This paper presents initial results of an on going study of robot control algorithms used for teleoperation of long reach manipulators. The focus of the paper is the effect of the slave robot control algorithm on the ...

A four-legged pneumatically actuated search and rescue robot is presented as a system with potentially enhanced versatility relative to existing rescue robots. The usage of fluid powered actuation, combined with tele-operation ...

During the 1995 DOE Robotics Forum at Albuquerque, New Mexico, Georgia Tech's Intelligent Machine Dynamics Laboratory demonstrated remote display capabilities of its telemanipulated long-reach manipulator testbed through ...

This paper presents the design and operation of a new teleoperation testbed currently under investigation at the Georgia Institute of Technology. This laboratory will enable researchers to investigate a wide range of issues ...

Wave variables based on passivity and scattering theory provide a good tool for establishing bilateral teleoperation in the presence of a constant time delay. Recently, these techniques have been extended to be used for a ...

The role of robotics in society is no longer restricted to assembly and manufacturing. Robots are finding their way into a wide spectrum of tasks that directly link human and machine. Haptic interfaces are robots that are ...

Haptic interfaces are mechanical systems coupled to humans. These devices provide a method of relaying mechanical information between a human and a computer generated environment. A basic element in any virtual environment ...

Current applications in the field of telerobotics, such as space based assembly and nuclear waste remediation, require the use of long reach manipulators. These robots are characterized by their large workspace and reduced ...

This article focuses on Internet-based real time control, such as remote bilateral teleoperation. In such applications it is required that the control loop be closed around a time delayed network. Although various researchers ...

In this paper, the authors examine optimal path planning for the motion of a wheel which minimizes some combination of time and effort expended. Several techniques are examined but a combination of continuation and ...