ornl.gov /sci/engineering_science_technology/roboticsenergetics/forcereflectingmicro.htm (695 words)

	Lunar Rover Navigation 1996--Teleoperation (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-11)
		Direct teleoperation is necessary when the rover gets into situations where the software would otherwise prevent motion.
		Safeguarded teleoperation is a mixed-mode operation, where the human and rover share responsibility for controlling the robot.
		Basically, this mode is implemented by having the arbiter combine input from the direct teleoperation mode and the autonomous mode.
	www.cs.cmu.edu /afs/cs.cmu.edu/project/lri/OldFiles/www/teleop.shtml (312 words)

	M. Cenk Cavusoglu, PhD
		The paradigm used in all the cases is the ability to detect a change in compliance of a surface, as would occur due to a lesion or vessel embedded in soft tissue.
		As part of this research project, I have proposed a new measure for fidelity in teleoperation which quantifies the teleoperation system's ability to transmit changes in the compliance of the environment.
		The bilateral teleoperation controller design problem was then formulated in a task-based optimization framework as the optimization of this metric with constraints on free space tracking and robust stability of the system under environment and human operator uncertainties.
	vorlon.cwru.edu /~mcc14/research/research.html (1377 words)

	/Research/Teleoperation and Automation
		With the prevalence of teleoperation in robotics application today, manual controllers (MC) are an integral part of the robotic system.
		Kinematic replica MCs are very common in robotic teleoperation tasks where the robot is intended to mimic the operator’s movements exactly.
		The objective of this work was to demonstrate a novel approach to human machine interaction that seamlessly uses teleoperation and automation in a complex environment.
	www.robotics.utexas.edu /rrg/research/tele (1198 words)

	Teleoperation Assignment (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-11)
		For example, teleoperation has been used in conducting rescue missions at disaster sites, or in sending explorer robots into space or into the ocean.
		When teleoperation is done for real, the operator of the robot cannot see the robot itself.
		Teleoperation makes sense when the robot is needed to perform a task that is difficult to automate, and human decision-making capability is necessary.
	www.mathcs.carleton.edu /faculty/dmusican/cs395f05/teleop.html (608 words)

	Neural Network Classifies Teleoperation Data (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-11)
		This prototype is an early subsystem-level product of a continuing effort to develop an automated system that assists in training and supervising the human control operator: the system would provide symbolic feedback (e.g., warnings of impending collisions or evaluations of performance) to the operator in real time during successive executions of the same task.
		The prototype artificial neural network (see Figure 1) is based partly on the concept of the time-delay neural network, which involves preprocessing of a temporal sequence of input signals through a shift register to turn it into a temporal sequence of spatially arrayed input signals.
		The network was trained by use of a back-propagation algorithm and training data from experimental teleoperation tasks in which a remote manipulator with a hand instrumented to measure forces and torques was controlled by the human operator via a force-reflecting hand controller and remote video monitoring of th e workspace.
	ranier.hq.nasa.gov /telerobotics_page/technologies/0305.html (416 words)

	RI Seminar, April 24: Haptic interface and controller design for transparent teleoperation
		Teleoperation in distant, scaled or virtual environments has many applications, from microsurgery to manufacturing and mining.
		The level of teleoperation transparency that can be achieved depends on the haptic interface used as a master, the dynamic properties of the teleoperation slave or virtual environment, and the teleoperation controller.
		His research interests are in haptic interfaces, teleoperation and virtual environments, and optimization-based controller design and tuning.
	www.cs.cmu.edu /afs/cs.cmu.edu/project/ri-seminar/www/archives/1998.spring/1998.april.24.html (359 words)

	Modular architecture for robotics and teleoperation (US5581666)
		Systems and methods for modularization and discretization of real-time robot, telerobot and teleoperation systems using passive, network based control laws.
		08/101,996, entitled Modular Architecture for Robotics and Teleoperation, to Anderson, filed on Aug. 4, 1993, abandoned the teachings of which are incorporated herein by reference.
		Andriot et al, "On the Bilateral Control of Teleoperators with Flexible Joints and Time Delay by Passive Approach", 5th Int'l Conf on Advanced Robotics in Unstructured Environments, Jun. 19-22 1991, pp.
	www.delphion.com /details?&pn=US05581666__ (768 words)

	Myoelectric Teleoperation for Robotics and Prosthetics
		Thus far, the research has shown that by use of a suitable combination of electronic hardware and software, it is possible to recognize the myoelectric signatures of at least two different grips in real time, with an accuracy of at least 90 percent.
		While this level of performance is below the nearly 100-percent accuracy required for highly precise teleoperation (e.g., for controlling remote manipulators on the Space Station), it is high enough to offer potential benefits to the prosthetics community, and hence would be well worth further investigation.
		The fruits of this research might eventually include comfortable, lightweight, and relatively inexpensive prosthetic hands that could act, in a nearly lifelike manner and in real time, in response to the myoelectric signatures of as many as six different grips.
	www.nasatech.com /Briefs/Oct00/MSC22940.html (711 words)

	Vehicle Teleoperation Interfaces - Fong, Thorpe (ResearchIndex)
		Abstract: Despite advances in autonomy, there will always be a need for human involvement in vehicle teleoperation.
		In this paper, we provide an overview of vehicle teleoperation and present a summary of interfaces currently in use.
		Fong and C. Thorpe, "Vehicle teleoperation interfaces", Autonomous Robots, July 2001.
	citeseer.ist.psu.edu /fong01vehicle.html (280 words)

	Internet-based teleoperation
		One of the most interesting of these is teleoperation, where the Internet is used as a bridge between operators and machines.
		All of these limitations may cause instability in teleoperation systems especially if those systems include haptic feedback.
		Most of the previous work done that addresses these problems assumed several conditions; for example, time delay is constant or has an upper bound, control is not in real-time.
	www.egr.msu.edu /ralab/projects/proj03.htm (405 words)

	Teleoperation SENSORSCITY
		A car, a monorail, and a train are available for Teleoperation at the LEGO SENSORS City in January 2002.
		At the City some of the people that have teleoperated from their offices also received teleoperators licenses.
		Barbara Roberts Teleoperated from her office at the Nick J. Rahall, II Appalachian Transportation Institute.
	www.marshall.edu /lego/ATI/23Jan02Teleoperation/TeleoperationATI.html (229 words)

	ETC Lab Bibliography (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-11)
		Drascic, D. Skill Acquisition and Task Performance in Teleoperation Using Monoscopic and Stereoscopic Video Remote Viewing.
		Drascic, D. An Investigation of Monoscopic and Stereoscopic Video for Teleoperation.
		Rastogi, A. Design of an Interface for Teleoperation in Unstructured Environments using Augmented Reality Displays, Univ. of Toronto.
	vered.rose.toronto.edu /ETC-Bibliography.html (2170 words)

	MSE 495 Teleoperation of Remote Aerospace Systems (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-11)
		Students will participate on a team that will design, construct, operate, and evaluate a soda-can-sized payload package (CanSat) that will be launched (via rocket) to approximately 2 miles in altitude from where it will be deployed and return to the surface via parachute (typically landing within 5 miles of the launch site).
		The main task of the design team is to create a system that will recover the payload through remote or autonomous operation (i.e., teleoperation).
		The UNR team will enter its system in an international competition (ARLISS) in September of 2003 to be held in the Black Rock Desert of Northern Nevada.
	www.mines.unr.edu /met-eng/Telescience (181 words)

	Unsupervised Scoring for Scalable Internet-Based Collaborative Teleoperation, from University of California - White ...
		Unsupervised Scoring for Scalable Internet-Based Collaborative Teleoperation, from University of California - White Papers, Webcasts and Case Studies - TechRepublic
		Overview: A group of university of California is studying the potential for scalable Internet-based Collaborative (Multiple Operator Single Robot) Teleoperation, where many users simultaneously share control using browser-based point-and-click interfaces.
		For applications such as distance learning, automated methods are required to evaluate user performance; this provides individual assessment/reward and incentive for active participation.
	whitepapers.techrepublic.com.com /abstract.aspx?scid=234&docid=158753&part=rss&tag=rss&subj=&promo=100112 (462 words)

	ASI - Mobius -Teleoperation (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-11)
		Mobius supports all types of teleoperated vehicles, as well as teleoperation modes for autonomous vehicles.
		Works with any PC-compatible joystick, wheel, or yoke
		Click on one of the Images to Enlarge
	www.autonomoussolutions.com /Products/Mobius/TeleOp.html (39 words)

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