Web-based tele-operated systems using EAI

Author

Elliott, Edward D. ; Eagleson, Roy

Author_Institution

Dept. of Electr. Eng., Univ. of Western Ontario, London, Ont., Canada

Volume

1

fYear

1997

fDate

12-15 Oct 1997

Firstpage

749

Abstract

We discuss the design and systems implementation of a tele-operated two link manipulator camera system: a system which provides the operator with visual feedback from the remote site while carrying out manipulation tasks. A special feature of our approach is that, while the video feed is being sent to the operator from the remote camera, the operator´s workstation also updates a graphical model of the configuration of the camera manipulator. This local display of a virtual model allows the operator to relate the video display of the remote imagery to the position and orientation of the camera with respect to the remote environment. This functionality is discussed within a context of a unified programming architecture for tele-operated systems

Keywords

Internet; cameras; client-server systems; manipulators; robot programming; telerobotics; user interfaces; virtual reality; workstations; EAI; External Authoring Interface; World Wide Web; camera system; client server system; graphical model; remote camera; remote imagery; remote site; systems design; systems implementation; teleoperated systems; teleoperated two link manipulator; video; virtual reality; visual feedback; workstation; Cameras; Communication channels; Communication system control; Control systems; Displays; Humans; Java; Network servers; Robot vision systems; User interfaces;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Systems, Man, and Cybernetics, 1997. Computational Cybernetics and Simulation., 1997 IEEE International Conference on

Conference_Location

Orlando, FL

ISSN

1062-922X

Print_ISBN

0-7803-4053-1

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/ICSMC.1997.626180

Filename

626180