Sensor-aided and/or Computer-aided Bilateral Teleoperator System (SCATS)

Teleoperator in this paper is taken to mean remote manipulators) on a transporter, possibly on a vehicle with several TV cameras. The computer is introduced in the system to help the operator(s) and to enhance total efficiency. This enables the operator’s task for generating all commands to be simplified (co-ordinating motions, changing co-ordinate frame, adapting slave mechanism to its environment and to the task, generating automatic subtasks, controlling the transporter, etc.), and an increase in his decision capability through enriched information feedback (kinesthetic, visual and others).