Title :
Applications of augmented reality for human-robot communication
Author :
Milgram, Paul ; Zhai, Shijun ; Drascic, David ; Grodski, Julius J.
Author_Institution :
Dept. of Ind. Eng., Toronto Univ., Ont., Canada
Abstract :
The director/agent (D/A) metaphor of telerobotic interaction is discussed as a potential means for achieving human-robot synergy. In order for the human operator to communicate spatial information to the robot during D/A operations, the medium of augmented reality through overlaid virtual stereographics is proposed, leading to what is referred to as virtual control. An overview is given of the ARGOS (Augmented Reality through Graphic Overlays on Stereovideo) system. In particular, the uses of overlaid virtual pointers for enhancing absolute depth judgement tasks, virtual tape measures for real-world quantification, virtual tethers for perceptual enhancement in manual teleoperation, virtual landmarks for enhancing depth scaling, and virtual object overlays for on-object edge enhancement and display superposition are all presented and discussed
Keywords :
robots; ARGOS; absolute depth judgement tasks; augmented reality; depth scaling; director/agent metaphor; display superposition; graphic overlays; human-robot communication; human-robot synergy; manual teleoperation; on-object edge enhancement; overlaid virtual stereographics; perceptual enhancement; real-world quantification; spatial information; stereovideo; telerobotic interaction; virtual control; virtual landmarks; virtual object overlays; virtual pointers; virtual tape measures; virtual tethers; Application software; Augmented reality; Cognitive robotics; Human factors; Intelligent robots; Laboratories; Manuals; Robot sensing systems; Teleoperators; Telerobotics;
Conference_Titel :
Intelligent Robots and Systems '93, IROS '93. Proceedings of the 1993 IEEE/RSJ International Conference on
Conference_Location :
Yokohama
Print_ISBN :
0-7803-0823-9
DOI :
10.1109/IROS.1993.583833