Title :
A human machine interface for distributed virtual laboratories
Author :
Gertz, Mathew E. ; Stewart, David B. ; Khosla, Pradeep K.
Author_Institution :
Dept. of Electr. & Comput. Eng., Carnegie Mellon Univ., Pittsburgh, PA, USA
Abstract :
To support a distributed virtual laboratory, the Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering at Carnegie Mellon University has developed Onika, an ironically programmed human machine interface with hypermedia capabilities. Onika can retrieve reconfigurable real-time software modules from remote sites via the Internet or World Wide Web and integrate these modules with locally developed modules. Developers can then use Onika to assemble the resulting reusable code into applications in order to control both local and remote robotic systems.<>
Keywords :
Internet; hypermedia; robots; software libraries; software reusability; user interfaces; Carnegie Mellon University; Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering; Internet; Onika; World Wide Web; distributed virtual laboratories; human machine interface; hypermedia; ironically programmed human machine interface; locally developed modules; reconfigurable real-time software modules; reusable code; robotic systems; Application software; Assembly systems; Control systems; Hardware; Humans; Laboratories; Robot sensing systems; Robotic assembly; Robotics and automation; Software libraries;
Journal_Title :
Robotics & Automation Magazine, IEEE
