Task-driven camera operations for robotic exploration

IEEE Transactions on Systems, Man, and Cybernetics Part A:Systems and Humans.

Volumn 35, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 513-522

  Hughes, Stephen B ^a   Lewis, Michael ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH   (United States)

Author keywords

Human automation interaction; Human robot interaction; Remote perception; Telerobotics functional presence; Usability evaluation

Indexed keywords

COGNITIVE SYSTEMS; COMPUTER VISION; EVALUATION; HUMAN COMPUTER INTERACTION; MOTION CONTROL; POSITION CONTROL; REMOTE CONTROL; USABILITY ENGINEERING; USER INTERFACES; VIDEO CAMERAS;

HUMAN-AUTOMATION INTERACTION; HUMAN-ROBOT INTERACTION; REMOTE PERCEPTION; ROBOTIC EXPLORATION; TASK DRIVEN CAMERA OPERATIONS; TELEROBOTICS FUNCTIONAL PRESENCE; USABILITY EVALUATION;

ROBOTICS;

EID: 22244459875     PISSN: 10834427     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/TSMCA.2005.850602     Document Type: Article

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