Making remote manipulators easy to use

Raymond W. Harrigan; Phil C. Bennett

doi:10.1117/12.439976

20 September 2001 Making remote manipulators easy to use

Raymond W. Harrigan, Phil C. Bennett

Proceedings Volume 4364, Unmanned Ground Vehicle Technology III; (2001) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.439976
Event: Aerospace/Defense Sensing, Simulation, and Controls, 2001, Orlando, FL, United States

Abstract

Perhaps the most basic barrier to the widespread deployment of remote manipulators is that they are very difficult to use. Remote manual operations are fatiguing and tedious, while fully autonomous systems are seldom able to function in changing and unstructured environments. An alternative approach to these extremes is to exploit computer control while leaving the operator in the loop to take advantage of the operator's perceptual and decision-making capabilities. This paper describes research that is enabling gradual introduction of computer control and decision making into operator-supervised robotic manipulation systems.

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Raymond W. Harrigan and Phil C. Bennett "Making remote manipulators easy to use", Proc. SPIE 4364, Unmanned Ground Vehicle Technology III, (20 September 2001); https://doi.org/10.1117/12.439976

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