STRIPE: Low-Bandwidth and High-Latency Teleoperation

In the previous chapters, we were concerned with the autonomous operation of a vehicle, i.e., the vehicle executes a mission without any manual intervention. In this chapter, we explore the concept of teleoperation in which a human operator controls the vehicle remotely using feedback from on-board sensors. Teleoperation is needed in situations in which the terrain is deemed too difficult for autonomous operation or when the operator wishes to retain control over the path followed by the vehicle.