Experimental Results from Stereoscopic Viewing and Automatic Camera Orientation for Vehicle Teleoperation

Abstract This paper presents and analyzes experimental results from the teleoperated guidance of a mobile robot. Different modes have been tested, from mono to stereo viewing and from static to automatically oriented cameras, in order to determine the best configuration for teleoperated guidance by means of elemental curvature and speed commands. This system also features an original low-cost stereo viewing system that allows easy wireless transmission combined with a camera pan and til unit. In addition an automatic camera positioning method wich helps avoiding control unstability due to the vehicle dynamics.