Title :
Mediators: virtual haptic interfaces for tele-operated robots
Author :
Gutiérrez, Mario ; Ott, Renaud ; Thalmann, Daniel ; Vexo, Frederic
Author_Institution :
Virtual Reality Lab., Swiss Fed. Inst. of Technol. Lausanne, Switzerland
Abstract :
This work develops the concept of mediators: virtual interfaces with haptic feedback for teleoperation. Our approach is to replace physical operator interfaces by fully parameterizable adaptive virtual interfaces. Mediators open new possibilities for multimodal feedback for control interfaces. We apply mediators in the context of teleoperation of robots. The implemented prototype shows the feasibility of using virtual haptic interfaces to drive robots remotely.
Keywords :
feedback; haptic interfaces; telerobotics; adaptive virtual interfaces; haptic feedback; mediators; multimodal feedback; physical operator interfaces; teleoperated robots; virtual haptic interfaces; Communication system control; Force feedback; Haptic interfaces; Mobile robots; Prototypes; Robot control; Vehicles; Virtual prototyping; Virtual reality; Wheels;
Conference_Titel :
Robot and Human Interactive Communication, 2004. ROMAN 2004. 13th IEEE International Workshop on
Print_ISBN :
0-7803-8570-5
DOI :
10.1109/ROMAN.2004.1374814
