Cooperative control of robots as a basis for projective virtual reality

Author

Freund, E. ; Hahn, D.L. ; Rossmann, J.

Author_Institution

Inst. of Robotics Res., Dortmund Univ., Germany

fYear

1997

fDate

7-9 Jul 1997

Firstpage

753

Lastpage

758

Abstract

Experiences with a virtual reality (VR) system show that VR techniques provide the chance for a new generation and a new quality of intuitively operable man machine interfaces. In this paper the background is given for the control of a space laboratory mockup, that is operated by two 7 DOF robots which are commanded with the help of a virtual-reality based man machine interface. It is shown how actions that are carried out by the user in the virtual environment are translated into robotic actions in a way that the robots physically perform the task, that was commanded in the virtual reality

Keywords

aerospace control; cooperative systems; intelligent control; object-oriented methods; path planning; robots; user interfaces; virtual reality; 7 DOF robots; CIROS multi-robot testbed; cooperative control; intuitively operable man machine interfaces; man machine interface; projective virtual reality; space laboratory; Humanoid robots; Intelligent robots; Laboratories; Man machine systems; Orbital robotics; Robot control; Robot kinematics; Robot vision systems; Virtual environment; Virtual reality;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Advanced Robotics, 1997. ICAR '97. Proceedings., 8th International Conference on

Conference_Location

Monterey, CA

Print_ISBN

0-7803-4160-0

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/ICAR.1997.620266

Filename

620266