Remote Control Robotics

1. Front Matter

   Pages iii-xix

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2. Introduction

   • Craig Sayers

   Pages 1-8

3. Basics

   • Craig Sayers

   Pages 9-24

4. Historical Perspective

   • Craig Sayers

   Pages 25-40

5. Remote Control

   • Craig Sayers

   Pages 41-50

6. Teleprogramming

   • Craig Sayers

   Pages 51-58

7. A Natural Operator Interface

   • Craig Sayers

   Pages 59-72

8. Synthetic Fixtures

   • Craig Sayers

   Pages 73-93

9. Visual Imagery

   • Craig Sayers

   Pages 95-115

10. Expecting the Unexpected

    • Craig Sayers

    Pages 117-124

11. Command Generation and Interpretation

    • Craig Sayers

    Pages 125-137

12. Results and Observations

    • Craig Sayers

    Pages 139-163

13. Discussion

    • Craig Sayers

    Pages 165-171

14. Conclusions

    • Craig Sayers

    Pages 173-175

15. Back Matter

    Pages 177-224

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Increasingly, robots are being used in environments inhospitable to humans such as the deep ocean, inside nuclear reactors, and in deep space. Such robots are controlled by remote links to human operators who may be close by or thousands of miles away. The techniques used to control these robots is the subject of this book. The author begins with a basic introduction to robot control and then considers the important problems to be overcome: delays or noisy control lines, feedback and response information, and predictive displays. Readers are assumed to have a basic understanding of robotics though this may be their first exposure to the subject of telerobotics. Professional engineers and roboticists will find this an invaluable introduction to this subject.

• Sensor
• algorithms
• automation
• communication
• diagnosis
• display
• distance
• environment
• learning
• programming
• programming language
• robot
• robotics
• telerobotics
• virtual reality

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