The Visual Acts model for automated camera placement during teleoperation

This paper describes the Visual Acts theory and architecture for automated camera placement during teleoperation. The theory is motivated by the goal to provide operators with task relevant information in a timely manner. The Visual Acts architecture combines top-down deliberative task modelling with bottom-up reactive observation of an operator to select camera views which provide the operator with task-relevant information. The paper describes the reactive component of the architecture, its implementation in an agent-based architecture and experimental results that confirm the validity of the approach.

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