RoboCon: A general purpose telerobotic control center

Conference · Sat Feb 01 00:00:00 EST 1997

OSTI ID:459414

Draper, J V; Noakes, M W ^[1]; Schempf, H ^[2]; Blair, L M ^[3]

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1. Oak Ridge National Lab., TN (United States). Robotics and Process Systems Div.
2. Carnegie Mellon Univ., Pittsburgh, PA (United States)
3. Human Machine Interfaces, Inc., Knoxville, TN (United States)

This report describes human factors issues involved in the design of RoboCon, a multi-purpose control center for use in US Department of Energy remote handling applications. RoboCon is intended to be a flexible, modular control center capable of supporting a wide variety of robotic devices.

• Research Organization: Oak Ridge National Lab. (ORNL), Oak Ridge, TN (United States)
• Sponsoring Organization: USDOE Office of Environmental Restoration and Waste Management, Washington, DC (United States)
• DOE Contract Number: AC05-96OR22464
• OSTI ID: 459414
• Report Number(s): CONF-970462-1; ON: DE97001649; TRN: 97:007639
• Resource Relation: Conference: 7. American Nuclear Society topical meeting on robotics and remote handling, Savannah, GA (United States), 27 Apr - 1 May 1997; Other Information: PBD: [1997]
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

Related Subjects

42 ENGINEERING NOT INCLUDED IN OTHER CATEGORIES
CONTROL ROOMS
ROBOTS
HUMAN FACTORS ENGINEERING
REMOTE HANDLING
MAN-MACHINE SYSTEMS
US DOE
DECONTAMINATION
DEMOLITION
REMOTE CONTROL