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Title: Virtual reality and telepresence control of robots used in hazardous environments

Abstract

The purpose of this project was to explore the application of teleoperation and telepresence control to robots in hazardous environments at Los Alamos. The primary use of this technology would be in a glove-box type operation potentially allowing operators to work on hazardous materials while being completely removed from the danger of exposure in situations that are difficult to completely automate due to the highly unstructured environments or off-normal conditions. This project focused on determining the most appropriate tools and methods that could be applied in the near future resulting in a reasonably inexpensive working teleoperation or telepresence control system for industrial robots used in the handling of hazardous materials. Several topics had to be addressed to perform this task including input devices, control systems, robot manipulators, and simulation techniques or packages. Much of the work is still in the developmental stage and hardware will follow -- providing a usable tool for glove box robot control.

Authors:
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Publication Date:
Research Org.:
Los Alamos National Lab. (LANL), Los Alamos, NM (United States)
Sponsoring Org.:
USDOE, Washington, DC (United States)
OSTI Identifier:
383571
Report Number(s):
LA-UR-96-3230
ON: DE97000305; TRN: 96:029115
DOE Contract Number:  
W-7405-ENG-36
Resource Type:
Technical Report
Resource Relation:
Other Information: PBD: [1996]
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English
Subject:
42 ENGINEERING NOT INCLUDED IN OTHER CATEGORIES; ROBOTS; REMOTE CONTROL; CONTROL EQUIPMENT; HAZARDOUS MATERIALS; MATERIALS HANDLING; GLOVEBOXES; COMPUTERIZED SIMULATION; DEGREES OF FREEDOM

Citation Formats

Bronisz, L E, and Pittman, P C. Virtual reality and telepresence control of robots used in hazardous environments. United States: N. p., 1996. Web. doi:10.2172/383571.
Bronisz, L E, & Pittman, P C. Virtual reality and telepresence control of robots used in hazardous environments. United States. https://doi.org/10.2172/383571
Bronisz, L E, and Pittman, P C. 1996. "Virtual reality and telepresence control of robots used in hazardous environments". United States. https://doi.org/10.2172/383571. https://www.osti.gov/servlets/purl/383571.
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abstractNote = {The purpose of this project was to explore the application of teleoperation and telepresence control to robots in hazardous environments at Los Alamos. The primary use of this technology would be in a glove-box type operation potentially allowing operators to work on hazardous materials while being completely removed from the danger of exposure in situations that are difficult to completely automate due to the highly unstructured environments or off-normal conditions. This project focused on determining the most appropriate tools and methods that could be applied in the near future resulting in a reasonably inexpensive working teleoperation or telepresence control system for industrial robots used in the handling of hazardous materials. Several topics had to be addressed to perform this task including input devices, control systems, robot manipulators, and simulation techniques or packages. Much of the work is still in the developmental stage and hardware will follow -- providing a usable tool for glove box robot control.},
doi = {10.2172/383571},
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place = {United States},
year = {Tue Oct 01 00:00:00 EDT 1996},
month = {Tue Oct 01 00:00:00 EDT 1996}
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