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Evaluating the impact of camera placement on teleoperator efficiency

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Gregory M. Pisanich,

Michael P. Prevost,

Steven B. HallAuthors Info & Claims

IEA/AIE '88: Proceedings of the 1st international conference on Industrial and engineering applications of artificial intelligence and expert systems - Volume 1

Pages 629 - 637

https://doi.org/10.1145/51909.51981

Published: 03 June 1988 Publication History

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An increasing body of evidence supports the claim that the placement (position and orientation) of a teleoperator's remote sensors (cameras) has a significant impact on the teleoperator's effectiveness. A clear understanding of what constitutes an optimal placement has however yet to be clearly formalized. Similarly, a cost effectiveness analysis of the alternative methods of achieving this optimal placement has yet to be undertaken. Trades addressing the increased efficiency of autonomous methods must, for instance, be evaluated in the light of increased system weight and reduced system reliability.

This project has two goals: The first is to systematically study the impact of sensor/camera placement on teleoperator performance under a variety of circumstances and task requirements. The second goal is to evaluate the feasibility and utility of autonomously controlling the camera positioning and orientation.

Initial results of the work to date support the conclusion that autonomous repositioning of the camera can significantly increase teleoperator effectiveness.

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IEA/AIE '88: Proceedings of the 1st international conference on Industrial and engineering applications of artificial intelligence and expert systems - Volume 1

June 1988

636 pages

ISBN:0897912713

DOI:10.1145/51909

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Moonis Ali
Univ. of Tennessee Space Institute, Tullahoma, TN

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Lee JKim YAn SBae S(2020)Robot Telekinesis: Application of a Unimanual and Bimanual Object Manipulation Technique to Robot Control2020 IEEE International Conference on Robotics and Automation (ICRA)10.1109/ICRA40945.2020.9197517(9866-9872)Online publication date: May-2020
https://doi.org/10.1109/ICRA40945.2020.9197517
McKee GBrooks BSchenker P(2003)Human-robot interaction for intelligent assisted viewing during teleoperation36th Annual Hawaii International Conference on System Sciences, 2003. Proceedings of the10.1109/HICSS.2003.1174286(10 pp.)Online publication date: 2003
https://doi.org/10.1109/HICSS.2003.1174286
Huang WKrotkov E(1997)Optimal stereo mast configuration for mobile robotsProceedings of International Conference on Robotics and Automation10.1109/ROBOT.1997.619073(1946-1951)Online publication date: 1997
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