SBIR/STTR Research Award

VIRTUAL REALITY USER-INTERFACE FOR ACTUALIZING A ROBOT (VIRTUAL-ROBOT) SYSTEM

Award identifier 0926a6bb5402c2821b79e10d81e8caa6f695fc7db01b6a1981ffbe5ad54e138aAwarding agency National Aeronautics and Space Administration

Award amount

$49,910

Program and phase

SBIR · Phase I

Award year

1991

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Award details

Awarding agency
National Aeronautics and Space Administration
Branch
Not reported
Recipient company
Kms Fusion Inc
Proposal award date
Not reported
Contract end date
Not reported
UEI
Not reported
Solicitation number
Not reported
Topic code
Not reported

Research abstract

TIME-DELAYS AND LIMITED SENSORY FEEDBACK OF REMOTE TELEROBOTIC SYSTEMS TEND TO DISORIENT TELEOPERATORS AND DRAMATICALLY DECREASE THE OPERATOR'S PERFORMANCE. TO ELIMINATE THESE EFFECTS, A VIRTUAL REALITY USER-INTERFACE FOR ACTUALIZING A ROBOT (VIRTUAL-ROBOT) SYSTEM WILL BE DESIGNED. THE VIRTUAL-ROBOT SYSTEM WILL TOTALLY IMMERSE THE OPERATOR IN A SIMULATION OF THE REMOTE TELEROBOTIC ENVIRONMENT AND WILL INTERCEPT OPERATOR COMMANDS AND PROVIDEINSTANTANEOUS GRAPHICAL SIMULATION OF THE EFFECT OF THE COMMAND ON THE TELEROBOT WHILE RELAYING THE COMMAND TO THE REMOTE TELEROBOT. THE SYSTEM WILL ENSURE THE INTEGRITY OF THE SIMULATION BY USING VISUAL UPDATES FROM THE REMOTE ENVIRONMENT TO CORRECT THE SIMULATED ENVIRONMENT, IF DISCREPANCIES BETWEEN THE SIMULATED AND REMOTE ENVIRONMENT OCCUR. TIME-DELAYS AND LIMITED SENSORY FEEDBACK OF REMOTE TELEROBOTIC SYSTEMS TEND TO DISORIENT TELEOPERATORS AND DRAMATICALLY DECREASE THE OPERATOR'S PERFORMANCE. TO ELIMINATE THESE EFFECTS, A VIRTUAL REALITY USER-INTERFACE FOR ACTUALIZING A ROBOT (VIRTUAL-ROBOT) SYSTEM WILL BE DESIGNED. THE VIRTUAL-ROBOT SYSTEM WILL TOTALLY IMMERSE THE OPERATOR IN A SIMULATION OF THE REMOTE TELEROBOTIC ENVIRONMENT AND WILL INTERCEPT OPERATOR COMMANDS AND PROVIDEINSTANTANEOUS GRAPHICAL SIMULATION OF THE EFFECT OF THE COMMAND ON THE TELEROBOT WHILE RELAYING THE COMMAND TO THE REMOTE TELEROBOT. THE SYSTEM WILL ENSURE THE INTEGRITY OF THE SIMULATION BY USING VISUAL UPDATES FROM THE REMOTE ENVIRONMENT TO CORRECT THE SIMULATED ENVIRONMENT, IF DISCREPANCIES BETWEEN THE SIMULATED AND REMOTE ENVIRONMENT OCCUR.

Technology keywords

Not reported

Agency intelligence

National Aeronautics and Space Administration

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