A first generation Mutually-Immersive Mobile Telepresence surrogate with automatic backtracking

Author

Jouppi, Norman P. ; Iyer, Subu ; Mack, Wayne ; Slayden, April ; Thomas, Stan

Author_Institution

Hewlett-Packard Co., Palo Alto, CA, USA

Volume

2

fYear

2004

fDate

April 26-May 1, 2004

Firstpage

1670

Abstract

Mutually-immersive mobile telepresence uses a teleoperated robotic surrogate to visit remote locations as a substitute for physical travel. Our goal is to recreate to the greatest extent practical, both for the user and the people at the remote location, the sensory experience relevant for business interactions of the user actually being in the remote location. The system includes multi-channel bidirectional video and audio on a mobile platform as well as haptic feedback. The user-controlled surrogate can autonomously backtrack along the path it has previously been driven if it loses wireless connectivity.

Keywords

backtracking; feedback; haptic interfaces; mobile robots; teleconferencing; telerobotics; automatic backtracking; business interaction; haptic feedback; mobile platform; multichannel bidirectional audioconferencing; multichannel bidirectional videoconferencing; mutually immersive mobile telepresence; teleoperated robotic; wireless connectivity; Business; Cameras; Global warming; Haptic interfaces; Humans; Milling machines; Robot sensing systems; Streaming media; Teleconferencing; Videoconference;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Robotics and Automation, 2004. Proceedings. ICRA '04. 2004 IEEE International Conference on

ISSN

1050-4729

Print_ISBN

0-7803-8232-3

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/ROBOT.2004.1308064

Filename

1308064