An Internet-based distributed multiple-telerobot system

  • Authors:
  • Xiao-Gang Wang;M. Moallem;R. V. Patel

  • Affiliations:
  • Dept. of Electr. & Comput. Eng., Univ. of Western Ontario, London, Ont., Canada;-;-

  • Venue:
  • IEEE Transactions on Systems, Man, and Cybernetics, Part A: Systems and Humans
  • Year:
  • 2003

Quantified Score

Hi-index 0.00

Visualization

Abstract

Internet-based telerobotic systems have been evolving rapidly in recent years. Using Web-based technology, telerobotic systems have been shown to have an increasing potential for a variety of applications including remote control, manufacturing, surgery, training, and education. In this paper, we present an Internet-based distributed, multiple-telerobot system that enables operators to use remote robots in order to perform cooperative tasks. Several multiple-telerobot demonstration programs have been designed, including a single telerobot training program, a multiple-telerobot "group object-handling" program, and pairs of telerobots serving Internet participants playing with a Rubik's Cube to illustrate Internet-based interaction and collaboration. Experimental tests have been performed on three demonstration programs that are presented in this paper.