Testing human performance in motion planning over the Internet

This paper describes a novel approach to the study of human performance in motion planning for complex objects. The proposed approach is based on an anonymous operation over the Internet. A system useful in conducting these types of studies is developed and applied in a study of human performance in the use of the configuration space (C-space) method of teleoperation. Results of this study are presented with the conclusion that the C-space method of teleoperation is suitable for most subjects and significant improvements in performance can be expected when utilizing the C-space over traditional work space control