Remote-controlled humanoid robot system

Author

Nishimura, Tatsuhiko ; Takeno, Junichi

Author_Institution

Robot & Sci. Lab., Meiji Univ., Kanagawa, Japan

fYear

2001

fDate

2001

Firstpage

551

Lastpage

555

Abstract

Labor shortage is a serious problem in Japan where the population is aging with an ever declining birthrate. The authors propose remote-controlled humanoid robots to assist working humans. The humanoid robot is provided with a real-time stereoscopic vision system and a hearing system capable of three-dimensional sound source searching. The manipulator in a remote place builds a virtual space within one sense to simulate the environment in which the robot is working. The necessary information on the robot environment is acquired through vision and hearing of the robot. This enables the manipulator to remote control the robot with a more direct virtual presence in real time. The authors also propose to use the robot as a remote monitor system

Keywords

computerised monitoring; manipulators; real-time systems; telerobotics; virtual reality; Japan; direct virtual presence; hearing system; labor shortage; manipulator; real time control; real-time stereoscopic vision system; remote monitor system; remote place; remote-controlled humanoid robot system; robot environment; three-dimensional sound source searching; virtual space; working humans; Aging; Auditory system; Humanoid robots; Humans; Machine vision; Manipulators; Orbital robotics; Real time systems; Robot sensing systems; Robot vision systems;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Robot and Human Interactive Communication, 2001. Proceedings. 10th IEEE International Workshop on

Conference_Location

Bordeaux, Paris

Print_ISBN

0-7803-7222-0

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/ROMAN.2001.981962

Filename

981962