Navigation in virtual environments: head-behavior based control applications to VR based robotics

This paper address the problem of navigation within virtual environments (VE). We review the actual means used for navigation, after what we propose a navigation control algorithm based on operator head behavior. In this paper we focus on its benefits to robotic applications. Investigating the operator in robotics task performing, we cite off-line robot teaching, pseudo-real-time teleoperation and a simulation of an assembling task using two cooperative robot arms. The advantages and lacks of this control are discussed