Remote control of a moving robot using the virtual link

A new remote control method of a moving robot is proposed, where a moving robot is moved according to the pointing position and orientation of the remote controller. The remote controller consists of the camera and gyroscopes. The landmark in a moving robot is recognized by the camera in the remote controller and a robot is moved in the camera´s pointing position and orientation. The ´virtual link´ term is used since the robot is moved as if there is a link between the robot and the remote controller. Gyroscopes are also used in the remote controller so that fast estimation of the camera´s pointing position and orientation is possible. The proposed method is verified through experiments.