Title
Towards a Virtual Reality Interface for Remote Robotic Teleoperation
Abstract
Intuitive interaction is the cornerstone of efficient and effective task execution in remote robotic teleoperation. It requires high-fidelity in control actions as well as perception (vision, haptic, and sensory feedback) from the remote environment. This paper presents Vicarios, a VR-based teleoperation interface with the aim of facilitating intuitive real-time remote teleoperation, while utilizing the inherent benefits of VR, including immersive visualization, freedom of viewpoint selection, and fluidity of interaction through natural action interfaces. The overall architecture of Vicarios is described, with its components and framework. A preliminary comparative user study, with a real-world tele-manipulation task, was conducted to quantify the effectiveness of Vicarios. It is shown that the VR-based interface is easy-to-use and learn, with an overall learning rate of 0.93 sec. per trial for the users. The smoothness metric shows that the users can improve on their task performance over time as well. Vicarios allows the intuitiveness and flexibility to maintain efficiency in tele-robotic tasks. It forms the basis for an immersive perception interface in remote robotic teleoperation.
Year
DOI
Venue
2019
10.1109/ICAR46387.2019.8981649
2019 19th International Conference on Advanced Robotics (ICAR)
Keywords
Field
DocType
Vicarios,VR-based teleoperation interface,real-time remote teleoperation,real-world tele-manipulation task,VR-based interface,tele-robotic tasks,immersive perception interface,remote robotic teleoperation,virtual reality interface,intuitive interaction,efficient task execution,effective task execution,remote environment
Astronomy,Teleoperation,Architecture,Virtual reality,Immersive visualization,Human–computer interaction,Immersion (virtual reality),Perception,Haptic technology,Physics
Conference
ISBN
Citations 
PageRank 
978-1-7281-2468-1
1
0.36
References 
Authors
8
7
Name
Order
Citations
PageRank
Abdeldjallil Naceri110.36
Dario Mazzanti210.36
João Bimbo310.36
Domenico Prattichizzo42079177.15
Darwin G. Caldwell52900319.72
Leonardo S. Mattos612328.31
Nikhil Deshpande75910.38