Protective virtual reality: Bridging the gap between virtual reality and robotics

IEEE Transactions on Robotics and Automation

Volumn 15, Issue 3, 1999, Pages 411-422

  Freund, Eckhard ^a   Rossmann, Juergen ^a  

^a Inst of Robotics Research (IRF)   (Germany)

Author keywords

Cooperative robot control; Task planning graphical simulation; Virtual reality

Indexed keywords

AUTOMATION; COMPUTER GRAPHICS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; HUMAN COMPUTER INTERACTION; MOTION PLANNING; ROBOT APPLICATIONS; USER INTERFACES; VIRTUAL REALITY;

COOPERATIVE ROBOT CONTROL; TASK PLANNING GRAPHICAL SIMULATION;

ROBOTICS;

EID: 0032629125     PISSN: 1042296X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/70.768175     Document Type: Article

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